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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 first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.
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Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion every year.
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Famous people who died from poisoning or drug overdose include, Adolf Hitler, Socrates, Juan Ponce de Leon, Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, and John Belushi.
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Eat fiber! A diet high in fiber can help lower cholesterol levels by as much as 10%.