Treating Sinus Infections

By: Robin Thibault, KARK 4 NEWS

Updated: March 17, 2008

A new study finds doctors are over-prescribing antibiotics to treat sinus infections. It's a common illness that can be either bacterial or viral. Because it's hard for doctors to tell which form a patient has, they treat it with antibiotics 80 percent of the time. New research found antibiotics don't offer much relief for the symptoms -- and contribute to the rising problem of antibiotic resistance.

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