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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.
After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
People often find it difficult to accept the idea that bacteria can be beneficial and improve health. Lactic acid bacteria are good, and when eaten, these bacteria improve health and increase longevity. These bacteria included in foods such as yogurt.
There are 20 feet of blood vessels in each square inch of human skin.
Human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve small pieces of metal such as razor blades or staples.