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View Post: The common cold and influenza : Effect Measure
14 Nov 2009
And now a new idea has been broached, still highly speculative but no less intriguing for all that: maybe one of the forms of the "common cold" is somehow protective against getting influenza. This was suggested last month in a short ...
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View Post: Referral: EM on The common cold and influenza
14 Nov 2009 by FLA_MEDIC  
Revere at Effect Measure today looks at some recent reports that suggest that when the common cold (Rhinovirus) is circulating it might reduce the spread of the influenza virus. The idea made headlines a couple of days ago, ...
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View Post: HD37 Dems: Fwd: Rebecca McClellan Reports, November 20, 2009
9 hours ago by BlogMaster  
While a common cold does make you feel pretty bad and it carries almost the same symptoms as the flu, it is not the same thing. Unlike common cold, influenza may cause severe illness and even life-threatening complications in many ...
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View Post: Orange Fruit Juice Causes Influenza Shock! - The Dead Synapses Society
20 Nov 2009 by tel1342  
Experiments conducted by Oxford University Influenza and Common Cold Division, of the Centre for Disease Control, reveals that people who drink orange juice and then kiss someone during the first three days after the person they are ...
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View Post: H1N1 and Other Dangerous Respiratory Infections - Keller Williams ...
13 hours ago
Influenza (the flu) is more severe than a common cold, but produces man of the same symptoms. Some of the additional symptoms include muscle aches, fatigue, a high fever and a bad cough. See WebMD for more information ...
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View Post: Symptoms of Influenza vs Cold and Stomach Flu: How to tell Swine ...
4 Nov 2009
Influenza – "Influenza is an infection of the lungs and airways caused by a virus. Various strains of influenza virus circulate throughout the world each year." (Influenza Self-Care, Health Link Alberta, June 2005); Common Cold – "A ...
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View Post: The Big Bad Flu or Influenza
16 Nov 2009 by Frugal Canner  
In more serious cases, influenza causes pneumonia, which can be fatal, particularly for the young and the elderly. Although it is often confused with other influenza-like illnesses, especially the common cold, influenza is a much more ...
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View Post: H1N1(Swine Flu): Could Getting A Cold Prevent You From Getting The ...
18 Nov 2009 by Regina Phelps EMS Solutions  
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427345.100-common-cold-may-hold-off-swine-flu.html. Does viral interference affect spread of influenza? http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19354 ...
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