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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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When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
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Russia has the highest death rate from cardiovascular disease followed by the Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, and Poland.
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In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
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After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.