Prescription for Nothing? 7 in 10 Doctors Give Patients Unnecessary Antibiotics for Asymptomatic Infections
By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira Antibiotics can be dangerous to the gut and increase the risk of creating antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains. Despite the danger to “good” bacteria in the body, a new study finds about 70 percent of primary care physicians still believe in prescribing antibiotics for…