Antibiotics not worth risk in most chest colds: study

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Antibiotics not worth risk in most chest colds: study

By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors need to give antibiotics to more than 12,000 people with acute respiratory infections to prevent just one of them from being hospitalized with pneumonia, according to a new study. And that small benefit is outweighed by the very real risks that go along with antibiotics - both from serious side effects and the promotion of resistant "superbugs," researchers say. "This study is actually reassuring to both doctors and patients. ...

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