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Article: Middle ear infections in children: brouhaha over treatment leads to consensus - for now. (otitis media)
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- Science News
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- November 19, 1994
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Pediatrician John C. Bolton recalls tales of home remedies for earache. "When I lived in the South, people said the best thing to do was to press a hot water bottle against the offending ear and hope it would get better," he says. "My wife, who comes from New England, says a warm bag of salt against the ear was the preferred treatment around there."
With the advent of antibiotics and precision surgical instruments, treatments for painful infection of the middle ear, or otitis media, have become more sophisticated than hot water bottles and salt. Yet over the last few years, opinions on how best to cure such infections have generated high-decibel controversy.
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