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Chronic necrotizing aspergillosis has a slowly progressive process that, unlike invasive aspergillosis, does not spread to other organ systems or the blood vessels. It most often affects middle-aged and elderly individuals, spreading to surrounding tissue in the lungs. The disease often does not respond to conventionally successful treatments, and requires individualized therapies in order to keep it from becoming life-threatening.
More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
There are more sensory neurons in the tongue than in any other part of the body.
The average adult has about 21 square feet of skin.