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Thursday, July 28, 2005

a cure for the common cold

So echinacea isn't the golden panacea we thought it was. The best remedy for colds still remains to wash your hands and to drink gallons and gallons of orange juice. I'm impressed with the people who volunteered to have cold viruses "dripped down their noses." Suffering for five days with a cold (even if handsomely compensated) doesn't sound like too much fun.

New England Journal of Medicine

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