Study Questions Drug Treatments for Sinus Ills

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Common drug treatments for sinus infections -- antibiotics and steroid nasal sprays -- seem to be little better than doing nothing at all, British researchers said on Tuesday."Wide-scale overtreatment is likely occurring” because there is no proof many of these infections are bacterial in nature, Dr. Ian Williamson of the University of Southampton and colleagues wrote in their report.

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