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In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
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Fungal nail infections account for up to 30% of all skin infections. They affect 5% of the general population—mostly people over the age of 70.
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When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
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Patients who cannot swallow may receive nutrition via a parenteral route—usually, a catheter is inserted through the chest into a large vein going into the heart.
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Each year in the United States, there are approximately six million pregnancies. This means that at any one time, about 4% of women in the United States are pregnant.