| Most Kids' Ear Infections Can Heal Without Antibiotics | | Posted Sunday, September 17, 2006 3:01:59 PM by Blog57 Team | | Most children with ear infections do not need antibiotics, but they get them anyway. Now, a new study suggests parents are often willing to delay treatment if they know their kids can get the drugs if they need them. Giving parents the option of delaying treatment meant far fewer kids ended up taking antibiotics -- with no significant increase in complications, researchers reported in the Sept. 13 issue of JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association. In the study, almost two-thirds of the antibiotic prescriptions written to parents urged to delay treatment never got filled. Meanwhile, roughly nine of 10 children whose parents were not given the special instruction to "wait-and-see" ended up taking antibiotics. Treating Kids' Ear Infections: Antibiotics vs.... | |
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| | | New lethal superbug found in Scottish hospitals | | Posted Monday, August 07, 2006 1:02:40 PM by Blog57 Team | | A VIRTUALLY untreatable new superbug has been found in Scotland for the first time after causing death and panic in hospitals in the US and England. Eleven patients have tested positive for the presence of multi-antibiotic-resistant Acinetobacter, which - unlike MRSA - can only be treated with one medicine. .... | |
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| | | National Survey Shows That 61 Percent of Youths Believe That Antibiotics Can Protect Them From Catching a Virus | | Posted Sunday, July 09, 2006 3:01:02 PM by Blog57 Team | | ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Today's young people, tweens (ages 8 to 12) and teens (ages 13 to 18) are raised in a world where potentially deadly viruses frequently make news headlines. In addition to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) the virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), recent public attention has also focused on viruses such as those which cause bird flu (avian influenza), Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Hepatitis C (HepC). Prevention messages often target youth and the success of this messaging may well be influenced by kids' and teens' assessment of their own risk and their understanding of what viruses are. Recently, Harris Interactive posed a series of questions to young people about viruses and the illnesses they cause. An astonishing 61 percent of youths agree that antibiotics can protect them from catching a virus.... | |
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