Expensive antibiotics 'over-used'
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GPs often prescribe the latest, most expensive antibiotics, when better alternatives are available, research suggests.
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The NHS now spends too much on cataract surgery, eye doctors claim.
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Schizophrenia patients do as well, or perhaps even better, on older psychiatric drugs compared with newer and far costlier medications, according to a study published yesterday that overturns conventional wisdom about antipsychotic drugs, which cost the United States $10 billion a year.
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The underlying problem is the cost of the drug, at over Â£1,000 for a one year course, compared to tamoxifen, which costs no more than Â£30 for a similar course of treatment, thus severely restricting the chance of free NHS prescriptions.
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NEW YORK  - Out-of-pocket costs may be  causing millions of older adults in the U.S. to cut back on  prescriptions for conditions as serious as diabetes, asthma and  depression, a new study suggests.
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UK researchers claim to have  found a way to make the hospital 'superbug' vulnerable to the antibiotic it normally resists.
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Almost 70 percent of child pneumonia patients in a recent Chinese survey were resistant to drugs used to treat the disease due to overuse of antibiotics, the Health Ministry said on Monday.
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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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A new study suggests the reason for the association may be that antibiotics destroy not only disease-causing microbes, but also those that are helpful to the developing immune system.
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CARELESS use of vitamins, taken by millions in the belief that they promote good health, could be causing thousands of premature deaths, scientists have warned.
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Telling parents to wait 48 hours before   filling a prescription for antibiotics so they can see if their   child's ear infection clears up on its own can help curb   overuse of the drugs, researchers said on Tuesday.
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More must be done to curb the soaring NHS spending on prescription drugs, MPs say.
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Too many doctors write prescriptions while under the influence of drug companies. Aggressive prosecution of the worst cases could help mend doctor-patient trust.
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Over-prescribing of antibiotics in Spain, Greece, Italy, Portugal and France is causing high rates of antibiotic resistance," researchers said on Friday.
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Hospitals are told they must do more to tackle infections - including the MRSA superbug - at Welsh hospitals.
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A big reason for the high cost of health insurance is the explosion of expensive, medically questionable care.
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With complicated and costly "biologics"  increasingly seen as the wave of the pharmaceutical future, health care experts warn that they will drive the nation's fast-growing bill for drugs far higher.