When I first heard about the Vicks VapoRub trick for stopping a child’s cough, I thought it must just be an old wives’ tale. Something as simple as rubbing some Vicks on your kid’s feet and then ...

Many parents slather Vicks VapoRub on their sniffling, coughing kids when they’re sick -- because, by gosh, that’s what their parents did to them. For children under the age of 2, the folksy remedy ...

Even though most of this generation’s parents were raised on Vicks VapoRub, a new study recommends against using it on young children. And while the study didn’t address products such as baby vapor ...

This advisory that applying Vicks Vaporub (a brand of mentholated topical cream) to the bottom of one's feet at bedtime, then covering those feet with socks, will stop persistent nighttime coughs hit ...

Parents should not apply Vicks VapoRub, the salve used to relieve symptoms of cough and congestion, to children under the age of two, doctors warn. Dr. Bruce Rubin, the lead author of a study on the ...