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In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
Blood in the urine can be a sign of a kidney stone, glomerulonephritis, or other kidney problems.
Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
The first successful kidney transplant was performed in 1954 and occurred in Boston. A kidney from an identical twin was transplanted into his dying brother's body and was not rejected because it did not appear foreign to his body.
There are major differences in the metabolism of morphine and the illegal drug heroin. Morphine mostly produces its CNS effects through m-receptors, and at k- and d-receptors. Heroin has a slight affinity for opiate receptors. Most of its actions are due to metabolism to active metabolites (6-acetylmorphine, morphine, and morphine-6-glucuronide).