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In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
Hippocrates noted that blood separates into four differently colored liquids when removed from the body and examined: a pure red liquid mixed with white liquid material with a yellow-colored froth at the top and a black substance that settles underneath; he named these the four humors (for blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile).
Immunoglobulin injections may give short-term protection against, or reduce severity of certain diseases. They help people who have an inherited problem making their own antibodies, or those who are having certain types of cancer treatments.
Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.