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Complementary and alternative medicines: adverse events.
Complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) and therapies are often regarded as "natural" and, therefore, harmless. However, for the the vast majority of CAMs no formal testing or adverse event reporting mechanisms are in place. A study published in Archives of Disease in Childhood studied adverse effects associated with CAMs.
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NICE publish gastroenteritis guideline.
NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) publish Clinical Guideline Number 84 - "Diarrhoea and vomiting in children". Diarrhoea and vomiting caused by gastroenteritis is an extremely common condition seen in paediatric practice.  Approximately 10% of children younger than 5 years present to healthcare services with gastroenteritis each year so this new guideline is likely to prove useful.
 
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