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There are 20 feet of blood vessels in each square inch of human skin.
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.
Approximately 25% of all reported medication errors result from some kind of name confusion.
Earwax has antimicrobial properties that reduce the viability of bacteria and fungus in the human ear.
Congestive heart failure is a serious disorder that carries a reduced life expectancy. Heart failure is usually a chronic illness, and it may worsen with infection or other physical stressors.