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Parents demand fewer antibiotics for children
Parents are doing a better job of not demanding antibiotics for every childhood illness, according to a study published in August in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The study found that antibiotic prescriptions for upper respiratory infections (including ear infections) in children younger than 5 dropped 36 percent from 1995 to 2006, according to U.S. News and World Report.
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