It begins, like many ads that once had you inexplicably blubbering at your desk, with an adorable young child. Marketers all know cute kids are the shortcut to anyone’s bleeding heart and/or tear ...

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 ...

In 1988, an infant of unknown nationality died after ingesting 5ml of camphorated oil. What's False We found no recorded deaths in or outside the United States attributed to topical application of ...