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Cough Medicine: Should You or Shouldn’t You?
Coughs send more people to the doctor's office than any other specific symptom, according to experts. And Americans spend billions of dollars every year on over-the-counter medications to fight coughs, such as cough suppressants and expectorants. Clearly we're concerned about our coughs. Clearly w
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Germs in the School Room
The average American child has six to 10 colds a year. In fact, children's colds cause more doctor visits and missed school days than any other illness. And every parent knows how easily colds passed to other family members once one child gets sick. What can a parent do? Stopping cold germs where th
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What's Your Cold and Flu IQ?
Chances are your child will develop between eight and 12 colds every year during childhood, says Harley A. Rotbart, MD, pediatric infectious disease specialist at Children's Hospital Colorado and author of Germ Proof Your Kids: The Complete Guide to Protecting (Without Overprotecting) Your Family Fr
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How To Stay Well (When Everyone Else Is Sick)
By Janis Graham 'Tis the season...for colds, flu, stomach bugs, and all those other ills that spread when people come together — whether by choice (at holiday parties) or circumstance (on airplanes). But don't start calculating your sick days just yet. This year you can do more than wash your hands
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5 Ways to Stop Colds From Spreading in Your Family
When you've got a family, even a run-of-the-mill cold can be a lot of trouble. As it spreads from one person to the next in your family, that one crummy cold virus can disrupt your lives for weeks -- causing missed school, missed work, sleepless nights, and frayed tempers. So when your child -- or y
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Cold Comfort
In the U.S., we face about 1 billion colds a year. That adds up to a lot of sleepless nights, sick days, chapped noses, crumpled tissues, and general misery. Unfortunately, there's still very little you can do to fight the common cold. We have no way to attack the virus itself. When we get a cold, a
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Cold Medicine for Adults: Treatment Facts
When you're sick and miserable with a cold, you might grab the first box of cold medicine that you see on the drugstore shelf. But experts say that we should be savvier when choosing a cold medicine. "Cold medicine" is a big category. None will cure a cold or treat the underlying virus. Instead, dif
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7-Day Menu for Cold and Flu Season
During cold and flu season, we all know to steer clear of people who are coughing and sneezing. We diligently wash our hands to avoid germs and viruses. What else can we do? Research suggests that following the right diet can not only help prevent colds and flu, but help ease symptoms if we get sick
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Cold Relief: 6 Sleep Tips to Help You Breathe Easier
Suffering the symptoms of a cold is bad enough by day. At night, it can be worse, when blocked sinuses can make it so hard to breathe that you spend all night in a misery of tossing and turning. WebMD asked leading cold and sleep experts around the country for advice on how to breathe easier at nigh
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Cough Relief: How to Lose a Bad Cough
Ah, the joys of winter. Eggnog, ice skating ... (cough cough cough). Constant cough can stop you in your tracks. “Even a little cough can be debilitating,” says Mark Yoder, MD, assistant professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Cold and flu s
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