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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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Medication errors are three times higher among children and infants than with adults.
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Alcohol acts as a diuretic. Eight ounces of water is needed to metabolize just 1 ounce of alcohol.
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There are approximately 3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States each year.
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In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.