by Changing Habits | 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...
by Changing Habits | Nov 30, 2009 | Children's Health, Medications/Vitamins, Pregnancy |
With the help of their doctors, women planning to become pregnant should take an inventory of the medications they take, researchers from Canada advise. In a study, they found that many pregnant women still take medications long known to cause birth defects. Some...
by Changing Habits | 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 Normally a bubbly girl, Emiley retreated and became withdrawn and lethargic.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...
by Changing Habits | 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...
by Changing Habits | 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...
