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In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
The average person is easily confused by the terms pharmaceutics and pharmacology, thinking they are one and the same. Whereas pharmaceutics is the science of preparing and dispensing drugs (otherwise known as the science of pharmacy), pharmacology is the study of medications.
The most dangerous mercury compound, dimethyl mercury, is so toxic that even a few microliters spilled on the skin can cause death. Mercury has been shown to accumulate in higher amounts in the following types of fish than other types: swordfish, shark, mackerel, tilefish, crab, and tuna.
If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.