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Wednesday, January 30, 2008. Cold Drugs Send 7,000 U. Children to Emergency Rooms Every Year. More than 7,000 children under the age of twelve end up in the emergency room each year after taking over-the-counter cough and cold drugs. Most are there for overdoses. In two-thirds of the cases, children took the drugs without supervision, but around 26 percent were children who experienced side effects after a parent gave them the recommended dose. Reuters January 28, 2008.

Discussion of government and scientific reports. Alkaline acid diet fad? The alkaline acid diet suggests eating larger quantities of alkaline foodstuffs. Alkaline foods are fruit and vegetables. A healthy vegetarian diet, not one with an absence of meat, eating plenty of fresh fruit and veg would be an example of the alkaline acid diet. Further are diets that claim to promise quick weight loss without any effort on your part to be believed? September 30, 2009.