Common Medication Could Save Numerous Children with Diarrhea: Study

Common Medication Could Save Numerous Children with Diarrhea: Study
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A simple solution exists that could save nearly half a million young lives lost each year to one of the biggest child killers worldwide—yet it’s barely used.

New research reveals that oral rehydration salts, an inexpensive medicinal mixture that can rapidly treat deadly diarrhea in kids, are prescribed only 42 percent of the time despite their proven effectiveness.

A.C. Dahnke
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A.C. Dahnke is a freelance writer and editor residing in California. She has covered community journalism and health care news for nearly a decade, winning a California Newspaper Publishers Award for her work.
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