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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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According to the FDA, adverse drug events harmed or killed approximately 1,200,000 people in the United States in the year 2015.
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On average, the stomach produces 2 L of hydrochloric acid per day.
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It is difficult to obtain enough calcium without consuming milk or other dairy foods.
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In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.