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Pacifiers and SIDS?
I want to know what you think. And we have some fresh evidence to consider. In October 2005, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) updated its position on preventing SIDS, boldly including the use of pacifiers in an attempt to save many more...
1 week 1 day ago
Acetaminophen and Liver Failure
Acetaminophen is one of the most commonly used medicines in children. One brand name, Tylenol, is known by most parents in the U.S. Often used by itself to relieve pain or to reduce fevers, it is also a common part of multi-ingredient medicines in...
1 year 23 weeks ago
Food Allergies, on the Label, in the Lab
About 25 percent of baked goods, ice cream, and candy that was sampled by the FDA failed to mention eggs or peanuts on their food labels even though one or both were present! And if allergens were listed, they are often included under a technical...
1 year 34 weeks ago
Ear Tubes and Hearing
As many as 700,000 children each year in the United States have ear tubes placed surgically to treat chronic and recurrent fluid behind the ear drum (otitis media with effusion, or OME). A study in the December 2005 Archives of Pediatrics and...
2 years 17 weeks ago
A New Year's Gift from the FDA
About 25 percent of baked goods, ice cream, and candy that was sampled by the FDA failed to mention eggs or peanuts on their food labels even though one or both were present! And if allergens were listed, they are often included under a technical...
2 years 17 weeks ago

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1 year 34 weeks ago