10% of U.S. Kids Using Cough Medicine Every Week

SATURDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) -- Approximately one in 10 U.S. children uses one or more cough and cold medications during a given week, according to new research from Boston University.

 Common Medications Could Cause Physical Impairment in the Elderly

SATURDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) -- Two new studies show that anticholinergics, a commonly prescribed group of drugs, may cause elderly people to "slow down" in their daily physical activities.

 Middle Class Uninsured Kids' Health Risk Almost as High as Poor Children's

SATURDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) -- Poor and middle-class children share at least one frightening fact: If they are not insured, each group is likely to go without any health care... period.

 Health Highlights: May 3, 2008

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