In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
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The effects of organophosphate poisoning are referred to by using the abbreviations “SLUD” or “SLUDGE,” It stands for: salivation, lacrimation, urination, defecation, GI upset, and emesis.
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Sperm cells are so tiny that 400 to 500 million (400,000,000–500,000,000) of them fit onto 1 tsp.
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More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.
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Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
A set of tie stalls in an 18th century stable
The bobcat population has seen declines in the American Midwest, but is generally stable and healthy
Historian James Merrell notes several errors in Benjamin West’s famous 1771 painting, William Penn’s