Children Medication

Generation Rx: Is Overmedication Endangering Our Kids' Health?

Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff | Posted 01.15.2012

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

These new studies once again underscore the necessity for us as parents to communicate with our pediatricians and not be afraid to ask questions when a prescription is offered.

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Should Children Be On These Medications?

Martha Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Martha Rosenberg

Over a third of US kids are overweight and 17 percent are obese -- which for a 4-foot-10 inch child would be 143 pounds.

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Generation Rx Grows Up: A Response to Judith Warner

Kaitlin Bell Barnett | Posted 11.17.2011

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Kaitlin Bell Barnett

In deconstructing the "overmedicated kids" storyline, Warner has taken an important first step toward reframing the debate. But we need to go further in our reassessment of kids and medication.

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