Ethnicity Plays Role in Parents' Treatment of Childhood Fever

A separate study to be presented at the meeting showed that approximately one in 10 U.S. children uses one or more cough and cold medications during a given week.

While pediatric cough and cold medications are widely marketed in the United States, little had been known about how frequently often they are used. This new finding, made by researchers from Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center, is important given recent revelations that cough and cold medication use can lead to serious adverse effects, including death.

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The American Academy of Family Physicians has more about fevers in infants and children.

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