More children on &#39;unsuitable&#39; drugs
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Soaring numbers of children in the UK are being prescribed anti-depressants and other mind-altering drugs, research has revealed. No antidepressants are licensed for use in children under 16, but doctors can
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THE use of antidepressants in children has soared in the past ten years, according to a new study. In Britain, such prescriptions rose by 70per cent between 1992 and 2001, with
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A leading drugs charity is claiming more and more children are seeking help for cocaine addiction.
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Children who do not conform to gender norms are being supported in their choice by parents and doctors.
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The number of children and teenagers taking antidepressants has fallen more than 20 percent this year after US warnings the medicines may increase suicidal tendencies among youth, pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions Inc.
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Over 4,000 children under 14 have attempted to take their own lives in the past year, claim new figures
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WASHINGTON - Federal health advisers considering more stringent warning labels for anti-depressants linked to suicidal thoughts among children were told on Tuesday that a new warning added in March appeared to have little impact on children's use of the drugs.    Children aged 1 to 17 still account for 7 percent of anti-depressants prescribed, said Michael Evans of the Food and Drug Administration's Office of Drug Safety...
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SMOKING and drinking among 12-year-old girls is on the rise, a large-scale survey of New South Wales high schools has revealed. Overall, drug use among the student population is falling, which
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Two to 3 percent of children treated with antidepressants had suicidal thoughts or behavior as a result of the drugs, officials said today based on the Food and Drug Administration&#39;s most
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WASHINGTON It&#39;s not just a cliché: Sex and drugs often do go together. A survey of US teenagers shows that youths who say that at least half their friends are having sex are more likely to report having tried marijuana, alcohol and cigarettes.
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Children taking antidepressant drugs may be at increased risk for suicidal behavior and thinking, and the government should require a "black box" warning label on the medications, an expert panel concluded Tuesday.
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The South African government&#39;s refusal to disclose the number of children receiving antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in KwaZulu-Natal province has raised fears among AIDS activists that children&#39;s rights to health care and life are being violated.
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A new study finds that close to 80 percent of children in U.S. hospitals are receiving drugs that have been approved only for grownups. The growing problem of âoff labelâ prescriptions.
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It&#39;s not been a good year for the Food and Drug Administration â-ith a controversy over the use of antidepressants by children and adolescents, the withdrawal
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Doctors are prescribing more antidepressants for children and adolescents although there is little evidence about their safety or efficacy in youngsters, researchers say.
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WASHINGTON -- Parents may be left with only love and lots of liquid to give their sniffling babies and toddlers now that the government is declaring over-the-counter cough and cold medicines too risky for tots. The Food and Drug Administration was issuing that warning Thursday to parents of children...
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Media & professional: Increasing numbers of young people are using ecstasy, cannabis, amphetamines and cocaine to prolong sexual pleasure, say government advisers.