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the common cold

Another name for a "cold"—an ordinary, mild illness characterized by congestion, sneezing, and coughing. The doctor said that I just have the common cold, not anything serious, thank goodness. If you have the common cold, you should be resting!
See also: cold, common
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Complications of the common cold include acute bronchitis and pneumonia.
This is why you can never catch the same cold twice; The common cold is highly contagious and can be spread in a number of ways
One risk of the common cold is that it can lay the groundwork for bacterial pneumonia.
Can geranium extract cut down on duration of a cold?
For common cold and trauma, the samples were taken from the populace of 20,819,302 from each of the 178 union councils (UCs) which were divided for age wise data collection in accordance with proportions of each age groups.
COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN ALLOPATHIC AND HERBAL THERAPIES OF COMMON COLD, DEPRESSION AND TRAUMA IN THE CITY OF KARACHI: A COST UTILITY AND RELATIONSHIP ANALYSIS
These findings helped the NIAID researchers conclude that properly functioning MDA5 is necessary to protect against human rhinoviruses (HRVs), the main causes of the common cold.
The Genetic Mutation That Makes You More Prone To Colds
The effect of zinc acetate lozenges was not modified by age, sex, race, allergy, smoking, or baseline common cold severity.
Zinc Acetate Shortens Common Cold Three-Fold
Matrixx Initiatives Inc., the manufacturer of the Zicam brand, announced last month the launch of ColdSense, the "first-ever iPhone app designed to help evaluate a user's potential exposure to the common cold."
Zicam app sizes up a person's chances of catching a cold
Vitamin C reduces the symptoms and duration of respiratory infections (common cold)
Why complementary medicine is better than Ibuprofen or Paracetamol in the prevention and treatment of respiratory infections (common cold and flu)
Zinc acetate lozenges may reduce duration of the common cold by nearly 3 days, according to an analysis published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.
Zinc lozenges may help patients recover earlier from cold
[USPRwire, Wed Sep 09 2015] Global Markets Direct's, 'Nasopharyngitis (Common Cold) - Pipeline Review, H2 2015', provides an overview of the Nasopharyngitis (Common Cold)'s therapeutic pipeline.
New Report Available: Nasopharyngitis (Common Cold) - Pipeline Review, H2 2015
In 2014, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a synopsis of human trials on the use of zinc lozenges in treating the common cold. The results showed that when the proper dose of zinc is used within 24 hours of first symptoms, the duration of cold miseries is cut by about 50%.
Snail's Pace
[ClickPress, Thu Jul 03 2014] Global Markets Direct's, 'Nasopharyngitis (Common Cold) - Pipeline Review, H1 2014', provides an overview of the Nasopharyngitis (Common Cold)'s therapeutic pipeline.
Market Report, "Nasopharyngitis (Common Cold) - Pipeline Review, H1 2014", published
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As part of the "Dorm Environment and Occupants' Health" study at Tianjin, China, the authors analyzed common cold infection incidence of 3,712 students living in 1,569 dorm rooms in 13 buildings.
Ventilation, crowds and the common cold
Some patients visit doctors suffering from symptoms of common cold that last for more than two weeks.
Untreated allergic rhinitis can lead to serious problems
Washington, February 14 ( ANI ): Vitamin C is beneficial against common cold particularly for people under heavy physical stress.
Vitamin C halves incidence of common cold
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