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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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Less than one of every three adults with high LDL cholesterol has the condition under control. Only 48.1% with the condition are being treated for it.
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Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
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Thyroid conditions cause a higher risk of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.
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If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.