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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 25% of all reported medication errors result from some kind of name confusion.
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If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
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In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
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All adults should have their cholesterol levels checked once every 5 years. During 2009–2010, 69.4% of Americans age 20 and older reported having their cholesterol checked within the last five years.