The top five reasons that children stay home from school are as follows: colds, stomach flu (gastroenteritis), ear infection (otitis media), pink eye (conjunctivitis), and sore throat.
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Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion every year.
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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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When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.