Rise in Rx Use in Children

According to Medco Health Solutions Inc., roughly one in four children and nearly 30% of those ages 10 to 19 years take prescription medication on a routine basis.

Rise in Rx Use in Children

Psychiatry—Labeling Kids with Bogus 'Mental Disorders'

There is only one mental health disorder: Psychiatristentia Delusiono Grandeur Disorder (PDGD) Suffers believe themselves to be the sole arbiters of mental health and they compulsively invent new names for mental health disorders and then accuse people of suffering from them. These are seriously disturbed and dangerous individuals best not approached alone. Symptoms include breaking into a sweat and being struck dumb when encountering someone who understands logical fallacies.

25 percent of American children take prescriptions regularly

Gage Martindale, who is 8 years old, has been taking a blood-pressure drug since he was a toddler. “I want to be healthy, and I don’t want things in my heart to go wrong,” he says.

25 percent of American children take prescriptions regularly

Study of the Day: A Quarter of American Children Take Drugs We Don’t Know Much About

According to a recent study from Medico Health Solutions Inc., a leading American pharmacy-benefit manager, more than a quarter of U.S. children and teenagers are taking prescription medication on a regular basis. Close to 7 percent are on more than one medication.

Study of the Day: A Quarter of American Children Take Drugs We Don’t Know Much About

Some doctors handing out prescriptions to kids for potent medications

With little oversight and apparent carte blanche, a relative handful of Texas physicians wrote $47 million worth of Medicaid prescriptions for powerful antipsychotic and anti-anxiety drugs over the past two years, according to a Star-Telegram analysis.

Some doctors handing out prescriptions to kids for potent medications

WARNING! THE ENTIRE WORLD IS GOING INSANE

A video about the deliberate drugging of our children and the pharmaceutical industry that profits from it.

Medicaid-funded ADHD treatment for children misses the mark

Washington, DC, 7 December 2010 ? The enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 expands Medicare benefits to scores of previously uninsured individuals including many of our nation's children. While access to treatment is laudable, the quality of such treatment is the subject of an article in the December issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Medicaid-funded ADHD treatment for children misses the mark

FDA Will Examine Link Between Food Dye and Child Behavior

FDA Will Examine Link Between Food Dye and Child Behavior

The Food and Drug Administration will hold a meeting to determine if there is a negative link between child consumption of synthetic color additives in food and a child’s behavior.

Addressing ADHD Children Naturally, Kids Tips, Austin Natural Medicine

Addressing ADHD Children Naturally, Kids Tips, Austin Natural Medicine

Dr. Fritz teaches Obstetrics & Gynecology at the Academy for Oriental Medicine in Austin.