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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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Approximately one in four people diagnosed with diabetes will develop foot problems. Of these, about one-third will require lower extremity amputation.
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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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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
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There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.