Cold: No cough syrups please

Home remedies work to get rid of a cold fast. [iStock]

Climate change has resulted in unstable weather cycles with extreme temperatures that contribute to diseases, especially chest complications, in children. 

The cold season is fast approaching, a period when viral infections are common.

A 2010 study shows that at least two per cent of doctors’ visits by children and adolescents were chest pains related to a heart condition.