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Overlap between allergy and cold/ COVID -19 symptoms can lead to inaccurate assumptions and unfortunate consequences. @billcarrolltalk and I talk about this issue in the context of Pembroke school staff with COVID-19 who thought they had allergies.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 17, 2020 Source:Pembroke school staff with COVID-19 thought they had allergies
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Your cold does not come from exposure to cold temperatures
Health Headlines Commentary for October 2, 2019 Source:Does cold weather make you sick?
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Wednesday House Call November 29, 2017
Wednesday House Call November 29, 2017 Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to discuss the latest health stories of the week. Today: Strep infections in London Ontario. Some perspective behind the fatalities. Your calls about: Sore throats and flu. Have you tell the difference between strep throat and viral infections as well as a difference…
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Being cold may give you a cold if you are tissue in a culture dish
Health Headlines Commentary for July 12, 2016 Source: Why Being Cold Might Foster a Cold Reference: Two interferon-independent double-stranded RNA-induced host defense strategies suppress the common cold virus at warm temperature
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Study shows echinacea does not help treat or reduce the duration of colds
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 22, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Echinacea and the Common Cold: Still the Patient’s Choice Reference: Barrett B, et al “Echinacea for treating the common cold: a randomized trial” Ann Intern Med 2010; 153: 769-777.
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Why children fight one cold after another
Originally published in The Ottawa Citizen October 1, 2002 Original Title: Daycare Part I: The Valley of the Nose Pickers Part II – Children’s eye diseases spread quickly Part III – Childhood rashes hard to diagnose at first The beginning of school or daycare normally exposes children to a collection of infectious diseases. With colder…