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800, 345, 7339 on the web at utterreme.com. Many parents give their children multivitamin, herbs, and alternative medicines.

Are these safe and effective for kids?

This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grayden.

When children have a hard time sleeping, parents might sometimes give them sleeping pills or

melatonin. Is that a good idea? Or might such pills cause problems? What's a safe dose? Can kids get to sleep with guided imagery and

meditation? Sunscreen can help children avoid sunburn when they're playing

outside, but it also helps prevent vitamin D formation.

What should parents do to resolve this dilemma?

How much vitamin D do kids need for optimal health?

Coming up on the people's pharmacy, how you can keep your kids safe and healthy this summer.

First, the news.

In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines, Public Health Authorities and infectious disease

experts have been working to reduce inappropriate use of antibiotics. A new study has found,

however, that a lot of patients get antibiotics when they shouldn't

in urgent care centers. Antibiotic misuse is associated with bacterial resistance and

diminishing value of the antibiotics, it may also lead to

infections such as Clustridium difficile, which causes severe diarrhea.

The investigators reviewed insurance claims from 2014.

This captured data on people under 65 with employer-sponsored insurance.

What they found was rather shocking.

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