Cold meds send 7,000 kids to hospitals
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080129/ap_on_he_me/cold_medicines"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080117/capt.1066b5686a7a4539ad9b06139e31dbdd.cold_medicines_ny115.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=EfHTnE3_xscO1gMb5_OlvA--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="Pedia Care Infant Drops Long-Acting Cough and Concentrated Tylenol Infants' Drops Plus Cold & Cough are shown in a medicine cabinet at the home of Carol Uyeno in Palo Alto, Calif., in this Oct. 11, 2007 file photo. Parents should not give babies and toddlers over-the-counter cough and cold medicines they're too risky for tots so small, the government will declare Thursday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Cough and cold medicines send about 7,000 children to hospital emergency rooms each year, the U.S. government said Monday in its first national estimate of the problem.</p><br clear="all"/>

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