At first, you may barely notice the symptoms of hypothyroidism, such as fatigue and weight gain, or you may simply attribute them to getting older. But as your metabolism continues to slow, you may develop more-obvious signs and symptoms. Hypothyroidism signs and symptom may include: Fatigue.
Studies have estimated that, in the United States, antibiotic resistance adds $20 billion in excess direct health care costs, with additional costs to society for lost productivity as high as $35 billion a year. The use of antibiotics is the single most important factor leading to antibiotic resistance.
Between 5 and 10 percent of all patients contract at least one hospital-acquired infectionâalso known as a healthcare-associated infection or nosocomial infectionâduring their stay in an acute care hospital.he percentage of Staph infections that are resistant to antibiotics has risen from 22 percent in 1997 to over 60 percent in 2007. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that MRSA kills approximately 19,000 people per year.