Very little drug research on children exists to help doctors

Finding out how prescription drugs affect children isn't easy, even for pediatricians, a new study says.

That's because very little research on children and drugs is published in medical journals that help guide doctors on treatment. The result is that some prescribe the wrong dose or use drugs that could be harmful to kids: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060912/ap_on_he_me/research_in_kids_3.