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People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.
In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.
GI conditions that will keep you out of the U.S. armed services include ulcers, varices, fistulas, esophagitis, gastritis, congenital abnormalities, inflammatory bowel disease, enteritis, colitis, proctitis, duodenal diverticula, malabsorption syndromes, hepatitis, cirrhosis, cysts, abscesses, pancreatitis, polyps, certain hemorrhoids, splenomegaly, hernias, recent abdominal surgery, GI bypass or stomach stapling, and artificial GI openings.