Parents Claim Children&#39;s Motrin Caused Blindness
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The parents of a seven year-old California girl as suing Johnson &amp; Johnson, the makers of children&#39;s Motrin, claiming that an allergic reaction to the pain medication caused their daughter to go blind.
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A scientific report released today suggests that older men with high lead concentrations in their bodies have a much higher risk of developing cataracts, the leading cause of blindness.
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Gene mutations responsible for causing cataracts in children have been identified by a team of University of Utah vision researchers.
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Even as researchers report once again that there is no link between vaccines and the way kids develop, parents of children with autism continue to press their cases against drugmakers. A coming wave of lawsuits?
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Some stressed out parents in the Chinese financial hub of Shanghai have been searching for a prescription stimulant to give their children ahead of this week&#39;s national college exams, the Beijing News said on Tuesday.
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New research suggests that rigid gas permeable contact lenses may help slow the progression of nearsightedness, or myopia, in young children.
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Daniel Kerner's parents knew the experimental brain surgery was risky, but without it the 6-year-old surely would die. Last month in Portland, Ore., doctors for the first time transplanted stem cells from aborted fetuses into his head in a desperate bid to reverse, or at least slow, a rare genetic disorder called Batten disease. The so-far incurable condition normally results in blindness and paralysis before death.
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It used to be that parents were the only ones on the lookout for lead. Now a new study says too much lead in your bones can cause blindness when you hit your golden years.
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Long-term exposure to lead is linked to an increased risk of cataracts, a new study finds. The study of almost 800 men in their late 60s found that those with the highest
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The discovery of a gene that causes a type of blindness could help doctors save people's sight, UK scientists believe.
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Hearing loss and poor vision are common problems, but the combination -- especially in multiple members of the same family, some in their early 20s and 30s -- is striking.
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In the wake of recent government warnings about children and antidepressants, parents are having an increasingly difficult time getting prescriptions for their children.
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Grace and Tom McCabe and their 12-year-old son Danny have allergies and Mr. McCabe and Danny have asthma. &quot;My asthma hasn&#39;t been so bad,&quot; says Mr.
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A new study offers good news for parents who have trouble remembering to treat their children every day for what&#39;s known as &quot;lazy eye.
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A single dose of the popular antibiotic azithromycin appears to stop bacterial infections that lead to trachoma, the world&#39;s top cause of preventable blindness, British researchers write in Thursday&#39;s New England Journal of Medicine.
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An injection of stem cells saved the sight of mice who would otherwise have gone blind, researchers reported this week. The study raises the prospect that some forms of human blindness might be treated with cells from a patient&#39;s own bone marrow.
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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.