How to ‘Make the Medicine Go Down’: Giving Your Child Medication

Giving medicine can be a stressful for both parent and child.

Today in Medicine: Can nicotine prevent Parkinson’s?

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Home remedies that don’t help, and could even hurt

Should you really put rubbing alcohol on your cut? Will butter help a burn? Dr. Melrose has answers

Today in medicine: Suicidal kids have access to guns

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Daughter of face transplant donor meets recipient

Carmen Blandin Tarleton received a face transplant at Brigham and Women’s Hospital this year and spoke with the daughter of her donor at an event Wednesday.

The home remedies you should avoid

Dr. Melrose tells you what not to try at home

Today in medicine: Wear your sunscreen!

Plus: What your pulse can predict

Today in Medicine: More screen time linked to bad behavior in kids

Plus: The microorganism that could be making you fat

Boston doctors: Video game helps blind navigate buildings

Researchers say a video game that uses a computer-generated layout of a building can help to prepare the blind to navigate the venue in real life.

Today in Medicine: More sugar, more violence?

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