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After a vasectomy, it takes about 12 ejaculations to clear out sperm that were already beyond the blocked area.
Studies show that systolic blood pressure can be significantly lowered by taking statins. In fact, the higher the patient's baseline blood pressure, the greater the effect of statins on his or her blood pressure.
There are approximately 3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States each year.
More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
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.