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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 longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
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In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
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Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
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More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.