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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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There are actually 60 minerals, 16 vitamins, 12 essential amino acids, and three essential fatty acids that your body needs every day.
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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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Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.
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In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.