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Study of Over 600,000 Women Shows Almost Half Are Getting The Wrong UTI Treatment – ScienceAlert

Across the United States, in both rural and urban settings, most women with private health insurance are receiving inappropriate treatment for their urinary tract…

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Across the United States, in both rural and urban settings, most women with private health insurance are receiving inappropriate treatment for their urinary tract infections (UTIs), according to a new study. 
Of the 670,450 women included in this research, all of whom had been diagnosed with uncomplicated UTIs between the ages of 18 and 44, nearly half received the wrong antibiotics and over three quarters were prescribed the medicine for too long. (A UTI is declared ‘uncomplicated’ when the patient…

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