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In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
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Throughout history, plants containing cardiac steroids have been used as heart drugs and as poisons (e.g., in arrows used in combat), emetics, and diuretics.
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The term pharmacology is derived from the Greek words pharmakon("claim, medicine, poison, or remedy") and logos ("study").
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Bacteria have flourished on the earth for over three billion years. They were the first life forms on the planet.
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Elderly adults are living longer, and causes of death are shifting. At the same time, autopsy rates are at or near their lowest in history.