Parents urged to teach kids about drug dangers on social media
Parents who have experienced the devastating loss of a child to fentanyl know all too well how critical it is to educate ...
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How drugs like Wegovy might affect kids in the long term
The success of GLP-1 agonist weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, seen here on a production line in Denmark, among adults has driven demand for similar medications among children and teenagers.
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Parents say son with autism was nonverbal until trying an off-label drug that treats chemo side effects
Dr. Richard Frye, a pediatric neurologist, is one of many doctors searching for treatments that can help kids with autism. He's studying leucovorin, an inexpensive, generic drug derived from folic ...
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Should children take statin drugs to lower their cholesterol?
Most statin drugs are FDA-approved for children and teens under age 18, but only if they have a genetic condition that cause extremely high levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol. Yet in 2009 ...
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Trump casts psychiatric and weight-loss drugs as threats to children
President Donald Trump has instructed his administration to scrutinize the “threat” to children posed by antidepressants, stimulants and other common psychiatric drugs, targeting medication ...