Prescription for nothing? 7 in 10 doctors give patients unnecessary antibiotics for asymptomatic infections - Study Finds

71 percent of the doctors would give a patient antibiotics for an infection — even if the treatment went against recommended guidelines.

BALTIMORE — Antibiotics can be dangerous to the gut and increase the risk of creating antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains. Despite the danger to “good” bacteria in the body, a new study finds abou… [+2804 chars]

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