In the world of supplements, liquid glycerol is quickly making waves. It is being praised for enhancing hydration, boosting ...

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Doctors and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) have warned young children drinking slushie drinks, after several children under ...

But that icy-cold sweet treat was just linked to a dangerous syndrome in children—who have shown symptoms in as little as an ...

A recent study found that several children were hospitalized after drinking slush ice drinks containing glycerol. Now, one mom is detailing her daughter’s hospitalization just minutes after consuming ...

Experts have warned that slushies (flavoured drinks made of syrup and crushed ice) containing the additive glycerol can make children below the age of eight very ill. Examining the cases of 21 two ...

Health Minister Mike Nesbitt has outlined some of the symptoms associated with glycerol intoxication in children which has ...

Their research, 'Glycerol intoxication syndrome in young children, following the consumption of slush ice drinks,' published today in the British Medical Journal's Archives of Disease in Childhood ...

Marnie Moore, from Lancashire, was rushed to hospital where she received urgent treatment for glycerol toxicity — dangerously low blood sugar triggered by the iced, artificially sweetened drinks.

Children under the age of eight should avoid consuming slushies containing the sweetening agent glycerol, researchers have suggested. The advice comes as a study highlighted a number of youngsters ...

Children should completely avoid "slushy" ice drinks containing glycerol, which can make them very ill, until they are at least eight years old, say researchers calling for official health advice to ...