Asthma Allergies Children parent's web guide

Sneezing in South Brooklyn wrote: Can local honey help with springtime allergies? If so, how does it work, how should it be used, and where can I find a good variety for my location? Dear Sneezing, The short answer, in language you would surely understand: fuhgeddaboudit. Seriously, I checked with one of our consulting doctors [...]

A Mom writes: My 7-year-old daughter was diagnosed this week with cough-variant asthma (allergist did lung test, allergy testing and chest x-ray). She had had the chronic cough since July 2012 but every time we went to the pediatrician she had either an ear infection or sinus infection. Does this go away with time? I [...]