Every parent knows the basics: Make sure your family's diet sort of resembles the Food Pyramid. Limit TV-viewing time. And keep a bottle of syrup of ipecac in the medicine chest in case somebody ...

WASHINGTON -- Generations of parents knew the rule: Keep a bottle of ipecac around to induce vomiting in case your child swallows a poison. Now that rule may be about to change. Amid evidence that ...

CHICAGO — Parents should avoid the old standby poison remedy of ipecac syrup and instead call poison control centers when children ingest toxic substances, the American Academy of Pediatrics says, ...

Indianapolis, July 22 - The Indiana Poison Center takes about 200 calls each day, 60,000 a year for childhood poisonings. Most cases don't end up in the hospital and parents often treat their kids at ...

CHICAGO -- Parents should avoid the old standby poison remedy of ipecac syrup and instead call poison control centers when children ingest toxic substances, the American Academy of Pediatrics says, ...

A new bill that will make it more difficult for people with eating disorders to buy a compound that induces vomiting has passed both houses of the state Legislature and awaits the signature of Gov.

Every 30 seconds in the United States, a child swallows something they should not. Doctors at WakeMed's Children's Emergency Department see at least one or two accidental ingestions a day. So what do ...

Giving syrup of ipecac to a poisoning victim is not recommended without professional instruction, but not enough people know that, said Carma Hanson, coordinator of Safe Kids Grand Forks. This week is ...