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Chime In: Too many kids on antibiotics?
By Jane Clifford at November 8, 2011 | 12:07 pm | 0 Comment
Reuters news agency is reporting on a new study that pediatricians in the United States write more than 10 million unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions every year, contributing to potentially dangerous drug resistance. The researchers looked at almost 65,000 outpatient visits by children under 18 during 2006 to 2008 and reported their findings in the journal Pediatrics. [...]
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