When to Use and Avoid Antibiotics and Other Treatments to Try Medically reviewed by Kimberly Brown, MD Sinus infections that do not clear up on their own may need treatment with antibiotics. Common ...

Just in time for runny nose season, new research suggests routine sinus infections aren’t really helped by antibiotics and other medicine that’s often prescribed. In the British study, people ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sinusitis, or a "sinus infection" as it is commonly called, is one of the most common conditions for which people seek medical attention. It has been suggested that as many as one fifth (20%) of acute ...

How one needs to take antibiotics can be a little bit confusing because oftentimes you feel better after a few days, but still have several days worth of antibiotics doses to take. Why is that? It’s ...

Sinus infections (also known as sinusitis) strike more than 30 million Americans each year. And if you’re one of them, you’re family with uncomfortable sinus infection symptoms such as nasal ...

A new study published in the International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology suggests that patients and physicians have differing views on what symptoms constitute a sinus infection, probably resulting in ...

Tammy Worth is a healthcare reporter with over 20 years of experience. Her work appears across several publications including The Economist, Bloomberg, Health, Leader’s Edge, WebMD, and KCPT, Kansas ...

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 ...

A breakthrough in medical technology could soon change how sinus infections are treated. Scientists have created micro-robots for sinus infection treatment that can enter the nasal cavity, eliminate ...