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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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By definition, when a medication is administered intravenously, its bioavailability is 100%.
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Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.
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The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
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Eat fiber! A diet high in fiber can help lower cholesterol levels by as much as 10%.