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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.
Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
The most common treatment options for addiction include psychotherapy, support groups, and individual counseling.
Multiple experimental evidences have confirmed that at the molecular level, cancer is caused by lesions in cellular DNA.