When a child is sick, having them take their medication can be just as important as ensuring they eat well and get enough rest. But for many families, getting kids to actually swallow their medication ...

A new experimental treatment for children with a hard-to-treat form of epilepsy is safe and can reduce seizures dramatically, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Popular drugs for weight loss are now being prescribed to kids as young as 12. It’s been nearly two years since the FDA approved ...

A drug approved to treat obesity in adults and teens is safe and effective for use in kids as young as 6 when combined with diet and exercise, a small new study shows. Liraglutide lowered body mass, ...

Some parents are concerned about artificial dyes in common meds for kids, such as Tylenol and Motrin. Here's more on why, and what you can do. Dyes are particularly common in liquid medications, which ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Barry Dunn, the president and CEO of Kosair for Kids. (Kosair photo) With Kentucky kids dying from access to substances, Kosair ...

As rates of behavioral disorders like attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and anxiety rose among children, so did concerns about treating them with psychotropic drugs. From the early 1990s ...

Three out of four children diagnosed with ADHD are put on medications even though research has found behavioral therapy to be effective. But health insurance coverage of the treatment can vary, and ...

A DECADE before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. raised the alarm on the overprescribing of psychiatric medications to kids, a small group of researchers and clinicians — including some from New Hampshire — were ...

Weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy are increasingly popular among adults, who have flocked to the new medications as alternatives to the traditional — and often ineffective — advice to “eat ...