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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In ancient Rome, many of the richer people in the population had lead-induced gout. The reason for this is unclear. Lead poisoning has also been linked to madness.
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Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
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Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
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Multiple sclerosis is a condition wherein the body's nervous system is weakened by an autoimmune reaction that attacks the myelin sheaths of neurons.
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Stages for Treating Heart Failure
SSRIs block the reuptake of serotonin into nerve terminals, resulting in increased serotonin levels.