Most adults catch between two and four colds a year and the average infant or child catches from six to ten colds a year. That means, in our lifetimes, most of us will have a cold or flu for between two and three years. That’s a lot of Kleenex. Immune Boosters The good news…
Winter is the time of promise because there is so little to do — or because you can now and then permit yourself the luxury of thinking so. – Stanley Crawford Oh February. I always find this month a little challenging. Short days. Rain. Fog. Moreover, this February, a host of coughs, sniffles, sneezes, and…
Are you sniffling and sneezing? If so, you’re not alone. It seems like our entire city has a cold right now. At our house, we’ve been resting, drinking lots of hot lemon and ginger drinks and broths, getting out in the sunshine, and trying to remember all of those other time-tested cold remedies. Then, I…
If you’ve turned on a radio or television, picked up a newspaper, or logged onto the Internet in the last month, you know it’s flu season. Like many Americans you might be trying to decide whether you and/or your kids should get vaccinated against the H1N1 and seasonal flu this year. If you’re looking for…