NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Reminding doctors and patients that bronchitis is almost always caused by a virus and won't get better with antibiotics may help cut down on unneeded prescriptions, a new study suggests. That's important because overuse of antibiotics can lead to drug resistance - which makes future infections more dangerous and harder to treat when the drugs are actually needed. "The public needs to understand that antibiotics are not harmless," said Dr. Ralph Gonzales, the lead author on the new study from the University of California, San Francisco. ... via Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News Read More Here..
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