In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
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Multiple experimental evidences have confirmed that at the molecular level, cancer is caused by lesions in cellular DNA.
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About 80% of major fungal systemic infections are due to Candida albicans. Another form, Candida peritonitis, occurs most often in postoperative patients. A rare disease, Candida meningitis, may follow leukemia, kidney transplant, other immunosuppressed factors, or when suffering from Candida septicemia.
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Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
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Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
True-color view of Mars seen through NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in 1999
