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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.
Bacteria have flourished on the earth for over three billion years. They were the first life forms on the planet.
Drying your hands with a paper towel will reduce the bacterial count on your hands by 45–60%.
To combat osteoporosis, changes in lifestyle and diet are recommended. At-risk patients should include 1,200 to 1,500 mg of calcium daily either via dietary means or with supplements.
Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.