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News items on 'Nasal Polyps'

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Bunged-up nose? Just take these acne pills

(Daily Mail 06/01/2009)

In a new trial at Ghent University Hospital, Belgium, doctors are treating polyps using antibiotic doxycyclin, usually given for acne and prostate infections. Previous research has shown that antibiotics can help to shrink polyps. In one study, eight weeks of treatment with an antibiotic resulted in a reduction in polyps in half of the patients.

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