Medication errors common in U.S. kids with cancer
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Children with cancer often get the wrong dose of chemotherapy or are given the drug at the wrong time, and many require treatment because of the errors, U.S. researchers said on Friday.
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NEW YORK  - A substantial number of  "adverse events" -- many of which could have been prevented --  affect children in hospitals each year, according to a new  study.
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Drugs originally developed to treat Alzheimer&#39;s disease may also be effective in treating a kind of cancer that strikes hundreds of children every year, according to new research.
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A new study conducted in rats by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School suggests that the misdiagnosis of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) combined with prescription drug use in children may lead
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MONDAY, July 23 (HealthDay News) -- A newer generation of breast cancer medications added months to the lives of patients with the most advanced form of the disease, according to the first study of its kind.
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MONDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- New cancer drugs often save lives, but are they cost-effective?
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Federal researchers have found children involved in a northern Nevada leukemia cluster are more prone to have a variation in a gene that helps combat unsafe chemicals, and more research is needed to learn the reasons why.
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There are fewer children taking antidepressants in the US today compared to a year ago, according to a new study. The study, conducted by pharmacy benefit manager Medco Health Solutions indicates the number
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Patients who develop the most common  kind of primary malignant brain tumor are sometimes given drugs  they may not need and deprived of others that might help,  medical researchers said on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  - Unlike cranial radiation,   chemotherapy for children with a certain type of leukemia does   not appear to have harmful long-term effects on intelligence,   even at high doses, a new study shows.
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The number of children and teenagers taking antidepressants has fallen more than 20 percent this year after U.S. warnings the medicines may increase suicidal tendencies among youth, pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions Inc. said on Tuesday.
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About one in every 200 American children and teens suffers from a condition called obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD. A new study compares a prescription drug and therapy that are often used to combat the condition.
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(HealthDay News) -- If your child requires medication, it's important to understand why the medicine was prescribed or recommended, and how it should be given.
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Children who have undergone  radiation treatment for brain cancer tend to have lower grades  in school than their healthy peers, investigators in Finland  have found. Still, most survivors in their study group  completed the ninth grade at the appropriate age.
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More than 1.5 million Americans are injured every year by drug errors in hospitals, nursing homes and doctor's offices, a count that doesn't even estimate patients' own medication mix-ups, says a report that calls for major steps to increase patient safety.
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MONDAY, July 9 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer tends to grow faster in children than in adults, but a new study finds there&#39;s scant evidence on how delays in diagnosis might affect outcomes.
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TUESDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDayNews) -- Statistics suggest Americans are more likely to die at the start of each month than any other time, and now researchers think they've found one possible culprit: mistakes in prescription drug use.