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Prescribing antibiotics: It's time to draw a hard line
Nashua :: NH :: USA | 1 month ago
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However, these same patients will take antibiotics every day of the week for a sniffle or a scratchy throat that started this morning. Are we facing an epidemic of patients actually addicted to the use of antibiotics? Where does this laxity in
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Cold and flu season brings a rash of pinkeye
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 3 months ago
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Elizabeth Brockob's eye was red and hurting, and so, like a lot of us, she went to the Internet for a diagnosis. Within minutes the 13-year-old from Johns Creek, Ga., was convinced she was going blind and that she could die. "It scared me," Brockob
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Caution urged over childhood antibiotics
Sydney :: Australia | 4 months ago
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GPs are being urged to keep a level head when faced with the misery of a child's ear infection and to use antibiotics only if necessary. The latest thinking favours treatment for pain as well as observation and close follow-up by a doctor, with
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Throat clearing can hurt voice
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 4 months ago
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For many, constant throat clearing becomes habitual and, left untreated, persistent throat clearing can harm the throat and vocal cords, a U.S. expert says. Dr. Brian Rotskoff at Clarity Allergy Center in Chicago, who treats a wide variety of throat
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Mercury mood swings put citizens under the weather
Mumbai :: India | 4 months ago
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Summer hasn't even begun yet and physicians are already seeing people landing up in clinics with throat pain. Most of these cases are viral and because of the weather fluctuation the city is witnessing. According to doctors, on an average it takes a
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Top stories in health and medicine, February 25, 2013
Nashua :: NH :: USA | 4 months ago
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Stricter diagnostic criteria and broader use of observation to further rein in antibiotic prescribing for acute otitis media emerged in a revision of American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines...Symptoms of chronic idiopathic urticaria, or hives,
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Study finds cough sufferers have unrealistic expectations about recovery
East Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | 4 months ago
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People expect acute coughing from a cold or flu to last seven to nine days, according to a new report, when it actually takes closer to 18 days to run its course. The perception gap leads to more doctor visits, more pointless use of antibiotics (
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Parental Misconceptions About Antibiotics Linked to Poor Health Literacy Levels in Latino Population
Charlottesville :: VA :: USA | 5 months ago
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Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Description In the first study of its kind, researchers at the Columbia University School of Nursing have established that poor health literacy among Latino parents is associated with a poor
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How to keep germs from spreading at home
Glen Ellyn :: IL :: USA | 5 months ago
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It's that time of year when irritable toddlers may arrive home from day care flushed and fevered, preschoolers boast perpetual sniffles and runny noses, and school age kids can suddenly be "down for the count" with one bug or another...The best
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Battling viruses has little hope of victory
Lincoln Park :: MI :: USA | 5 months ago
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Vikki Ortiz Healy, Chicago Tribune reporter I used to balk at parents who obsessed about keeping their children away from germs and potential illnesses over the winter. I rolled my eyes when friends declined invitations to social gatherings where
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