A study showed children admitted to hospital intensive care units for opioid overdoses doubled between 2004 and 2015. Methadone accounted for nearly 20-percent of the narcotic ingested by children between the ages of one and five years old.
Researchers in Scotland said caregivers should consider the social and emotional impact stroke victims face as part of their recovery. They said balancing the need for hope with physical rehabilitation is essential.
New findings showed that increasing the dosage of inhaled steroids for young asthma patients when severe flare-ups occur doesn’t always work. In fact, the study published in the New England Journal Of Medicine showed an increase from low-to-high dose may stunt a child’s growth.
