If you feel ill but your symptoms are only above the neck — a stuffy nose, a bit of a sore throat — you could just have a ...

It can be difficult to tell the difference between a cold, flu and Covid during winter, but a GP has shared key symptoms that ...

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ANSWER: Both colds and influenza (the “flu”) are respiratory illnesses that are caused by viruses. Influenza is caused specifically by the influenza viruses, which come in two main types (A and B).

Vitamin C can actually help cut your cold short. One 2023 meta-analysis in BMC Public Health found that vitamin C had a ...

If you’ve noticed a swell of coughs and sneezes echoing throughout the city of late, you’re not alone. While viruses may seem particularly prevalent this year, the Eastern Ontario Health Unit CEO and ...

Key symptom differences. A General Practitioner (GP) and Medical Director, Dr. Rupa Parmar, has provided advice on how to ...

Strategies like washing your hands regularly and getting a flu shot go a long way towards keeping you healthy when seemingly ...

In A Nutshell In mouse experiments, raising body temperature by about 2°C turned severe flu infections into mild ones ...

When the days get shorter and the nights get chillier, it’s often a signal to begin taking steps to stave off cold and flu ...

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The flu can also cause a general feeling of fatigue or malaise, Ray says, as well as gastrointestinal issues like diarrhea ...