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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 documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.

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Computer programs are available that crosscheck a new drug's possible trade name with all other trade names currently available. These programs detect dangerous similarities between names and alert the manufacturer of the drug.

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After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.

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The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.

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