The common cold - This greatest bugbear of an upper respiratory tract infection is usually caused by bacteria or viruses, or even occasionally, allergic reactions.

Antibiotics: They never help cold-like symptoms - One of the main reasons that people visit the doctor is for cold-like symptoms – which medicine calls upper respiratory tract infections or rhinosinus...

Treating the common cold - After the season of cheer and beer, Comes champagne and the New Year. You’re sailing high, you’re feeling bold. A fortnight later, you feel queer,...

Summer colds and flu - There’s nothing worse than a summer cold, particularly when the weather is scorching. And although conventional medicine throws a load of mostly usele...

Colds and flu: keeping well in the winter season - Most of the magic bullets to treat colds and flu - from antibiotics to zinc lozenges - are shots in the dark and not as effective as tried-and-tested...

Cheers!: a little wine stops the common cold - A modest amount of wine a day might well reduce heart problems many research studies have concluded Now Spanish researchers have also found that it...

Antibiotics cold cure may spark overuse - Antibiotics are useless for treating the common cold yet more are prescribed for the condition than for any other ailment. ...

Antihistamines: not for colds - A US congressional subcommittee is currently investigating why the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) permits antihistamines in cold remedies, when th...