Cough and congestion are common for many children this time of year, signaling any number of illnesses. For parents, it’s important to identify the exact cause of your child’s discomfort, as effective ...

It started with what seemed like a run-of-the-mill cold. My three-year-old had a cough that wouldn’t go away, a fever that barely counted as one, and he stopped sleeping through the night. As a ...

Habit cough virtually always has an organic origin. The child will have had a cough from an asthma exacerbation, pneumonia, or a common cold. He or she becomes stuck in a cycle of cough, irritation, ...

Vaccination is the best protection. Pertussis or ‘whooping cough’ is a highly contagious, and potentially very dangerous disease that is passed through communities via coughing and sneezing. The ...

Parenting Tips: Let us know from the experts what can be done to cure a child's cough quickly and what mistakes should be avoided during this time. Parenting Tips: It's very common for children to ...

I was recently asked by a concerned parent, “When is a kid’s cough something you should worry about?” In most instances, this should be discussed directly with one’s own pediatrician. There are, ...

This debilitating disease is particularly dangerous for babies, but can affect people at any age. Vaccination remains a key ...

Just when you think you have protected your child from every foreign material, be it processed food, chocolate or even sugar, a new challenge comes before you. For instance a 6-year-old girl was ...

Cough is the most common chief complaint in the United States and Australia. 1 Although the differential diagnosis of cough in children is extensive, coughs can have very characteristic presentations ...