By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most Americans with a sore throat are prescribed antibiotics even though just a fraction stand to benefit from them, a new study shows. Researchers said only about 10 percent of adults with sore throats have strep throat, which is caused by bacteria that could be killed by antibiotics. Almost all other sore throats are caused by viruses. In those cases, "an antibiotic is not going to help you and it has a very real chance of hurting you," Dr. Jeffrey Linder, who worked on the study at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, said. ... via Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News Read More Here..
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