In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
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Vaccines cause herd immunity. If the majority of people in a community have been vaccinated against a disease, an unvaccinated person is less likely to get the disease since others are less likely to become sick from it and spread the disease.
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About 600,000 particles of skin are shed every hour by each human. If you live to age 70 years, you have shed 105 pounds of dead skin.
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The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.
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People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
The tenuous atmosphere of Mars, visible on the horizon in this low-orbit photo