Nov 30, 2009 | Children's Health, Medications/Vitamins |
Australian children with hyperactivity disorders shouldn’t be medicated unless their symptoms are “pervasive” and affect all aspects of life, doctors and parents have been told. And drugs should never be a first-line treatment for attention deficit...
Nov 23, 2009 | Chemicals In Food, Children's Health, Medications/Vitamins |
WHEN Emiley Cooper was prescribed Ritalin and Concerta for her attention deficit disorder she became extremely sick. Normally a bubbly girl, Emiley retreated and became withdrawn and lethargic. So concerned by her daughter’s dramatic weight loss and reaction to...
Nov 23, 2009 | Children's Health, Medications/Vitamins |
CONTROVERSIAL guidelines on ADHD have been pulled by the Federal Government following claims drug company payments to a doctor have tainted the work. The Government has been forced to stop the release of the draft guidelines and may have to rewrite them following the...
Nov 6, 2009 | Chemicals In Food, Children's Health, Pregnancy |
Women taking folic acid supplements throughout pregnancy may increase the risk of asthma in their child by 26 per cent, research has suggested. The researchers from the Univerity of Adelaide in Australia said the findings may help explain why there has been an...
Nov 4, 2009 | Chemicals In Food, Children's Health, Medications/Vitamins |
Ultrasound image of a foetus: the study identified increased risk at 30-34 weeks. Photograph: Thilo Mueller/Corbis Babies born to women who have taken folic acid supplements during their pregnancy are up to 30% more likely than other children to develop asthma,...
