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Antibiotics Probably Won't Ease Your Cough, Even If Infection is Bacterial: Study
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 15, 2024
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Doctors sometimes prescribe antibiotics to help treat a cough, but a new study shows the drugs won't help reduce the severity or duration of coughing -- even if a bacterial infection is the culprit.
Lower respiratory tract infections that cause coughing have the potentia...
Robitussin Honey Cough Syrup Recalled Due to Fungal Threat
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- January 25, 2024
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The maker of Robitussin has recalled eight lots of Robitussin Honey CF Max Day Adult and Robitussin Honey CF Max Nighttime Adult cough syrups.
The products, which are made by Haleon, may be contaminated with a microbe, and "in immunocompromised individuals, the use of th...
CVS Pulling Popular Cold Meds From Shelves After Report Deems Them to Be Useless
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- October 20, 2023
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CVS Health plans to pull cold medications that contain phenylephrine from its store shelves after federal regulators determined recently that the decongestant doesn't work.
Oral phenylephrine is an active ingredient in such well-known products as Sudafed and Dayquil. An ...
What Is Croup? Its Symptoms and Treatment
- Kelly Quinn, MD, Fellow, Pulmonary Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital HealthDay Reporter
- October 9, 2023
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Croup can be a scary thing for new parents to watch their babies struggle with, so here is a primer on what it is and how to best treat it.
Croup is a common respiratory illness, characterized by a narrowing of the main airway (the trachea), just below the vocal cords. I...
Could Cold Air Help Settle a Case of Croup? New Study Says Yes
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- August 1, 2023
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Pediatricians have suspected it for years, and now a new study may be proving them right: Cold air really can help ease children's croup symptoms.
Croup is a common childhood illness that usually starts as an ordinary cold. It arises when the infection causes swelling ar...
FDA Panel to Again Weigh Merit of Decongestant That Many Call Useless
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- March 6, 2023
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Consumers have been using a common over-the-counter oral decongestant known as phenylephrine for years, but that may not continue much longer.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked a panel of its advisors to reassess the drug's effectiveness. The medication's s...
Omicron COVID Causing Severe Croup in Young Children
- March 18, 2022
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FRIDAY, March 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) --The Omicron COVID-19 variant can cause croup in young children, including severe cases that require hospitalization and intensive care, a new study shows.
"The relatively high hospitalization rate and the large number of medicati...
Your Baby's Developed a Cough: Expert Advice on What to Do
- February 5, 2022
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If your baby has a cough, you might immediately think it's COVID-19, but coughing is a common wintertime symptom, a pediatrician says.
Dr. Mona Patel of Children's Hospital Los Angeles offers some advice on what to do when your
Masks Cut Distance Coronavirus Travels in Half, Study Finds
- Robert Preidt
- January 14, 2022
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Face masks are touted as a key tool in preventing the spread of COVID-19, and a new study offers more proof that they work.
Florida researchers found face masks cut the distance that airborne pathogens such as the coronavirus can travel by more than half.
The findi...
Early Strain of COVID-19 Spread Fast Because First Symptom Was Cough: Study
- Robert Preidt
- December 27, 2021
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The COVID virus strain circulating in the United States during the pandemic's first wave spread so fast because it most often started with a cough, according to a new study.
It's likely that people with that strain -- D614G -- coughed and spread the virus before they wer...
Do Your Kids Really Need Cough & Cold Meds?
- November 7, 2021
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When children have colds, parents may want to hold off on using cough and cold medicines, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration suggests.
Most children get better on their own, and cough or cold medicines won't change the natural course of a cold or make it go away faste...
Zinc Might Help Shorten Your Cold or Flu, Study Finds
- Ernie Mundell and Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporters
- November 2, 2021
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Many people pop a zinc supplement at the first sign of a cold, and there's new evidence supporting the habit.
Australian researchers found that the supplements appear to help shorten respiratory tract infections, such as colds, flu, sinusitis and pneumonia.
Many ov...
Long COVID, Big Bills: Grim Legacy of Even Short Hospital Stays
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- August 25, 2021
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When COVID-19 patients are discharged from the hospital, most are far from being well -- even if their hospital stay was fairly short.
That's among the initial findings of a study that followed Americans hospitalized for COVID-19 during the pandemic's "third wave" -- the...