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Did you know?
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.
Did you know?
Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.
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Never take aspirin without food because it is likely to irritate your stomach. Never give aspirin to children under age 12. Overdoses of aspirin have the potential to cause deafness.
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This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
Did you know?
More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.

