Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
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The training of an anesthesiologist typically requires four years of college, 4 years of medical school, 1 year of internship, and 3 years of residency.
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This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
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People with alcoholism are at a much greater risk of malnutrition than are other people and usually exhibit low levels of most vitamins (especially folic acid). This is because alcohol often takes the place of 50% of their daily intake of calories, with little nutritional value contained in it.
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Although the Roman numeral for the number 4 has always been taught to have been "IV," according to historians, the ancient Romans probably used "IIII" most of the time. This is partially backed up by the fact that early grandfather clocks displayed IIII for the number 4 instead of IV. Early clockmakers apparently thought that the IIII balanced out the VIII (used for the number 8) on the clock face and that it just looked better.
Walruses leaving the water
The Parahippocampal Place Area
The European Alps have lost ~30% to 40% of surface area and ~50% of volume since the 1850s.
Life cycle of Obelia, a hydrazoan that has alternating medusa (left) and polyp generations