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Flu Treatment with Antibiotics

Looking for an effective flu treatment and wondering if antibiotics will work? Since only a doctor can prescribe antibiotics, this means that you s...

What is Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine?

Kids 2 to 9 who are getting their first flu vaccine will need a second dose 4 weeks later. The first isn't enough to prevent the flu -- two doses w...

Flu Treatment

Antihistamines block the effect of 'histamine,' and help relieve such annoying symptoms as sneezing, itching, and nasal discharge. Talk to your doc...

Keeping Catchy Infections Contained

There’s a vaccine for many common contagious diseases. Make sure your family is up to date on their vaccinations. That includes adults, who should ...

What Causes The Flu?

The virus enters your body when you touch your hands to your nose, eyes, or mouth. You can spread the flu 7 days after symptoms start. The CDC make...

Vitamin C for The Common Cold

At the very first sign of cold symptoms, many people reach for Vitamin C, whether in supplements, juices, cough drops, tea, or other forms. In 2010...

Starve a Cold, Feed a Fever?

If you cook them, use as little liquid as possible to keep the nutrients in the food. Foods rich in beta carotene and other carotenoids include: Ap...

Is Your Sore Throat a Cold, Strep Throat, or Tonsillitis?

Wonder if your painful sore throat is from a cold, strep throat, or tonsillitis? Antibiotics should not be used to treat a cold virus and sore thro...

Get Relief from The Aches and Pains of a Cold

Both acetaminophen and NSAIDs can lower your fever and ease muscle aches. But if you need pain relief for more than 10 days, talk to your doctor. F...

Childrens Cold Medicine: Safety Information

When your little one is sick with a cold, you may wonder if it's OK to give them over-the-counter medicine.

Flu Shot: The Vaccine and Its Side Effects

No. The viruses in the flu shot are dead. Even the nasal spray, which has a weak version of the flu virus, cannot give you the flu. If you get the ...

Swine Flu and Chronic Conditions

If you have a chronic condition like heart disease, diabetes, or obesity, you need to take extra care to protect yourself from all types of the flu...