According to the FDA, adverse drug events harmed or killed approximately 1,200,000 people in the United States in the year 2015.
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As many as 28% of hospitalized patients requiring mechanical ventilators to help them breathe (for more than 48 hours) will develop ventilator-associated pneumonia. Current therapy involves intravenous antibiotics, but new antibiotics that can be inhaled (and more directly treat the infection) are being developed.
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During pregnancy, a woman is more likely to experience bleeding gums and nosebleeds caused by hormonal changes that increase blood flow to the mouth and nose.
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Drying your hands with a paper towel will reduce the bacterial count on your hands by 45–60%.
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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
Diagram of the life cycle of Plasmodium falciparum, the causative agent of malaria
Two modes of evolutionary change.
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