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Certain rare plants containing cyanide include apricot pits and a type of potato called cassava. Fortunately, only chronic or massive ingestion of any of these plants can lead to serious poisoning.
In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
Thyroid conditions cause a higher risk of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.
Medication errors are three times higher among children and infants than with adults.
Your skin wrinkles if you stay in the bathtub a long time because the outermost layer of skin (which consists of dead keratin) swells when it absorbs water. It is tightly attached to the skin below it, so it compensates for the increased area by wrinkling. This happens to the hands and feet because they have the thickest layer of dead keratin cells.