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Fluid-intake needs differ between patients with common cold, flu  -  25 Mar 2008
Kansas State Collegian,People who are ill with the flu or common cold should drink different types of liquids and maintain their hydration level, said K-State nutrition and health

Flu bug still bites  -  25 Mar 2008
Sheboygan Press,It starts like a common cold." The most important way to avoid the flu, no matter what time of year it is, is to keep up the good hand-washing habits,

AIDS Vaccine Testing on Humans Halted Because of Risk  -  25 Mar 2008
Voice of AmericaThat component is an adenovirus [adenovirus vector], found in the common cold. When those patients were given the vaccine, they had a higher risk of getting

Auriga Laboratories Announces The Launch Of Extendryl(R) PEM And ...  -  25 Mar 2008
Medical News Today (press release),...and is indicated for temporary relief of non-productive cough accompanying respiratory tract congestion associated with the common cold, influenza,

Zimbabweâ€™s poor millionaires  -  25 Mar 2008
Standard,A small trip for medicine for common cold turned into a nightmare recently. There was no medicine in five of the shops I visited. Jeff suggested we purchase

The focus on HIV/AIDS has helped forget the threat of tuberculosis  -  25 Mar 2008
News-Medical.net,The World Health Organisation says TB is a contagious disease spread like the common cold through the air. People who are sick with TB in their lungs are

Germ warfare  -  25 Mar 2008
SU The Daily Orange (subscription),...public awareness of antibiotic over-prescription, doctors are still prescribing antibiotics for ailments like the common cold or other simple viruses.

New and improved spinal surgery in SW Florida  -  25 Mar 2008
Winknews.com,Back injuries are the most frequent reason for missing work next to the common cold. Now a local surgeon is performing a new operation that gives patients

Truck drivers on the road to better health  -  25 Mar 2008
WBIR-TV,The clinic offers health screenings, wellness programs, and treatment for illnesses like the common cold or sore throats. The clinic is the result of a

Free Samples You Don't Want From Your Doctor: Bacteria and Viruses  -  25 Mar 2008
HULIQ,...though you would want to separate out children with contagious infections such as a common cold or stomach virus from those who are not contagious,

4 Common Cold Myths: Avoid Doing These Things When You Get Hit By ...  -  Mar 24, 2008
Informative Post,...by Kori Did you know that more than 200 viruses can lead to the common cold? Every year when the fall/winter season comes and brings the cold and flu along

Raise Your Immunity Frequency With Essential Oils to Beat the ...  -  Mar 23, 2008
Natural News.com,The findings indicate that high levels of psychological stress are closely associated with contracting the common cold. While the common cold is rarely a

Common Cold Linked Ear Infections, Researchers Confirm  -  Mar 13, 2008
Science Daily (press release)..."Because we now know that the common cold is the precursor to an ear infection, it is important for parents to make extra efforts to prevent their children

Scientist calculates an equation for the common cold  -  Mar 12, 2008
Salt Lake Tribune,By Brian Maffly As many as half of all colds are caused by rhinoviruses, a viral grouping that includes 110 serotypes. Rhinovirus' rate of genetic mutation

The Common Cold Health  -  Mar 17, 2008
Best Syndication,...(Best Syndication) More than 110 viruses, known as rhinoviruses, can cause the common cold. An individual may develop a temporary immunity to one or two

Conquer The Common Cold & Flu - Breakthrough Drug Free Relief  -  Mar 8, 2008
Los Angeles Chronicle,The common cold or flu virus is one of the most annoying bugs around. It seems no matter how healthy or careful you are, theres no stopping you from picking

The common cold meets its match  -  Mar 11, 2008
Federal Way News,After many years of trying, Hermle reports that he discovered - by accident - a natural and easy method to prevent catching both the common cold and

Treating the Common Cold in Kids  -  Feb 28, 2008
KSPR,By KSPR News By Joanna Small Flu and colds are spreading like wildfire, and when it comes to the common cold, you just have to wait for the symptoms to

Body talk  -  Mar 24, 2008
Mirror.co.uk,..."In this case, bite your top lip or pinch the bridge of your nose," says Dr Ron Eccles from the Common Cold Research Centre at Cardiff University.

Cure for common cold step closer thanks to sniffling mice  -  Mar 4, 2008
LabnewsOnline,...â€œThese mouse models should provide a majour boost to research efforts to develop new treatments for common cold, as well as for more potentially fatal

Airborne to Refund Consumers  -  Mar 3, 2008
ABC News...(Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo) By KATE BARRETT People who have taken the herbal formula Airborne with the hope of curing or fending off the common cold are eligible

Heart to Heart Talk Rating physicians  -  Mar 24, 2008
Inquirer.net,...before each meal, and in between, does work effectively in the prevention of the various common infections, especially URI, like common cold, etc.,

Good Morning America: "Airborne" Cold Remedy Falls Flat  -  Mar 4, 2008
WKBW-TV,..."I would never sit here and tell you that Airborne is a cure for the common "You said Airborne is not a cure for the common cold.

Airborne Cold And Flu Drug Under Fire For Making False Accuasations  -  Mar 4, 2008
WJBF-TV,Elise Donoghue CEO, Airborne: "I would never sit here and tell you that it's a cure for the common cold." Elisabeth Leamy, reporting: "You said Airborne is

Are you well enough to work out?  -  Feb 25, 2008
Guardian Unlimited,Research from the Common Cold Centre at Cardiff University shows that symptoms normally last around a week - though in about 25% cases, they can linger for

Grandmaâ€™s remedies for cold and flu  -  Mar 12, 2008
SheKnows.com,Whether it was your motherâ€™s homemade recipe or straight from a Campbellâ€™s soup can, chicken soup has long-been an accepted remedy for the common cold.

Nigeria: World Tuberculosis Day - Containing Ravages of a Pandemic  -  Mar 24, 2008
AllAfrica.com,He adds that like the common cold, it spreads when people cough, sneeze, talk or spit; they propel TB germs, known as bacilli, into the air.

If effervescent shields won't protect you, what will?  -  Mar 14, 2008
MinnPost.com,To answer its own question, "Is Airborne a cure for the common cold?" the website now reads, "There still is no cure for the common cold.

Allergy Symptoms vs. Cold Symptoms  -  Mar 17, 2008
FitSugar.com,Since allergy season is upon us (or about to be depending on where you live), I thought it might be useful to compare the symptoms of the common cold with

Sun Pharma says it has secured FDA OK for generic benzonatate capsules  -  Mar 24, 2008
MarketWatchBenzonatate is an antitussive, used to relieve cough caused by common cold, bronchitis, pneumonia or other lung infections.

Protect children from common respiratory virus  -  Mar 19, 2008
Agoura Hills Acorn,While symptoms usually resemble the common cold and are fought off in a matter of days, coldlike symptoms accompanied by wheezing or difficulty breathing

Best Cold- And Flu-Fighting Foods  -  Feb 26, 2008
International Herald Tribune,..."If we take a look at the common cold and influenza, these are bugs that we've been using drugs somewhat ineffectively to fight," says David Grotto,

Just Say No to Drugs!  -  Feb 25, 2008
Korea Times,By Carolyn Matthews Recently I fell victim to the perennial winter illness â€• the common cold. A nasty virus induced an attractive array of symptoms

Posted By Nasmith, Cecilia  -  Feb 27, 2008
Northumberland Today,Headache - Rare in the common cold, it's frequent with influenza. Cough - Occasional and dry in the common cold, it's frequent and wet with influenza.

From Taslima to Tibet, India proves chicken  -  Mar 20, 2008
Times of India,How unlike the caring, sharing mothers of the suitably named Mother India, where female foeticide and infanticide are as common as the common cold.

Ask Dr. H: Avoiding colds, without Vitamin C  -  Mar 10, 2008
Philadelphia Inquirer,Answer: The "common cold" is not a single viral respiratory infection, but a group of several viruses that are especially prevalent this time of year.

Chiropractor Suggests Method To Fight Cold  -  Feb 25, 2008
INDYchannel.com,Chiropractor Dr. Gina Carucci says there may an alternative to over-the-counter medications used in treating the common cold.

Beat (Or at Least Survive) a Cold  -  Mar 13, 2008
NewsMax.com,Doctors still canâ€™t cure the common cold, and they never run out of excuses for not being able to do so. (â€œThere are too many kinds of cold viruses,â€? or

Why People Use Unproven Remedies  -  Mar 13, 2008
LiveScience.com,LiveScience's Bad Science Columnist Last week the makers of Airborne, an herbal supplement once claimed to help prevent and cure the common cold,

Flu plagues many  -  Feb 25, 2008
Henderson State University Oracle,According the Center for Disease Control Web site, this season's most common illnesses - the flu and the common cold - are extremely similar, but they have

Rethinking Use of Cough Medications for Common Colds: New Cough ...  -  Mar 6, 2008
PR Web (press release),After reviewing studies done from 1980 to 2004 on cough and the common cold, an ACCP expert panel found that guaifenesin -- an expectorant found in such

Reflecting on a Bad Week for the Economy  -  Mar 21, 2008
New Republic (subscription),Think of it like medicine: There's no cure to the common cold, and an occasional cold is probably a good thing, if only as an indicator that our body is

Grandmother Knew Best  -  Mar 11, 2008
Mother Earth News,For generations, grandmothers have been prescribing a standard set of remedies for the common cold: Get into bed, bundle up, drink plenty of hot liquids,

Company to pay $23M to people who bought cure-all for common cold  -  Mar 4, 2008
USA Today..."You can say your product prevents or cures the common cold if you have data to support that," Ronald Turner, a researcher at the University of Virginia

Antibiotics: They never help cold-like symptoms  -  Mar 20, 2008
What Doctors Don't Tell You,The common cold - This greatest bugbear of an upper respiratory tract infection is usually caused by bacteria or viruses, or even occasionally,

Antibiotics overprescribed for common viruses: study  -  Mar 13, 2008
Reuters India,Bacteria can cause rhinosinusitis -- an inflammation of the sinuses -- but a virus such as the common cold is often a more likely culprit so antibiotics

Allergies Or Just A Cold  -  Mar 10, 2008
KETV.com,Allergies and the common cold can have many similar symptoms, including runny nose, watery eyes, cough and congestion, so it can be difficult for parents to

Herbal Formula Distributor to Issue Refunds  -  Mar 5, 2008
NewsLI,...â€œWe donâ€™t know if Airborne is a cure for the common cold. What Airborne does is help your body build a healthy immune system. When you have a healthy immune

Putin: US, Russia Share Common Ground  -  Mar 5, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle,By STEVE GUTTERMAN, AP Writer Russia's relationship with the United States is strained by plenty of disagreements, but the former Cold War rivals share

Veteran welcomes claims settlement  -  Mar 24, 2008
Basingstoke Gazette,Many believed they were helping in the quest to find a cure for the common cold. It has only been over the last decade that the veterans have learned of the

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