Health: Study suggests antibiotics are overused (AP)

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Study suggests antibiotics are overused
    (AP)

 

AP - A woman dying of Alzheimer's has a fever. Should she be given antibiotics? Many people would say yes. But a provocative new study suggests that antibiotics are overused in people dying of dementia diseases and should be considered more carefully because of the growing problem of drug-resistant superbugs.


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