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| | Upper Respiratory Infection (URI or Common Cold), Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | An upper respiratory infection (URI), also known as the common cold, is one of the most common illnesses, leading to more doctor visits and absences from school and work than any other illness every year. |
 | | Use of another antibiotic to treat ear infections, cephalosporins, increased from 876,000 prescriptions in 1980 to 6.8 million in 1992 (a 687 percent increase). |
 | | The key to preventing overuse of antibiotics is education of the parents and physicians in the appropriate use of antibiotics, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. |
| www.cincinnatichildrens.org /health/info/chest/diagnose/cold.htm (1669 words) |
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