Cold
News and information about common cold on Oprah.com.
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Taking Care of Your Voice
… membranes to dilute [the reflux]," he says. "It gets substantially worse when someone gets even a routine respiratory tract infection ." Dehydration/dryness: This is especially a problem in the winter when you spend time in dry, heated …
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Trying to Conceive
… years. I just never felt ready. But ready or not, on day seven of our honeymoon I felt nauseous, and, thinking I had a stomach bug , I stayed in our room. We were in South Africa on a safari, and they had warned us to keep the sliding doors to our bungalow …
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Dr. Oz's Cheapest Drugstore Cures
… Zinc Gluconate Lozenges for Colds When people get sick with a common cold , they will reach for any and all medicine to get rid of it ..... zinc gluconate lozenges not only shorten the duration of the common cold , but they're more effective than vitamin C in treating …
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What to Eat for Deep Sleep
… killer cells, which are the immune cells that fight cancer. One study suggests that our ability to fight viruses like the common cold decreases 300% when we get less than 7 hours of sleep. Do Sleeping Pills Increase My Risk of Death? In 2008, over 56 million …
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Are Your Cold or Flu Symptoms Bad Enough to Stay Home?
… contagious. Spot the severity of five common cold and flu symptoms. If you are sniffling ..... fever, you may be coming down with the common cold or the flu. You are most contagious ..... cough is probably from allergies or the common cold . But unless you've got other common …
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The Shadow Effect Excerpt: Making Peace with Ourselves, Others and the World
… Our deeper yearning for self-understanding gets buried beneath the daily news, family issues, a health crisis, or a common cold . An indignant neighbor, a disgruntled ex, or a child who has lost their way will literally suck the hours out of our days …
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Secret Superfood: Beets
… an incredible range of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants that can ward off all kinds of sickness and disease, from the common cold to cancer. So how do these humble, awkward-looking roots manage to do it all? Well, take their dark red color for starters …
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Dr. Oz's 7 Secrets to Stay Cold-Free All Winter Long
… those membranes. Forget Echinacea There's actually no conclusive research proving echinacea to be effective against the common cold . What do I take instead? Vitamin D. Studies have found that D can stimulate the production of a virus-killing protein …
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The YOU Docs Blog
… RealAge as much as six years younger. Make yourself the kind of person doesn't get sick. Q: Why is it that I catch every common cold virus or other sickness that someone around me has? I exercise, wash my hands frequently, eat plenty of fruits and vegetables …
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Are Happy People Healthier? New Reasons to Stay Positive
… University and an expert on the link between social networks and health. In one of his studies, Cohen exposed 276 adults to the common cold virus. He wasn't surprised to find that smokers were three times more likely to get sick. But Cohen also found that subjects …
