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In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
When intravenous medications are involved in adverse drug events, their harmful effects may occur more rapidly, and be more severe than errors with oral medications. This is due to the direct administration into the bloodstream.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was originally known as the Communicable Disease Center, which was formed to fight malaria. It was originally headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, since the Southern states faced the worst threat from malaria.
If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.