Their labels promise everything from fewer tummy aches to faster cold and flu recovery.
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As with the cold and flu, however, the cough can linger for much longer.
Project ScanaFlu is a low-cost disposable cartridge that can test for cold and flu symptoms by testing saliva.
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This cold and flu season could star a cornucopia of viruses.
Recent cold weather had brought about more cases involving breathing difficulties and chest pains and WMAS is expecting cold and flu symptoms to have an effect on calls over the coming months.
Rather than putting extra strain on services vital for real emergencies at this busy time of year people with cold and flu symptoms should use available medication and if worried visit a pharmacist for expert advice.
The biggest difference between a cold and the flu is usually the presence of a fever which comes on suddenly.
Voice changes also occur with viral and bacterial infection, like the common cold or flu, and are one of the characteristics of heavy smoking.
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People who have experienced the loss of a loved one or are coming off a break-up are more likely to get a cold, flu and pneumonia.
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She said a recent study found that aerosols, tiny droplets which can carry flu and cold germs, were formed at the bottom of a vuvuzela after people had blown into them.
Nardini says they both slept better and had more energy, and she didn't get a cold or the flu all month as she usually does in the winter.
So if you have a cold, flu, cough, bronchitis, those are all viral infections and need antivirals.
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But how much do we actually know about how colds and flu spread - for example how many others does one cold sufferer infect?
And sales of new products Cold-EEZE Oral Spray and QuickMelts, have sold at an unexpected, brisk pace due to the flu outbreak.
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But antivirus drugs, aimed at viral, rather than bacterial, invaders--HIV, herpes, hepatitis, flu, the common cold--have been harder to come by because viruses are harder to outwit and tame.
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