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There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
Congestive heart failure is a serious disorder that carries a reduced life expectancy. Heart failure is usually a chronic illness, and it may worsen with infection or other physical stressors.
People who have myopia, or nearsightedness, are not able to see objects at a distance but only up close. It occurs when the cornea is either curved too steeply, the eye is too long, or both. This condition is progressive and worsens with time. More than 100 million people in the United States are nearsighted, but only 20% of those are born with the condition. Diet, eye exercise, drug therapy, and corrective lenses can all help manage nearsightedness.
Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.