U.S. panel urges study of kids' cough, cold drugs
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - 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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WASHINGTON -- About 3.1 million people between the ages of 12-25 have used cough and cold medicine to get high, the government reported Wednesday.
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Warning labels for certain steroid-based allergy and asthma drugs provide sufficient warnings about potential side effects -- including stunted growth --  in children and teenagers,  a U.S. panel of medical experts concluded on Wednesday.
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Health regulators are taking a new look at the safety of children's over-the-counter cough and cold medications, especially for those under age 2, a Food and Drug Administration official said on Friday.
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Children in a northern Nevada leukemia cluster are more likely to have a variation in a gene that helps combat unsafe chemicals, and more research is needed to learn why, federal researchers said Thursday.
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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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The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it âstrongly recommendsâ that over-the-counter cold remedies not be used in children under 2.
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Common children's cold and cough medicines are coming under scrutiny from federal drug regulators, who say the remedies and their recommended doses have not been studied enough in children
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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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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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An F.D.A. official told a panel of experts that they should consider a ban on multisymptom over-the-counter pediatric cough and cold medicines for children under 6.
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In a new report, Harvard researchers sound the alarm about the poor health of American kids. How asthma, obesity and other problems could plague them for the rest of their lives.
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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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If doctors hope to improve asthma  symptoms in the 6 million U.S. children with the disease, they  may first want to have a chat with their parents, U.S.  researchers said on Tuesday.
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - Over-the-counter cough and cold medicines that have been widely used for decades should not be given to children under 6 years of age, a U.S. advisory panel recommended on Friday.
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The discovery that antidepressants  may increase suicidal tendencies in children has prompted some  lawmakers and physicians to ask if changes are needed to  financial incentives given to drug makers for pediatric  research.
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Federal drug regulators have started a broad review of the safety of cough and cold remedies meant for children.