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PediaCare Infant Dropper Long-Acting Cough, second from right, and PediaCare Infant Dropper Decongestant & Cough, second from left, are displayed at a drug store in Palo Alto, Calif., in this file photo from Oct. 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Drug companies: No cold medicines for kids under 4

2 hours, 24 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Don't give over-the-counter cold remedies to kids under 4, drug companies said Tuesday. What sniffling little ones need, doctors said, are plenty of fluids and lots of tender, loving care.

  • Get moving: Guidelines set healthy activity levels 2 hours, 24 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - Get moving: New exercise guidelines released Tuesday set a minimum sweat allotment for good health. For most adults, that's 2 1/2 hours a week. How much physical activity you need depends largely on age and level of fitness.

  • Michelle Ngwafla, 16, takes notes on the answer she was given by government scientists at the National Institute on Drug Abuse to her online questions about date rape drugs during class at Rockville High School on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, in Rockville, Md. Students often have ready access to marijuana, alcohol and tobacco but they don't feel comfortable talking about the ramifications. So, some of the nation's government scientists went to the computer chat room Tuesday to make it a little easier for them. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
    Scientists go chatting to hear kids' drug concerns 41 minutes ago

    ROCKVILLE, Md. - It's nothing to LOL about.

  • Fan use linked to lower risk of sudden baby death 2 hours, 25 minutes ago

    CHICAGO - Using a fan to circulate air seemed to lower the risk of sudden infant death syndrome in a study of nearly 500 babies, researchers reported Monday. Placing babies on their backs to sleep is the best advice for preventing SIDS, a still mysterious cause of death.

  • This image provided by the New York City Health Department shows one of the ads being posted in the city's subways to advise that most adults should limit themselves to 2,000 calories day. The posters that appeared Monday, Oct. 6, 2008, part of the city's healthy-eating campaign, provide calorie counts for several menu items, including this one that lists 1,170 calories for a chicken burrito with toppings. (AP Photo/New York City Health Department)
    NYC takes calorie-counting campaign to the rails Tue Oct 7, 11:14 AM ET

    NEW YORK - Craving a burrito with sour cream and guacamole? What if you knew it had more than half the calories you should eat in a day?

  • Graphic shows deaths rates for colon cancer by decade since 1960;
    Task force: Colon cancer screenings can stop at 75 Mon Oct 6, 9:23 PM ET

    PHILADELPHIA - Most people over 75 should stop getting routine colon cancer tests, according to a government health task force that also rejected the latest X-ray screening technology.

  • HyVee employee Kevin Kruger stocks the freezers, in Omaha, Neb., Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Zapping frozen meals in the microwave may be fast and easy, but it also can make you sick if not done properly. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
    Latest warning highlights dangers of microwaving Mon Oct 6, 9:15 PM ET

    OMAHA, Neb. - Zapping frozen meals in the microwave may be fast and easy, but it also can make you sick if it's not done properly.

  • Unclear how much pounding new hips, knees can take Mon Oct 6, 3:43 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - One in 75 patients who gets a knee or hip replaced must get it replaced again within three years, new research finds, although the studies underscore a question: Just how much pounding can a new joint take if you want it to last?

  • German cancer researcher Harald zur Hausen stands in his laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. Zur Hausen and French researchers Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discovering the AIDS virus and the role of viruses in cervical cancer. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle)
    3 share Nobel prize for work on AIDS and cancer Mon Oct 6, 11:26 AM ET

    STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Three European scientists shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for separate discoveries of viruses that cause AIDS and cervical cancer, breakthroughs that helped doctors fight the deadly diseases.

  • In this Feb. 3, 2001 file photo, a hedgehog curls up in the hands of its owner at a hedgehog club exhibit in Anchorage, Alaska. Hedgehogs can be dangerous for young children because their quills can penetrate skin and have been known to spread a bacteria germ that can cause fever, stomach pain and a rash, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics in a new report about dangers from exotic animals. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)
    Doctors: No hamsters or exotic pets for young kids Mon Oct 6, 7:43 AM ET

    CHICAGO - Warning: young children should not keep hedgehogs as pets — or hamsters, baby chicks, lizards and turtles, for that matter — because of risks for disease.

  • Jump seen in staph-linked flu deaths in kids Mon Oct 6, 12:08 AM ET

    CHICAGO - More children have died from flu because they also had staph infections, according to a new government report that urges parents to have their kids get the flu shot.

  • Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in medicine Sun Oct 5, 11:19 AM ET

    Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation:

  • A woman with her baby looks at powdered milk products with notice boards of 'no melamine' displayed inside a supermarket in Chengdu of Sichuan province in China, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. China's quality watchdog has said no traces of the industrial chemical melamine were found in new tests of liquid milk sold domestically, amid official efforts to restore public trust in milk supplies. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)
    Tainted Cadbury chocolate found in Hong Kong Sun Oct 5, 10:43 AM ET

    BEIJING - Hong Kong said Sunday it found two Cadbury chocolate products contained considerably more of the industrial chemical melamine than the city's legal limit in a growing scandal over tainted food made in China.

  • Salmonella sickens people in 12 states Sun Oct 5, 10:57 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - The government is urging consumers to thoroughly cook frozen chicken dinners after 32 people in 12 states were sickened with salmonella poisoning.

  • Manuel Uribe, 43, speaks on the phone with Jose Luis Garza as he lies in bed in his home in Monterrey, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. Uribe, who has been fighting to lose his title as the world's heaviest man, is giving dieting advice to bed-ridden Garza. (AP Photo/Monica Rueda)
    World's heaviest man helps another obese man diet Sun Oct 5, 10:53 AM ET

    MONTERREY, Mexico - When critically obese, bedridden Jose Luis Garza pleaded for help in shedding a few hundred pounds, he landed the world's biggest weight watcher.

  • The waiting room at a mental health center is seen in a file photo. (Lee Celano/Reuters)
    Mental health treatment boosted in economic bill Fri Oct 3, 2:05 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Talk about going out with a win.

  • Rabid Iraqi dog arrives in US; warning issued Fri Oct 3, 11:58 PM ET

    NEW YORK - Federal health officials have issued a public health warning against rabies after an Iraqi puppy with the disease arrived in the United States.

  • Study traces AIDS virus origin to 100 years ago Wed Oct 1, 3:35 PM ET

    NEW YORK - The AIDS virus has been circulating among people for about 100 years, decades longer than scientists had thought, a new study suggests. Genetic analysis pushes the estimated origin of HIV back to between 1884 and 1924, with a more focused estimate at 1908.