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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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The most common treatment options for addiction include psychotherapy, support groups, and individual counseling.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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In 2010, opiate painkllers, such as morphine, OxyContin®, and Vicodin®, were tied to almost 60% of drug overdose deaths.
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The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.