About 60% of newborn infants in the United States are jaundiced; that is, they look yellow. Kernicterus is a form of brain damage caused by excessive jaundice. When babies begin to be affected by excessive jaundice and begin to have brain damage, they become excessively lethargic.
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Approximately one in three babies in the United States is now delivered by cesarean section. The number of cesarean sections in the United States has risen 46% since 1996.
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The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
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Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
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Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.
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Interventions to promote safety for children
fMRI Machine It is not until after toddlerhood that most children can lie still long enough to have
Children can fast map the meanings of words in a single exposure.
Income of Adult Children Compared With That of Their Parents