When it comes to adding a shot of alcohol to your cold or flu remedy, it’s hard not to wish those boozy concoctions are doing some good for your health.  As it turns out[...]

The CDC has noted an early and nasty start to the flu season. Perhaps their own website has caught it, because as I'm writing this, the whole thing is down. Assuming it recover[...]

Flu season is officially here, but influenza isn’t the only winter virus you have to worry about. The common cold, caused by rhinoviruses, adenoviruses and coronavi[...]

One in five Americans will get the flu this winter, with more than 200,000 sick enough to be hospitalized. Yet most of us still don't get vaccinated, often because of misconcep[...]

Although most children grow up hearing that they'll catch the flu if they play in the snow without a scarf, weather has very little to do with which regions get more flu, docto[...]

When it comes to colds, you know the drill. Once you have one, the best you can do is try to manage your symptoms, not cure it. So as your mother told you: Prevention really is the[...]

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Ever since the dawn of humanity, people have wondered about the purpose of dreams. We’ve imbued these mental meanderings with all sorts of powers, from forecasting the future to pr[...]

Ever wonder why you always seem to come down with a life-interrupting virus this time of year, while other women you know sail through the season sniffle-, cough-, and ache-free? W[...]