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Why too many women are prescribed antibiotics for UTIs they don't have

NPRAugust 31, 2026
Why too many women are prescribed antibiotics for UTIs they don't have
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A recent <a href="https://academic.oup.com/jsm/article/23/3/qdag029/8495035"target="_blank" >study</a> found that many women treated for recurrent UTIs didn't have UTIs at all. Instead, their symptoms were caused by hormonally driven inflammation and pelvic…

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