Article: UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER STUDY PUBLISHED IN PRESTIGIOUS MEDICAL JOURNAL SAYS ANTIBIOTICS APPEAR TO BE OVERPRESCRIBED FOR SINUS INFECTIONS

Article: Doctors overprescribing antibiotics for sinus ...
Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE);  March 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... by University of Nebraska Medical Center researchers ... percent of acute sinus infections and for nearly 70 percent of chronic sinus infections. The study was based ... of antibiotics for sinus infections, which can fuel ...

Article: Antibiotics May Not Fight Sinus Infections
AP Online;  December 4, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... season, new research suggests routine sinus infections aren't really helped by antibiotics ... commonly prescribed medicines for sinus infections. Steroid sprays sometimes are used ... quicker than those using the placebo. Sinus infections are diagnosed in about 31 million ...

Article: Antibiotics May Not Aid Sinus Infections
AP Online;  December 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... season, new research suggests routine sinus infections aren't really helped by antibiotics ... commonly prescribed medicines for sinus infections. Steroid sprays sometimes are used ... quicker than those using the placebo. Sinus infections are diagnosed in about 31 million ...

Article: Drugs do not help sinus infections, British study ...
Charleston Gazette;  December 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... season, new research suggests routine sinus infections aren't really helped by antibiotics ... commonly prescribed medicines for sinus infections. Steroid sprays sometimes are used ... quicker than those using the placebo. Sinus infections are diagnosed in about 31 million ...

Article: Stanford Researchers Study Emerging Treatment for Chronic ...
Business Wire;  December 18, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Clark was so miserable from recurring sinus infections and the antibiotics used to treat ... Lodi, Calif., continued getting sinus infections every two to four weeks. The painful ... all adults who suffered recurrent sinus infections after surgery -- 76 percent reported ...

Article: Fall Allergy Season Prime Time for Sinus ...
PR Newswire;  October 5, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... than 31 million Americans suffer from sinus infections, making it one of the most common ... properly, the symptoms associated with sinus infections, particularly the sinus headache ... reports: -- Those suffering from sinus infections miss an average of four days of work ...

Article: When it's more than just sniffles Sinus infections ...
The Gazette;  November 2, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... bacterial infection can develop. Sinus infections generally are divided into two broad ... that lasts three months or more. Sinus infections are common in dry climate, but can ... suggests that a majority of chronic sinus infections are the result of an immune-system ...