Medicine mix-ups harm hospitalized kids
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080407/ap_on_he_me/children_drug_errors"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080406/capt.e59a9e2f9bb547d0bb267eb640dc2aa4.children_drug_errors_ny140.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=oH4w5CkpQoxn6vyXP_NH0Q--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="The prestigious Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, was fined $25,000 by state health regulators on Thursday, March 20, 2008, for giving overdoses of a blood thinner to three infants including the newborn twins of actor Dennis Quaid. The California Department of Public Health cited Cedars-Sinai, seen here in a file photo taken Jan. 4, 2008, and 10 other hospitals for violations that 'has caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury or death to patients.' (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Medicine mix-ups, accidental overdoses and bad drug reactions harm roughly one out of 15 hospitalized children, according to the first scientific test of a new detection method.</p><br clear="all"/>

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