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7,000 Trips Annually to Emergency Rooms for Children Taking Cough and Cold Meds


If there is any question about cough and cold medicines being completely safe for chil­dren, well consider this. Annually, about 7,000 children ages 11 and younger require a hospital emergency room visit because of an adverse reaction to one of these substances.
This figure comes from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). To [...]

Court Award to Compensate Girl Who Developed Autism After Vaccinations


A landmark case in which a court ruled for the first time in favor of a child who began to suffer from autism after receiving vaccinations has recently been handed down by the U.S. Federal Claims court. The case has been conceded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the federal agency that [...]

Medicare to Drop Payments for Hospital-Caused Infections, Injuries


The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that some significant changes will be taking place to improve the accuracy of Medicare payments. Additionally, Medicare will discontinue paying for health problems caused by a hospital. One of the aims of the revisions is to provide incentives to hospitals to engage in quality improvement [...]

Adolescent Suicide Rate, Not Due to Black Box Warnings


Prompted by psychiatrists with their own vested interests in pharmaceutical sales, the media has spun the blame for the rise in the suicide rate for children on the “black box” warning labels placed on antidepressants. This comes from a study that was conducted by the Center for Disease Control (CDC)—one of the components of the [...]

CDC: Autism Rates Rising Across USA, New Jersey Far Higher Than Other States!


The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released its first study of the number of 8-year-old children diagnosed with autism in selected areas of 14 states across the country, and the numbers are disturbingly higher than expected.
The report includes statistics gathered in 2000 and 2002 covering nearly 600,000 8-year-old children, or nearly 15% of all [...]

Drugs Send 700,000 to U.S. Emergency Rooms Every Year!


An important government study found that adverse reactions to some commonly prescribed medicines send over 700,000 Americans to emergency rooms each year. Allergic reactions and accidental overdoses to prescription drugs were the most common cause of serious illness, including medications like insulin and common antibiotics.
The study was developed by the federal Centers for Disease Control [...]