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Feb. 11, 2003 — The chances of walking out of your doctor’s office with a prescription for a powerful antibiotic to treat a cold, cough, or sore throat may depend on where you live and what type of doctor you see.

A new study shows internists are nearly two and half times more likely than family or general physicians to prescribe broad-spectrum antibiotics in treating acute respiratory tract infections, such as the common cold, sore throats, sinus infections, an…