UK Guidelines Recommend Honey, Not Antibiotics, for Cough
Due to the overprescribing of antibiotics, health officials in the U.K. are proposing new guidelines promoting honey as a first line of treatment for coughs.
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
With the goal of reducing inappropriate antibiotic use by half by 2021, the U.K. Department of Health has proposed guidelines recommending the use of honey as a first line of treatment for coughs
Antibiotics do little to improve colds and flu or symptoms like coughs and sore throat because they are not designed to treat viral infections,…
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