B105 TODAYS BEST COUNTRY » antibiotics http://kkcb.com Tue, 21 May 2013 02:16:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Growing List Of Untreatable Diseases May Soon Include Gonorrhea http://kkcb.com/growing-list-of-untreatable-diseases-may-soon-include-gonorrhea/ http://kkcb.com/growing-list-of-untreatable-diseases-may-soon-include-gonorrhea/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:18:56 +0000 Ken Hayes http://kkcb.com/?p=44511 One of the most sexually transmitted diseases, Gonorrhea, is becoming resistant to antibiotics.   With over 600,000 cases a year, the bacteria that causes Gonorrhea is mutating and the antibiotics are starting to fail

]]> http://kkcb.com/growing-list-of-untreatable-diseases-may-soon-include-gonorrhea/feed/ 0 (Photo by Barry Williams/Getty Images) Millions of Unneeded Antibiotics Are Prescribed to Kids Every Year http://kkcb.com/millions-antibiotics-prescribed-kids/ http://kkcb.com/millions-antibiotics-prescribed-kids/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:45:33 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=59200 A new study from researchers at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City found that pediatricians write more than 10 million prescriptions for unnecessary antibiotics every year.

In the two-year study, 65,000 kids were profiled to determine the type of diagnosis they were given during doctor’s visits as well as the type of of drugs, if any, they were prescribed. The research revealed doctors prescribed antibiotics during one of every five visits.

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