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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.
Urine turns bright yellow if larger than normal amounts of certain substances are consumed; one of these substances is asparagus.
Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.
After a vasectomy, it takes about 12 ejaculations to clear out sperm that were already beyond the blocked area.
People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.