When your child is sick, do you know the best uses for antibiotics? Many parents do not, so here's how to stay in the know.

The analysis found antibiotics to be “modestly” more effective than just treating symptoms with pain medication. But use of antibiotics was also commonly associated with side effects like diarrhea and rash. Researchers say the review, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, shows the merit of a watch-and-wait approach to managing ear infections.

Nearly one-fifth of those surveyed had never heard of MRSA. This common antibiotic-resistant bacterium causes skin and soft-tissue infections in healthy people, but can lead to invasive, sometimes fatal, infections in seriously sick patients and in those with weak immune systems

Ear infections are common, but just how do you treat them?

Mandie asked:  Can prolonged use of antibiotics cause IBS in toddlers and make the lose their appetite?