In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
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The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
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Adult head lice are gray, about ? inch long, and often have a tiny dot on their backs. A female can lay between 50 and 150 eggs within the several weeks that she is alive. They feed on human blood.
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Asthma is the most common chronic childhood disease in the world. Most children who develop asthma have symptoms before they are 5 years old.
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Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.