A consumer group petitioned the government Wednesday to ban food supplements containing ephedra, an herbal stimulant that had been linked to heart attacks, strokes and seizures in otherwise healthy young people.
Infants usually cry when they get circumcised.
Children often wince when they get shots. Some young cancer patients dread giving blood samples. Educating doctors and parents about the risks of using antibiotics for common infections in children can reduce such prescriptions by up to 20 percent, a study published Tuesday found. The nation's largest group of pediatricians has revised its policy on distinguishing sudden infant death syndrome from murder after getting complaints from medical examiners and parents. Even as a pharmacy business student, Robert R. Courtney was looking for ways to make money lots of it.