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Four in 10 U.S. parents give children age 4 and younger cough/cold medicine that is not recommended for young children, researchers say.
Most U.S. parents agree couch-potato kids are the biggest children's health problem, a U.S. survey indicates.
Two-thirds of U.S. adults -- many grandparents -- support single-dose packaging to avoid accidental poisoning, a survey indicates.
Most U.S. adults do not support legal consequences for teens who engage in sexting -- sending sexually explicit photos via cellphone, a survey indicates.
U.S. healthcare reform won't be adequate if disparities related to such factors as race and social status are not addressed, two researchers say.
University of Michigan physicians are proposing changing medical student and resident education to include instruction in how healthcare systems function.
Flu vaccination rates among young U.S. children and high-risk adults are much lower than expected nationwide, a survey indicates.
Many U.S. parents fail to recognize that their children are overweight or obese and, as a result, may not modify their children's diet and activity levels.
Michigan researchers say the chicken pox vaccine has been a far greater public health success in the United States than first expected.
African-American teens are more likely to have at risk, low birth weight babies, the party drug Ecstasy is linked to brain damage in babies even before they are born, and other news of modern health.
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