Dangerous Cases of Cold Medicines and Children
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Cough and cold medicines send about 7,000 children to hospital emergency rooms each year, the government said in its first national estimate. About two-thirds of the cases were children who took the medicines unsupervised. But about one-quarter involved cases in which parents gave the proper dosage and an allergic reaction or some other problem developed, the study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. Less than two weeks ago, the Food and Drug Administration warned parents that over-the-counter cough and cold medicines were too dangerous for children younger than 2.
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A pediatrician offers advice on how to protect children from frigid temperatures.
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Rising numbers of children are being prescribed antidepressants and other mind-altering drugs, research revealed. No pills are licensed for use by people under 16 years of age, but doctors can issue them where they feel it&#39;s clinically appropriate.
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Syrups and other anti-flu medicines should not be given to children who are six years old or younger, a independent advisory panel to the US Food and Drug Administration said Friday.
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The medicines long used by parents to treat their children's coughs and colds don't work and shouldn't be used in those younger than 6, federal health advisers recommended Friday.
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A spoonful of honey might quiet a childâs cough more effectively and safely than the most common over-the-counter cough medicine.
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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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Young children are the most likely victims of surgery-related medication mistakes, a new study has found, and poor communication is the most likely culprit.
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NEW YORK  - Emergency room doctors are  urging people to protect themselves from winter's deadly  companions, hypothermia and frostbite.
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More than 7,000 children get rushed to emergency rooms each year after suffering adverse reactions to cough and cold medicines, according to the first national estimate of the risks posed by the widely used remedies.
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Treating children with anti-psychotic drugs may increase the risk of a condition which leads to diabetes, research suggests.
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Medicines for young children often contain additives banned from food for under-threes, research shows.
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Botox and a similar injected drug have been associated with 16 deaths, four of them in children, and scores of serious injuries that occurred after the drug spread to vital organs.
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Parents should not give sniffling babies and toddlers over-the-counter cough and cold medicines Â they're too risky for tots so small, the government will declare Thursday.
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Almost 3,000 people have died in the past three years after suffering serious side-effects or allergies to their medicines, official figures show.
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What has prompted all the fuss about cold medications for young kids?
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A growing number of children are taking combinations of powerful and even life-threatening medications to treat an array of problems.