What seems to be ailing our city workers?
Guelph Mercury
If you're willing to spend a little extra, he can find you some of that echinacea all the kids are into, too. He buys the stuff at the local drugstore, I'm told. I don't ask too many questions, but I hear it helps to ward off colds and generally boosts ...

 

Belfast Telegraph

Stage set to honour Titanic tale
Belfast Telegraph
In the meantime, Jacqueline will keep taking her daily supplement, including echinacea, to ward off a singer's greatest nightmare — colds. The mainstay of Rosemary Jenkinson's new play, White Star Of The North, currently on at the Lyric Theatre, ...

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Herbal medicine just the dose to tackle travel bug
HealthCanal.com
By: Stephen O'Grady - Herbal medicine could be just the remedy for globetrotters susceptible to colds and bugs, researchers at the Griffith Health Institute say. The long-haul flight typically takes its toll on the body, not least when more than one ...

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Battling the blues – Times Daily

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Times Daily

Battling the blues
Times Daily
Similarly, she said, an herb called echinacea — which can be found in pill form — is thought to boost immune systems and help to fight infections. “Similar to zinc and vitamin C, echinacea has not been proven to prevent colds or the flu, but rather, ...

 

Tips for what to do when you are sick and expecting or nursing
Daily Herald
2 Leaf it alone: Lots of people recommend herbal remedies for flus or colds, but Robertson said that pregnant women should skip entirely herbal remedies altogether and be cautious of medications with herbal ingredients. "So many of them haven't been ...

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Deseret News

'My Home Pharmacy' shares herbal medicines for common illnesses
Deseret News
For example, a remedy to treat colds, fevers and flu contains garlic, lemon grass, oregano oil and raw honey. He mentions ginger root, cayenne pepper and peppermint among other common medicinal herbs easily found in a well-stocked kitchen. ...

 

Richey: Echinacea plant the original snake oil medicine
Online Athens
Known as the herb to ward off unwelcome colds and infections, Echinacea is often the most reached-for remedy on the natural medicine shelf. Many people think Echinacea is ineffective due to underdosage. For Echinacea to be effective, dosage needs to be ...

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Moneycontrol.com

Placebo Effect Works In Cold Treatments
OzarksFirst.com
In fact, researchers found this to be the case even when participants were given an inactive placebo pill in place of real treatment. For the study, researchers administered either the herbal cold remedy Echinacea or a placebo to cold sufferers. ...
Common Cold And The Placebo EffectRedOrbit
More Chicken Soup: Placebo Effect Works for Common ColdInternational Business Times
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abc7.com

More Chicken Soup: Placebo Effect Works for Common Cold
International Business Times
In a study detailed in the Annals of Family Medicine, groups given the herbal cold remedy Echinacea recovered at the same rate as groups who were given either Echinacea or a placebo, without being told which one, or who were given nothing at all. ...
Placebo effect seen in treating coldsReuters

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Placebo effect seen in treating colds – Reuters

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Jul 122011
 

Placebo effect seen in treating colds
Reuters
In one group, people were given the herbal cold remedy Echinacea and knew they were taking it. Two other groups were given either Echinacea or a placebo, but participants did not know which they were taking. The fourth group received no pills of any ...

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Apr 302011
 

New safety laws for herbal medicines
Telegraph.co.uk
Commonly used ingredients already registered include echinacea, used against colds, St John's wort, used by some for depression and anxiety, and valerian, claimed as a natural remedy for insomnia.

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The cure for the common cold? There is none
Calgary Herald
And although echinacea is the most commonly used herbal supplement in children, studies also show it can slightly increase kids' risk of rash. The only proven way for people to avoid colds is to wash their hands frequently and avoid tobacco smoke, ...

Cold comfort – Mason City Globe Gazette

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Jan 052011
 

Cold comfort
Mason City Globe Gazette
This herbal product claims to prevent and treat colds, however, studies haven't shown it does either, Sheldahl said. Although studies haven't proven that ...

Dec 292010
 

Fox News

6 Natural Remedies to 'Cure' a Cold
Fox News
... many other studies have shown that Echinacea, a traditional herbal cold remedy, does in fact reduce both the severity and the duration of colds. ...

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Got a cold? – Monroe News Star

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Dec 272010
 

Boston Globe

Got a cold?
Monroe News Star
The largest study of the popular herbal remedy echinacea finds it won't help you get better any sooner. The study of more than 700 adults and children ...
Echinacea ineffective against colds. Does anything work?Boston Globe

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Boston Globe

Echinacea ineffective against colds. Does anything work?
Boston Globe
A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine finds that the herbal remedy — that has immune-boosting effects — is no more effective than a placebo ...

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Vitamin C, Echinacea may not ward off the common cold: study
New York Daily News
In fact, the herbal remedy touted as a way to prevent colds had only "minimal effects," according to a study from the American College of Physicians. ...

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Heartburn Meds Can Increase Risk of Pneumonia
WBAY
Many people claim the herbal remedy reduces the duration and severity of colds. Researchers looked at more than 700 people in the early stages of a cold. ...

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What the papers say: echinacea no good for colds, but chocolate could help coughs
Chemist+Druggist
And the broadsheet reports scientists at the American College of Physicians found that herbal remedy echinacea is no better than a placebo at shortening a ...

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Dec 212010
 

Echinacea Won't Help Colds, So What Will?
eMaxHealth
Just when the winter cold season is upon us, out comes a study that says taking the herbal remedy echinacea will not significantly change the length or ...

 

msnbc.com

Echinacea No Cure for the Common Cold, Study Finds
BusinessWeek
20 (HealthDay News) -- The herbal remedy echinacea, believed by many to cure colds, is no better than a placebo in relieving the symptoms or shortening the ...
Popular Herbal Remedy Not Worth Much Against The Common ColdKWTX
Echinacea Won't Help Colds, So What Will?eMaxHealth
Got a cold? Study says echinacea won't help muchThe Associated Press
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Dec 212010
 

Echinacea 'no good for colds'
Telegraph.co.uk
Scientists at the American College of Physicians found that taking the popular herbal remedy ...

 

Daily Mail

Echinacea 'does not ward off colds' say leading doctors
Daily Mail
By Daily Mail Reporter The herbal remedy echinacea, which is taken to stave off colds, does not work, say leading doctors. They suggest that the plant ...

 

Atlanta Journal Constitution

Echinacea No Cure for the Common Cold, Study Finds
MSN Health & Fitness
20 (HealthDay News) -- The herbal remedy echinacea, believed by many to cure colds, is no better than a placebo in relieving the symptoms or shortening the ...
Echinacea no help for colds: studyCBC.ca
Got a cold? Study says echinacea won't help muchThe Associated Press
Echinacea fails to curb the common cold (again)CNN International

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Don’t let the cold catch you – UNM Daily Lobo

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Nov 292010
 

Don't let the cold catch you
UNM Daily Lobo
Yin Chiao is a Chinese herbal medicine touted for treating colds. All of these remedies are recommended for early intervention. In other words, take them as ...

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