Today's Feature   10.06.08

Get Smart About Antibiotics Week Antibiotics are prescribed more than 10 million times each year for conditions that don't benefit from them, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, making the drugs less effective. Do you know how to use them correctly? MORE FEATURES • Doctor's corner: When antibiotics are bad medicine • Video: When head lice attack! • Is male menopause for real? • Calming your colicky baby • Are you in diabetes denial?

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