Keep Your Toothbrush

Should you throw away your toothbrush and replace it with a new one after being treated for a strep throat?  I have always recommended doing so, making the assumption that the strep bacteria would remain on the toothbrush.  Apparently, I am wrong!  The author of a new...

Treatment of Strep Throat

From HealthDay, new guidelines for avoiding bacterial resistance when treating strep throat: Doctors need to accurately diagnose and treat strep throat in order to avoid inappropriate use of antibiotics that can lead to drug-resistant bacteria, according to updated...