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Drugs don't cure everything – doctors can be helped to prescribe other options

  • Written by: Ben Ewald, Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle
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What if I told you half of all middle-ear effusions (persistent fluid), known as glue ear, could be fixed by the child blowing up a balloon with his or her nose? Would you be more likely to get your child to try it than have them undergo surgery? It may...

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