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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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After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
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If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
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Eat fiber! A diet high in fiber can help lower cholesterol levels by as much as 10%.
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Parkinson's disease is both chronic and progressive. This means that it persists over a long period of time and that its symptoms grow worse over time.