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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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Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.
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According to the FDA, adverse drug events harmed or killed approximately 1,200,000 people in the United States in the year 2015.
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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.
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Prostaglandins were first isolated from human semen in Sweden in the 1930s. They were so named because the researcher thought that they came from the prostate gland. In fact, prostaglandins exist and are synthesized in almost every cell of the body.