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Common
Cold - Life Extension Foundation
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Influenza
Virus (Flu) - Life Extension Foundation
- Cold & Flu Health Center
- Vitacost Health Library
- Common Cold/Sore Throat
- Vitacost Health Library
- Influenza
- Vitacost Health Library
- Cough
- Vitacost Health Library
- Sinus Congestion
- Vitacost Health Library
- Colds and Flu - The Natural Pharmacist
- Cold and Flu - Echinacea
- natmedonline.com
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NAC: The Best Flu and Cold Remedy Yet? - thenutritionreporter.com
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Another
Vitamin C Analysis - thenutritionreporter.com
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Does
Honey Relieve Cough in Children? - Medscape, 5/8/08 -
"On a 6-point scale, subjects who received honey
reported an average improvement of 1.89 points in cough frequency, compared
with 1.39 points for DM subjects and 0.92 points for "no treatment"
subjects. Parental assessment of the child's sleep improved by 2.49 points
for honey patients, by 1.79 points for DM patients, and by 1.57 points for
no treatment patients"
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Zinc
Reduces Common Cold Symptoms - Medscape, 4/17/08 -
"The participants took one zinc acetate lozenge
containing 13.3 mg of zinc or placebo every 2-3 hours while awake ... The
average duration of cold symptoms (including cough, nasal discharge, and
muscle ache) was significantly shorter in the zinc group (4.0 days) than in
the placebo group (7.1 days) ... By day 4, 56% of the zinc group had
complete resolution of their colds, whereas none of the placebo group was
free of cold symptoms on day 4"
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Probiotic Cuts Respiratory Illness Rates In Endurance Athletes, Study
Suggests - Science Daily, 2/18/08 - "The
probiotic Lactobacillus substantially cuts the rate and length of
respiratory illness in professional long distance runners ... athletes
taking the probiotic had less than half the number of days of symptoms of
their colleagues taking the placebo ... Respiratory symptoms while taking
Lactobacillus lasted 30 days compared with 72 days while taking the placebo"
- [Nutra
USA] - See my favorite
Garden of Life Primal Defense HSO Probiotic Formula at iHerb
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Honey May Soothe Kids' Coughs - WebMD, 12/3/07 -
"Honey ranked highest, followed by dextromethorphan, and the placebo was in
last place in terms of cough relief ... honey's slim lead over
dextromethorphan may have been due to chance"
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Study: Echinacea Cuts Colds by Half - WebMD, 6/26/07
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Lancet: Echinacea does fight colds - USA Today, 6/25/07 -
"the popular herbal supplement echinacea cuts the
chance of catching a cold by 58% and can reduce the duration of colds by
about a day and a half" - See
Echinacea products at iHerb.
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Moderate Exercise
May Lower Cold Risk - WebMD, 10/26/06
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The prophylactic and therapeutic effectiveness of zinc sulphate on common
cold in children - Acta Paediatr. 2006 Oct;95(10):1175-81 -
"Compared to the placebo group, the
zinc group had shorter mean duration of cold symptoms and decreased total
severity scores for cold symptoms"
- Working
out may help prevent colds, flu - MSNBC, 1/17/06 -
"moderate amounts of aerobic
exercise such as jogging, brisk walking and cycling during the cold and flu
season boost the body’s defenses against viruses and bacteria"
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Immune-Enhancing Role of Vitamin C and Zinc and Effect on Clinical
Conditions - Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism 2006;50:85-94 -
"These trials document that adequate
intakes of vitamin C and zinc ameliorate symptoms and shorten the duration
of respiratory tract infections including the common cold"
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'Good' Bacteria:
Good for Colds? - WebMD, 11/7/05
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Workers On Daily Probiotics Less Likely To Take Time Off Sick - Science
Daily, 11/7/05 - "workers who took a
daily dose of the probiotic bacteria Lactobacillus reuteri were 2.5 times
less likely to take sick leave than workers who took a placebo"
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Anti-cold, Anti-flu Product Cuts Recurrent Colds By More Than Half, Study
Shows - Science Daily, 10/25/05
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Ginseng for Gesundheit? Latest Study on Colds - WebMD, 10/24/05 -
"one in 10 people in the ginseng
group reported having two or more colds that winter, compared with about 23%
of those taking the placebo ... Colds lasted about 11 days for the ginseng
group and 16.5 days for the placebo group"
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Effect of a dietary supplement containing probiotic bacteria plus vitamins
and minerals on common cold infections and cellular immune parameters -
Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2005 Jul;43(7):318-26 - "These data indicate that the intake
of a dietary supplement containing probiotic bacteria plus vitamins and
minerals during a period of at least three months in winter/spring may
reduce the incidence and the severity of symptoms in common cold infections
in otherwise healthy adults. This may be due to stimulated cellular
immunity"
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Vitamin C May Not Fight the Common Cold - WebMD, 6/28/05
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Resveratrol could prevent ‘flu epidemics - Nutra USA, 5/24/05
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Boost In Immune Response Fights Common Cold - Science Daily, 4/24/05 -
"Nursing facility residents who
consumed 200 International Units (IUs) of vitamin E daily for one year were
less likely to get the sniffles than those who took a placebo ... those who
took the moderate supplements were 20 percent less likely to contract upper
respiratory infections, such as colds"
- Efficacy of Zinc Against the Common Cold Virus - Medscape, 11/23/04 -
"Clinical trial data support the value of zinc in reducing the duration and severity of symptoms of the common cold when
administered within 24 hours of the onset of common cold symptoms"
- Vitamin E May Prevent Common Cold - WebMD, 8/17/04 -
"Participants in the vitamin E group who completed the study had significantly fewer common colds
and a 20% lower risk of acquiring a cold than those in the placebo group"
- Bugged by a Bad Cold? - Dr. Weil, 5/24/04
- The Herbal Way To Keep Flu at Bay - WebMD, 12/12/03 -
""Astragalus is an immune-enhancing herb to ward off flu," Weil says ... I also use a
mushroom product called Host Defense, an extract of seven mushrooms ... I think it is useful to be on a good multivitamin, multimineral supplement" - See
iHerb
 Host Defense products.
- Positive Attitude Fights the Common Cold - WebMD, 7/22/03
- New Weapon Against Colds? - Dr. Weil, 7/8/03
- Vitamin C May Fight Colds After All - WebMD, 3/12/03 -
"12 healthy subjects who took one gram of vitamin C a day for two
weeks showed a boosted immune system response during that time ... in two of them, the response to vitamin C took place within five hours ... this might mean that taking a vitamin C tablet at the first sign of a cold could achieve an effect quickly enough to ward off that cold"
- Zinc Spray Shortens Colds - Physician's Weekly, 1/27/03 -
"Zicam, an over-the-counter nasal spray, cuts the length of a cold by anywhere between 1.5 to 3
days, according to a new study from The Cleveland Clinic Foundation" - See See drugstore.com Zicam products
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- Zinc Spray Shortens Colds - WebMD, 1/7/03 -
"patients using Zicam, an over-the-counter nasal spray, cut the length of their colds an average of 1.5 days compared with those
treated with a placebo. However, some patients slashed their cold duration in half -- from six days to only three" - See Zicam at drugstore.com
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- Soothing Sore Throat? - Dr. Weil, 12/6/02
- Zinc Gluconate Reduces Cold Duration And Frequency In Children - Doctor's Guide, 11/14/02 -
"Subjects taking the zinc gluconate glycine lozenges
[Cold-Eeze] showed shorter cold duration than non-users: 7.5 and 9.0 days respectively. Further, 4.1 percent of those taking the lozenge needed concomitant antibiotics compared to 36.2 percent of non-users.
Prophylaxis with the lozenge reduced the median annual number of colds from 1.3 in non-users to 0.0 among the lozenge users" - I've got that via my drugstore.com affiliate. See Cold-Eeze
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Now might be a good time to stock up on Zicam so that you can use it at the
first symptoms of a cold.
- Exercise, Supplements Boost Flu Shots - WebMD, 10/3/02
- Exercise May Reduce Risk Of Colds - Intelihealth, 8/26/02
- Alternative Remedies for Fighting a Cold - WebMD, 2/27/02 -
"chicken soup not only helps break up nasal congestion, but many recipes include garlic, which has antibiotic
properties ... Drink plenty of water ... help to clear the sinuses ... most cough syrup was extracted from the bark of the wild cherry tree ... garlic, ginger, and goldenseal. These herbs and spices have antiviral, antiseptic, or antibiotic properties ..."
- Natural cures for the common cold? - CNN, 2/13/01 -
"a zinc nasal spray called Zicam, showed very promising results in a study of 213 patients published in ENT, the Ear,
Nose and Throat journal. Symptoms were reduced by as much as 75 percent." - see Zicam
- Zinc Halts Colds - Nutrition Science News, 11/00
- Science Finally Shows What Grandma Knew All Along - WebMD, 10/17/00
- Immunity-Building Supplements May Be Crucial For This Year’s Cold And Flu Season
- Vitacost, 10/11/00
- Zinc Lozenges Cut Cold Duration in Half, Study Shows - WebMD, 8/14/00
- Natural Substance Fights the Flu in Mice - WebMD, 4/17/00
- Supplementing your cold defenses - CNN, 11/4/99
- A Shield of Immunity - Nutrition Science News, 9/99
- Echinacea vs. the Common Cold - Nutrition Science News, 8/99
- Zinc Lozenges Ineffective In Treating Cold Symptoms In Children - Doctor's Guide, 6/23/98
- Winning the Cold War: The Latest Scientific Findings on Fighting the Sniffles and Sneezes - Think Muscle Newsletter
CME/CEM:
General Information:
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Colds - American Academy of Family Physicians
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Colds - emedicine.com
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Colds - familydoctor.org
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Influenza/Flu - Intelihealth
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Current flu conditions in your area
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Treatments for colds
 - Medifocus.com
Other News:
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Flu
Vaccines Can Reduce Respiratory Problems By Up To 3/4 - Science Daily,
4/15/08
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Why
The Flu Virus Is More Infectious In Cold Winter Temperatures - Science
Daily, 3/30/08 - "At winter temperatures, the
virus’s outer covering, or envelope, hardens to a rubbery gel that could
shield the virus as it passes from person to person ... At warmer
temperatures, however, the protective gel melts to a liquid phase. But this
liquid phase apparently isn’t tough enough to protect the virus against the
elements, and so the virus loses its ability to spread from person to
person"
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Antibiotics No Help for Sinus Cold - WebMD, 3/13/08
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Learn self-care home remedies to ease your cold symptoms - WebMD,
12/20/07
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FDA Panel Says Cold Drug Is Effective - WebMD, 12/14/07
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Why Flu Spreads in Winter - WebMD, 10/19/07
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FDA Approves a Second Drug for the Prevention of Influenza A and B in Adults
and Children - Doctor's Guide, 3/29/06
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How do you fight off colds? - USA Today, 1/22/06
- Doctors
discourage use of cough medicine - MSNBC, 1/9/06 -
"Over-the-counter cough syrups
generally contain drugs in too low a dose to be effective, or contain
combinations of drugs that have never been proven to treat coughs"
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Health Tip: Preventing The Flu - CBS Chicago, 12/9/04
- Flu Vaccine Helps Despite Mismatched Strains - WebMD, 8/12/04
- Do Cough Medicines Work in Kids? - WebMD, 7/6/04
- Cough Medicines Appear No Better than Non-Medicated Placebo Syrup for Children's Coughs - Doctor's Guide, 7/6/04
- Beating the flu: A spray or a shot? - MSNBC, 9/23/03
- Flu Vaccination Cuts Coronary Deaths - Doctor's Guide, 9/5/03
- FluMist (Influenza Virus Vaccine Live, Intranasal) Now Available in US - Doctor's Guide, 9/2/03
- FDA Approves FluMist Nasal Mist Influenza Vaccine - Doctor's Guide, 6/18/03
- New Drug [pleconaril] May Prevent the Common Cold - WebMD, 5/1/03
- Study: Flu Shots Prevent Heart Disease - Intelihealth, 4/3/03
- Flu Shots Cut Hospitalization in Elderly - WebMD, 4/2/03
- FDA Approves Avelox (Moxifloxacin HCl) For Community Acquired Pneumonia Due To Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus Pneumoniae - Doctor's Guide, 3/4/03
- Amoxicillin/Sulbactam Effective, Well Tolerated In Treatment Of Community Acquired Pneumonia - WebMD, 3/3/03
- Many Parents Don't Know Cold Facts - WebMD, 2/3/03
- Death by Flu Too Common Among Elderly - WebMD, 1/7/03
- Carpets and Sleeping Arrangements Affect Flu Incidence in Dorms - Doctor's Guide, 10/22/02
- Acetylsalicylic Acid (ASA) Effective for Pain Associated with Common Cold - Doctor's Guide, 8/21/02
- Flu Vaccine Good For All Adults, Not Just Elderly Or Ill - Intelihealth, 8/20/02
- Air Pollution Adds To Illness - Intelihealth, 7/24/02
- Prophylaxis with Oseltamivir Helps Stop Home Outbreaks of Influenza - Doctor's Guide, 3/6/02
- Good News in Flu Fight [Relenza, Tamiflu] - WebMD, 2/27/02
- Flu Shots May Be Healthy for the Economy, Too - WebMD, 2/27/02
- Cough Medicine Effective - WebMD, 2/8/02
- New Intranasal Flu Vaccine, Nasalflu, Safe and Effective in Children - Doctor's Guide, 12/18/01
- Tamiflu (Oseltamivir) Prophylaxis Reduces The Transmission Of Influenza In Families - Doctor's Guide, 12/18/01
- New Drug [pleconaril] Shortens Cold Symptoms - WebMD, 12/18/01
- Pneumococcal Vaccine Reduces Carriage Of Streptococcus Pneumoniae, Is Well Tolerated by Young Children - Doctor's Guide, 12/17/01
- Pneumococcal Vaccine Together With Haemophilus Influenzae Vaccine Safe and Effective in Infants - Doctor's Guide, 12/17/01
- Picovir (Pleconaril) Relieves Symptoms of Viral Colds up to One Day Faster than Placebo - Doctor's Guide, 12/17/01
- Inflexal Vaccine Appears to Reduce Transmission of Influenza in Families - Doctor's Guide, 12/17/01
- Influenza Antiviral Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate) Reduces Spread of Flu in Families - Doctor's Guide, 12/17/01
- Remedy for common cold [pleconaril] could arrive next fall - USA Today, 12/17/01
- FDA Approves Biaxin XL (Clarithromycin) For Community-Acquired Pneumonia - Doctor's Guide, 8/6/01
- Telithromycin Effective For Treating Atypical Community Acquired Pneumonia - Doctor's Guide, 7/3/01
- Telithromycin Effective For Treating Pneumococcal Pneumonia - Doctor's Guide, 7/3/01
- Sitafloxacin Well Tolerated In Treatment For Pneumonia, May Show Similar Efficacy To Imipenem - Doctor's Guide, 4/10/01
- One Shot Keeps Bacterial Pneumonia at Bay, Ask Your Doctor About the Pneumococcal Vaccine - WebMD, 4/3/01 -
"We know pneumonia is the No. 1 cause of death from infectious disease in
the U.S. ... The vaccine isn't perfect; it can't prevent every single case. However, right now it is being grossly underutilized"
- Study Suggests Antibiotics Little Help For Children's Sinus Infections - Intelihealth, 4/2/01
- New Flu Drug Warning -- Watch Out for Breathing Problems, Relenza Linked to Patient Deaths in Some Cases, Says Maker - WebMD, 7/10/00
- Study Shows Tamiflu (Oseltamvir) Helps Children Get Better Faster - Doctor's Guide, 2/19/01
- FDA Approves Antiviral Tamiflu (Oseltamivir) For Children - Doctor's Guide, 12/15/00
- The Flu: Is It More Dangerous Than We Thought? - WebMD, 11/22/00
- FDA: Daily pill can prevent, not just treat, flu - CNN, 11/21/00
- FDA OKs Daily Pill for Prevention of the Flu - WebMD, 11/20/00
- FDA Approves Tamiflu (Oseltamivir) To Help Prevent Influenza - Doctor's Guide, 11/20/00
- Flu Treatment Also May Prevent the Illness - WebMD, 11/1/00
- 'Ouchless' Flu Prevention? Drugs Already on Shelves May Work - WebMD, 10/18/00
- Cold or Flu? New Test Helps Doctors Make the Call - WebMD, 10/18/00
- Early Treatment With Tamiflu (Oseltamivir) Reduces Total Duration Of The Flu - Doctor's Guide, 9/18/00
- Tamiflu (Oseltamivir) Successfully Fights Respiratory Infection in Immunocompromised Patients - Doctor's Guide, 5/9/00
- Oseltamivir Reduces Flu Severity and Duration In Adults - Doctor's Guide, 2/22/00
- Expert Evaluates New Drugs - Doctor's Guide, 2/21/00
- FDA Tells Physicians: Remember Therapeutic Considerations Before Prescribing New Flu Drugs - Doctor's Guide, 1/13/00
- Steering clear of air cabin cold viruses - CNN, 12/16/99
- Tamiflu Reduces Duration Of Flu By One-Third - Doctor's Guide, 11/9/99
- Tamiflu Safe, Effective In Preventing Flu In Elderly, High-Risk Patients - Doctor's Guide, 9/27/99
- Common Cold Caused By Multiple Viruses - Doctor's Guide, 2/2/98
- Evidence Shows That Social Relationships Build Resistance To Colds - Doctor's Guide, 6/25/97
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