Antibiotics Speed Healing of Child Ear Infections in Studies
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Babies and toddlers with ear infections often benefit from antibiotics, two studies found, backing a decades-old treatment that doctors may forgo because of medical guidelines now facing revision.
The drugs eased symptoms, sped healing and cured infections more than placebos did, in children ages 6 months to 35 months, according to research published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.