Day care accused of drugging babies

A day care in Oklahoma is under investigation for giving children Benadryl to help them go to sleep. Fortunately, none of the children is thought to have sustained serious injury.

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Kids are Cash Cows for Big Pharma, Drugging Our Children, Ex-Pharma Rep Tells All | The Truth Talks

Chemical Straight Jackets for Kids! Drugging Our Children: Ex-Pharma Rep Tells All | The Truth Talks Former Pharmaceutical Drug Rep., Gwen Olsen, explains .

OXYCONTIN PAINKILLER FOR CHILDREN GOT U.S. FDA APPROVAL

The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday it has approved the use of the powerful and frequently abused opioid painkiller OxyContin for children ages 11 to 16 who suffer from severe long-term pain.

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Why children don’t ‘grow out’ of ADHD - they simply grow up

The latest pseudoscience concerning the manufactured psychiatric label ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) suggests children who ‘grow out’ of the so-called condition have higher IQs.

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White Kids Get Medicated When They Misbehave, Black Kids Get Suspended — or Arrested

In recent years, as a national conversation about racial discrepancies in American policing has heated up, a depressing subplot has also emerged: a pattern of similar discrepancies in how discipline is meted out in schools. Black students made up just 18 percent of students in the public schools sampled by the New York Times in 2012, but “they accounted for 35 percent of those suspended once” and 39 percent of those expelled — examining federal data, the Times also noted that “nationwide, more than 70 percent of students involved in arrests or referrals to court are black or Hispanic.” Even black preschoolers were not exempt: They made up the same 18 percent of the student population, but constituted half of all suspensions.

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Majority of Youth Prescribed Antipsychotics Have No Psychiatric Diagnosis

The majority of children, adolescents and young adults prescribed antipsychotic medications have not been diagnosed with a mental disorder, according to a recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry.  The study, led by Mark Olfson from Columbia University, examined trends in the treatment of young people with antipsychotics in the United States between 2006 and 2010 and raised concerns about the safety and efficacy of prescription practices.

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Antidepressant Use While Pregnant Tied to Lower Risk of Preterm Birth

Pregnant mothers treated with antidepressants have a lower risk of giving birth prematurely or having a delivery by Caesarean section. However, use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) is associated with a higher risk of neonatal problems, according to a recent study.

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Civil liberties debate heats up as R.I. ranks tops in vaccinating youths for HPV

Just as concerned parents were mounting a grassroots campaign against a new Rhode Island mandate for all 7th graders to get the HPV vaccine — and as health officials were gearing up for the kickoff on Wednesday of a statewide series of informational meetings on the shots — the federal government announced that the state has the highest rate in the nation for vaccinating youths against the sexually transmitted virus linked to cancer.

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Vaccine-injured children, adults can seek compensation from federal government

Vaccines remain one of the greatest success stories in public health. But for some Americans, rare side effects of inoculations have led to hardship, serious injury, even death.

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