Treating sick children

Working mums and sick children - not a good combination! And if your child is in Day Care then you're likely to have sick kids more often thanks to the "Petri dish environment"! I was pleased to see some research released with common sense information about natural therapies in treating night time coughs and helping everyone get more sleep. "Parents of children over age 1 year seeking to relieve the cough and sleep difficulty associated with colds should consider trying honey," lead author Ian M. Paul, MD, MSc, an associate professor of pediatrics and public health sciences at the College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, tells Medscape Pediatrics. "Honey has been cited by the World Health Organization as a treatment for cough and cold symptoms in children, and it is used for symptomatic relief for these illnesses by cultures all over the world. Because none of the currently available over-the-counter therapies have been shown to be effective for cough and cold symptoms in children, honey was a logical choice to study given that it is safe for children over age 1, cheap, and widely used."

See the full study at
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/566789?sssdmh=dm1.323070&src=nldne

(Did you notice the sentence "none of the currently available over-the-counter therapies have been shown to be effective"? Wow.