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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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Human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve small pieces of metal such as razor blades or staples.
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Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion every year.
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The term pharmacology is derived from the Greek words pharmakon("claim, medicine, poison, or remedy") and logos ("study").

