Doctors warn of harm from kids' cough, cold drugs
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - Over-the-counter cough and cold medicines can be dangerous for young children and there is no evidence they work, doctors told a U.S. advisory panel on Thursday.
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For parents worried about how to treat children's colds now that some medicines have been called into question, the answer may be a dose of salt water.
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The Food and Drug Administration, concerned about the number of children being accidentally overdosed on over-the-counter cough and cold medicines, yesterday warned parents never to give children younger than age 2 such products without a doctor's approval.
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The nation's pharmacy giants are taking measures to prevent people, especially young people, from using such common over-the-counter medications as cough syrups to get high.
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Family doctors need to make it clear to patients that antibiotics will not get rid of the common cold, the UK government says.
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Government health officials said Friday they are reviewing whether popular medicines like Tylenol Plus Cold &amp; Cough and Infant Triaminic Thin Strips are safe and effective in treating children's colds and coughs.
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Federal drug regulators have started a broad review of the safety of cough and cold remedies meant for children.
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Manufacturers should  conduct clinical studies to show that over-the-counter cough  and cold medicines are effective in children less than 12 years  old, a U.S. advisory panel said on Friday.
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What has prompted all the fuss about cold medications for young kids?
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NEW YORK  - The use of commonly prescribed "broad-spectrum" antibiotics, which destroy a wide range of bacteria, during infancy may raise the risk of asthma later in childhood, according to a Canadian report in the journal Chest.
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Finding out how prescription drugs affect children isn't easy, even for pediatricians, a new study says.
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Children under 2 years old should  not be given over-the-counter cough and cold medicines because  they are too dangerous for that age group, U.S. health  authorities advised on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON -- Cold and cough medicines recently pulled from sale for infants and toddlers shouldn't be given to children as old as 5, either, pediatricians told government health advisers Thursday.
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Antibiotics are not justified in people with coughs and colds, sore throats or ear infections, say UK researchers.
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Parents should not give sniffling babies and toddlers over-the-counter cough and cold medicines  -  they're too risky for tots so small
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BOSTON (CBS.MW) - Despite a new ruling by federal regulators requiring all antidepressants to carry ominous warnings the drugs could make youngsters suicidal, some analysts Friday predicted physicians will still prescribe the drugs for kids, albeit more
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Traffic fumes are not the reason why people&#39;s asthma gets worse in the winter, say US scientists. Instead coughs and colds are to blame, according to their study of schoolchildren in Denver.