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10% of U.S. Kids Using Cough Medicine Every Week 3 May 08, 23:46 ET HealthDay - SATURDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) -- Approximately one in 10 U.S. children uses one or more cough and cold medications during a given week, according to new research from Boston University. more Middle Class Uninsured Kids' Health Risk Almost as High as Poor Children's (HealthDay) 3 May 08, 19:01 ET HealthDay - SATURDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) -- Poor and middle-class children share at least one frightening fact: If they are not insured, each group is likely to go without any health care... period. more Boy dies in China as govt tries curb diseases before Olympics 3 May 08, 15:18 ET AFP - The death of a child in south China has raised fears that a virus that has already killed 22 is spreading, as authorities called Saturday for better controls of infectious diseases before the Olympics. more Common Medications Could Cause Physical Impairment in the Elderly (HealthDay) 3 May 08, 14:01 ET HealthDay - SATURDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) -- Two new studies show that anticholinergics, a commonly prescribed group of drugs, may cause elderly people to "slow down" in their daily physical activities. more Part I: Hunting for a miracle, grasping at a chance 3 May 08, 12:25 ET AP - It was only a chair, but it had become his purgatory. more Health Highlights: May 3, 2008 3 May 08, 12:01 ET HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: more Common drugs hasten decline in elderly: study 3 May 08, 09:41 ET Reuters - Elderly people who took commonly prescribed drugs for incontinence, allergy or high blood pressure walked more slowly and were less able to take care of themselves than others not taking the drugs, U.S. researchers said on Saturday. more China orders nationwide fight against child virus 3 May 08, 07:59 ET Reuters - China ordered authorities on Saturday to tackle hand, foot and mouth disease aggressively ahead of the Beijing Olympics after a rapidly spreading outbreak killed at least 23 children and infected nearly 4,000. more

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