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Child food allergies are up 18% over the last decade, the CDC reports.
Four out of every 100 U.S. kids under age 18 now suffer food allergies, which doubles their risk of asthma and triples their risk of skin or respiratory allergies.
“It is a significant trend — food allergies do appear to be continuously increasing over the decade,” CDC health statistician Amy Barnum, MSPH , tells WebMD. “And if you look at hospital discharges with any diagnosis related to food allergy, there has been a significant increase.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Children under 4 should not be given over-the-counter cough and cold remedies, drug companies said Tuesday in a concession to pediatricians who doubt the drugs work in kids and worry about their safety.
The voluntary changes came less than a week after federal health officials said they also saw little evidence that the drugs work, but feared that parents would give kids adult medicines if the products were taken off store shelves.
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