HealthDay News — For children, the best way to measure liquid medication is in metric milliliters, according to a committee from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Accidental medication overdoses ...

Some 70,000 children are seen in emergency departments each year in the United States as a result of unintentional medication overdoses, sparking a push by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a recently released policy statement, the AAP called for the exclusive use of metric-based dosing for all ...

ASHP, a national professional organization for pharmacists, and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices have issued a National Alert for Serious Medication Errors that recommends hospitals use ...

A spoonful of sugar might help the medicine go down, but research suggests a spoon is a lousy way to measure out that medicine. Both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Food and Drug ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A report from the American Academy of Pediatrics calls attention to the problem of children accidentally overdosing on medicine. It also urges using the metric system as a solution.

FARGO – Put down the teaspoons, parents – there’s a good chance you’re not measuring correctly. Adding a little too much vanilla when following a recipe might result in a batch of bad cookies. But a ...