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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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UK adopts new growth charts.
Growth charts developed by the Department of Health and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health have been adopted as the new standard for use in the UK. Their introduction follows concern that the previous UK90 charts did not adequately reflect the normal fluctuations in weight during early infancy for breast-fed babies.
 
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