Most children will get around eight viral infections a year but there are times it is essential to seek medical help ...

Similarly, if your child’s cough continues for more than three weeks, especially if it’s worse at night or they have a wheeze ...

According to the NHS if your child is feeding, drinking, eating and breathing normally and there is no wheezing, a cough is ...

It’s always distressing to hear your little one cough, especially in the middle of the night. Still, as common as this wintertime symptom is, it’s helpful to know that it often sounds worse than it ...

Rose Cairns receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC, Investigator Grant). She is also the recipient of an untied educational grant from Reckitt to fund a PhD ...

The Food and Drug Administration is warning of an increase in accidental child overdoses from prescription cough medicine. The FDA says more than 4,500 got sick from cough suppressant Tessalon between ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

There are specific tests, such as pulmonary function tests, but most of the time, asthma is diagnosed clinically and ...