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The agency warns consumers to stop using the zinc-based cold
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Cold Remedy Nasal Swabs and Cold Remedy Swabs, Kids Size. Consumers
should immediately stop taking zinc-based intranasal Zicam cold
products and discard them or return them to stores because they
damage the sense of smell, the Food and Drug Administration said
Tuesday.
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84% of kids diagnosed with ADHD take a RX
Yikes! This number really jumped out at me when I read the
article on WebMD:
http://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/news/20100720/most-kids-with-adhd-take-med...
Its comes from an online survey that Consumer Reports National
Research Center did in August 2009 with 934 parents whose kids had
been diagnosed with ADHD. And of those whose kids took a RX for
ADHD, 67% of parents thought it was beneficial; and 45% felt
changing schools really helped. Of the parents surveyed, 37% said a
learning specialist/tutor helped and 35% said maintaining structure
helped. So what's sad about this? A couple things. First of all,
stimulant meds have tons side effects. Second of all, did no one
try brain training? Of the parents who took the survey, 44% said
they "wished there were another way to help t...
