colds

Newly discovered virus linked to childhood lung disorders and Kawasaki disease

...oronaviruses have been known primarily for causing colds or, morerecently, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Genetic evidencenow suggests that a previously unknown coronavirus may account for someof the many respiratory diseases for which a causative agent isunidentified, and may have a role in Kaw...

Does vitamin C help prevent or treat the common cold? Maybe not, after all.

... find evidence that the vitamin could help prevent colds in people exposed to extreme physical exertion or cold weather. They found six studies in which the vitamin or a placebo was given to marathon runners, skiers and soldiers exposed to significant cold and/or physical stress. Those taking the vitamin e...

Doctors should stop prescribing antibiotics for the common cold, review advises

...th symptoms lasting for seven days or less or with colds that included runny noses with colored discharge for 10 days or less. The patients had been given either antibiotics or placebo. "People receiving antibiotics did no better in terms of lack of cure or persistence of symptoms than those on placebo," A...

Gene therapy for hereditary lung disease advances

...reath, wheezing, chronic cough and recurring chest colds are signs of the disease. It is important that alpha-1 patients avoid cigarette smoke, said Mark Brantly, M.D., a professor of medicine and molecular genetics and microbiology at UF's College of Medicine who develops clinical research programs aim...

Health Canada approves cold and flu medicine

...COLD-fX can be taken to provide symptom relief for colds and flu." Shan added that Health Canada reviewed all of CV Technologies published and unpublished data on COLD-fx before approving the claims. The NHPD issues product licenses in several categories. Because COLD-fX® is a unique patented produc...