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Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion every year.
The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
Vital signs (blood pressure, temperature, pulse rate, respiration rate) should be taken before any drug administration. Patients should be informed not to use tobacco or caffeine at least 30 minutes before their appointment.
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.