Study suggests antibiotics are overused
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080226/ap_on_he_me/dementia_antibiotics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080205/capt.sge.gar85.050208142452.photo00.photo.default-512x343.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=vKVHbbcjyh4Chbuh7HP7GA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="An Alzheimers patient is helped by a nurse at a pyschiatric hospital in Lyon, France. A study for the British Medical Association's 'Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry' has shown that lack of folate -- also called vitamin B-9 -- may triple the risk of developing dementia in old age.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A woman dying of Alzheimer's has a fever. Should she be given antibiotics? Many people would say yes. But a provocative new study suggests that antibiotics are overused in people dying of dementia diseases and should be considered more carefully because of the growing problem of drug-resistant superbugs.</p><br clear="all"/>

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