Antibiotics 'unnecessarily used'
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Antibiotics are not justified in people with coughs and colds, sore throats or ear infections, say UK researchers.
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Â· Inquiry slams mis-prescribing of drugsÂ· Doctors 'ignoring official guidelines'
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At least Â£100m from is being spent unnecessarily by the NHS each year on indigestion drugs, doctors say.
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Antibiotics could one day be used for  more than killing bacteria and may help patients suffering from  neurological diseases, scientists said on Wednesday.
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It recalls a solution that might be linked to a rare infection.
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Scientists believe they may have found a way to stop the problem of bacteria becoming resistant to drug treatments.
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Giving children antibiotics to ward off repeat urinary tract infections does not prevent the problem from returning and leads to infections that are resistant to the drugs, researchers said on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  - An antibiotic-resistant germ is  increasingly causing skin infections and pneumonia in otherwise  healthy children and adults.
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An effort to change doctors'  prescribing habits for antibiotics and to educate parents of  small children about the proper use of antibiotics was only  moderately successful at curbing antibiotic use, Boston  researchers report.
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Exposure to common antibiotics used to treat respiratory infections can increase resistance to the drugs, Belgian scientists said on Friday.
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Drug-resistant staph infections are scary. But theyâre nothing new.
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Cold and cough medicines given to infants and toddlers work no better than dummy pills and can be dangerous, pediatricians seeking to curb their use told government health advisers Thursday.
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The number of Britons at risk of heart disease may be overstated by 1.5 million, suggesting many could be receiving drug treatment unnecessarily, researchers said on Friday.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Illegally selling prescription drugs over-the-counter is adding to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance, according to a recent study.
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Government plans for tackling superbugs are not being based on scientific fact, says the Lancet.
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An OFT inquiry finds the NHS pays hundreds of millions of pounds too much for branded medicines, the BBC learns.
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Giving children antibiotics or paracetamol early in life may increase their risk of asthma, Massey health researchers say. They carried out a study involving more than 4000 children and found