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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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The most common treatment options for addiction include psychotherapy, support groups, and individual counseling.
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The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
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Patients who cannot swallow may receive nutrition via a parenteral route—usually, a catheter is inserted through the chest into a large vein going into the heart.
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The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.