The widespread use of standard antibiotics to treat sinus infections does not help cure patients and may harm them by increasing their resistance to the drugs, according to a new study published today ...

March 27 (UPI) --Primary care providers are prescribing antibiotics for sinus infections for many days longer than recommended by clinical practice guidelines, according to a study by the Centers for ...

U.S. doctors may be over-prescribing antibiotics for sinus infections, which are often caused by viruses and not bacteria, according to a study released Monday. A review of two national surveys of ...

According to recent guidelines, patients who have experiences sinusitits symptoms for 10 days or more should then wait another seven days — for a total of 17 days — to allow the infection to go away ...

“Our results show that antibiotics aren’t necessary for a basic sinus infection - most people get better on their own,” says study co-author Jay F. Piccirillo, professor of otolaryngology at the ...

Many doctors might give you antibiotics for the infections, but now new guidelines may put a stop to that, and experts say it's for your own good. Sinusitis is an inflammation of the sinuses that ...

Antibiotics are not necessary for patients after most routine endoscopic sinus surgeries despite the common practice to prescribe them, according to a team led by researchers at Massachusetts Eye and ...

LOS ANGELES Everybody wants to pop a pill. Antibiotics: To take or not to take -- that's the question researchers wanted to answer. Lots of people ask for them, and many doctors feel pressured to ...

With cold and flu season comes an increased risk of sinus infections, which can trigger a runny nose, sinus pressure, congestion and postnasal drip, among other bothersome symptoms. Fortunately, you ...

Most sinus infections are caused by viruses rather than bacteria and shouldn't be treated with antibiotics -- a common practice that contributes to the development of drug-resistant "superbugs," ...