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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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Fungal nail infections account for up to 30% of all skin infections. They affect 5% of the general population—mostly people over the age of 70.
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Malaria was not eliminated in the United States until 1951. The term eliminated means that no new cases arise in a country for 3 years.
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Critical care patients are twice as likely to receive the wrong medication. Of these errors, 20% are life-threatening, and 42% require additional life-sustaining treatments.
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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.