http://www.medindia.net/healthnews/Common-Cold-news.asp Medindia largest health website in india. en-us Copyright 2012. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 25 May 2012 05:11:00 GMT http://www.medindia.net/news/zinc-supplements-may-help-relieve-common-cold-symptoms-in-adults-101056-1.htm Taking zinc supplements could help reduce period of suffering due to common cold in adults but the same effect was not found in children, according to a new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Researchers led by Dr Michelle Science from Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto analyzed more than 2,100 people between 1 and 65 years of age and found that using zinc supplements cut down the period of sickness among adults with common cold by almost two days. However they did ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/zinc-supplements-may-help-relieve-common-cold-symptoms-in-adults-101056-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Malda-Hospital-Reports-Six-More-Infants-Dying-of-Common-Cold-95320-1.htm Six babies, agonising of "common cold" died within eight hours in the neo-natal unit of Malda District's Sadar Hospital. br Hospital authorities have attributed the deaths to proper facilities, but the inconsolable families of the deceased babies have charged the hospital with negligence. The babies were aged between a month and two months, and were referred to the hospital from far-flung areas when they were in critical conditions, mostly with respiratory problems. The report of fresh ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Malda-Hospital-Reports-Six-More-Infants-Dying-of-Common-Cold-95320-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Cost-of-Common-Cold-in-Canada-90444-1.htm The cost of colds in Canada is enormous, say researchers. The researchers reviewed more than 80 published clinical trials, studies and research projects representing the work of over 300 researchers from more than 100 universities and institutions. In their report entitled "Why the Common Cold and Flu Matter", the researchers found:ulli 1/3 of Canadian adults have a sore throat, cold or flu in any given month. More common in women than men. li 2/3 of Canadian adults ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Cost-of-Common-Cold-in-Canada-90444-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Zinc-Lozenges-and-Common-Cold-89356-1.htm Zinc lozenges may cut the length of common cold episodes up to 40 percent, says university of Helsinki scientist. For treating the common cold, zinc lozenges are dissolved slowly in the mouth. Dr. Harri Hemila of the University of Helsinki, Finland, carried out a meta-analysis of all the placebo-controlled trials that have examined the effect of zinc lozenges on natural common cold infections. Of the 13 trial comparisons identified, five used a total daily zinc dose of less than ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Zinc-Lozenges-and-Common-Cold-89356-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Zinc-Lozenges-Could-Reduce-Duration-of-Common-Cold-88348-1.htm Even as scientists struggle to find out a complete cure for common cold, a group of Finnish researchers suggests that using zinc lozenges could reduce the duration of common cold by over 40 percent. According to the report, published in the Open Respiratory Medicine Journal, the researchers analyzed over 13 different studies related to effects of zinc lozenges and found that a daily dose of zinc acetate over 75 milligrams could reduce the duration of common cold by 42 percent. The researchers ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Zinc-Lozenges-Could-Reduce-Duration-of-Common-Cold-88348-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Zinc-Supplements-as-a-Remedy-for-Common-Cold-80967-1.htm Taking zinc supplements in the form of syrup, tablets or lozenges within a day of onset of cold symptoms helps to reduce the severity and speeds the recovery of common cold, say experts from the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, India. According to this new study, patients who took zinc supplements after every couple of hours had relief from symptoms when compared to those who took placebos. It was also found that children who took about 15ml ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Zinc-Supplements-as-a-Remedy-for-Common-Cold-80967-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Curry-Cure-for-Common-Cold-79677-1.htm The key to fending off the cold virus could be an ingredient in your kitchen cabinet, often used to make curry. For centuries, mothers have used fenugreek, which is rich in antioxidants, to stimulate the production of breast milk during pregnancy and following childbirth, reports the Telegraph. But now the herb has been hailed as an unlikely "fix-all elixir" thanks to its powerful antiviral properties. Researchers found it may stave off viruses that cause sniffles and sore throats, helping to relieve the symptoms....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Curry-Cure-for-Common-Cold-79677-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Echinacea-No-Remedy-for-Common-Cold-78346-1.htm Echinacea, the herbal treatment that many relied upon as a remedy for colds, has been found to have very little effect on the symptoms or on curing the illness. Echinacea, a wild flower (also known as the purple coneflower), is sold in capsule form in drug and retail stores. Dried echinacea root has been used in homemade remedies such as teas, dried herb and liquid extracts. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health tested ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Echinacea-No-Remedy-for-Common-Cold-78346-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Scientists-Close-to-Finding-a-Cure-for-the-Common-Cold-76197-1.htm Scientists have come quite close to finding a cure for the common cold and the winter vomiting bug. The landmark discovery by scientists at a Medical Research Council lab at Cambridge University could transform our understanding of immunity to illness and lead to new treatments for common germs. Experts said pills or powders could be on the market within a decade, sparing millions the misery of coughs and sneezes and the pain and indignity caused by norovirus, or the winter vomiting bug....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Scientists-Close-to-Finding-a-Cure-for-the-Common-Cold-76197-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Why-Some-People-Are-Prone-to-the-Common-Cold-75397-1.htm Ever noticed how some people always seem to falling prey to cold, be it summers or winters? It may be genetic, and now a leading science writer, Jennifer Ackerman, busts some other common myths about cold in her book 'Ah-Choo'. Vitamin C won't stop a cold: Studies have shown that there's no evidence that vitamin C prevents cold. The only time it might help is if you're engaged in extreme physical exercise or exposed to extreme physical cold, reports the Daily Mail. You can't catch a cold by kissing: a kiss won't give you a cold....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Why-Some-People-Are-Prone-to-the-Common-Cold-75397-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Cancer-Cells-can-be-Targeted-and-Disrupted-by-Common-Cold-Virus-73216-1.htm Using viruses to target cancer cells has emerged as a new treatment option, a new study has found. Conrado Soria, Ph.D., a research assistant and co-first author of the study, quickly realized that E1B-55K was only half of the story. "The inability of the E1B-55K-mutant virus to replicate in normal cells was not because the virus failed to degrade p53," he explains. In unstressed normal cells, p53 is only found at low levels due to rapid degradation. In response to DNA damage, the activation ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Cancer-Cells-can-be-Targeted-and-Disrupted-by-Common-Cold-Virus-73216-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Zinc-Spray-Used-for-Common-Cold-can-Cause-Loss-of-Smell-Study-71674-1.htm A new study has cautioned that zinc nasal gels and sprays used to find relief for common cold are not so effective in the first place, and worse they can cause users to lose their sense of smell. Authors Terence Davidson and Wendy Smith of University of California, San Diego issued the warning after evaluating 25 patients and analysing reports of clinical, biological and experimental data.In addition to concerns regarding the efficacy of intranasal zinc therapy, increasing evidence indicates ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Zinc-Spray-Used-for-Common-Cold-can-Cause-Loss-of-Smell-Study-71674-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Hand-Sanitizers-Score-Over-Handwashing-in-Containing-the-Spread-of-Common-Cold-66825-1.htm Hand sanitizers containing ethanol are more effective against the common cold than washing hands just with soap, a new study has revealed. Researchers from the University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville and Dial Corporation, Scottsdale, Arizona found sanitizers containing both ethanol and organic acids were significantly more effective in removing rhinovirus, the known cause of approximately 30 to 35 per cent of common cold cases in adults. Investigators R.B. Turner, J.L....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Hand-Sanitizers-Score-Over-Handwashing-in-Containing-the-Spread-of-Common-Cold-66825-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Rhinovirus-Which-Causes-Common-Cold-may-Protect-Against-Swine-Flu-60983-1.htm The virus which is behind the incidence of common cold may actually protect against swine flu, a new study has revealed. In the study, researchers found that that the percentage of throat swabs from French respiratory illnesses that tested positive for swine flu, fell in September, while at the same time rhinovirus, which causes colds, rose. Jean-Sebastien Casalegno of the French national flu lab at the University of Lyon, said that in late October, rhinovirus fell - at the same time as flu rose....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Rhinovirus-Which-Causes-Common-Cold-may-Protect-Against-Swine-Flu-60983-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Cystic-Fibrosis-Lung-Disease-Treated-By-Common-Cold-Virus-55121-1.htm Scientists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine may have just happened upon the most efficient way to deliver a corrected gene to lung cells derived from cystic fibrosis patients. This new finding renews hope that gene therapy for CF lung disease could be a successful future treatment. Scientists have worked for 20 years to perfect gene therapy for the treatment of cystic fibrosis, which causes the body to produce dehydrated, thicker-than-normal ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Cystic-Fibrosis-Lung-Disease-Treated-By-Common-Cold-Virus-55121-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Common-Cold-Symptoms-may-be-Reduced-by-NSAIDs-54326-1.htm One of the most vexed illnesses for which there continue to be no treatment guidelines is the common cold. For years, people have turned to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, to relieve pain, fever and other symptoms related to the miserable feelings brought on by the common cold. NSAIDs include ibuprofen, which is available in brands such as Motrin and Advil, and naproxen, which is marketed as Aleve. A new Cochrane review of nine studies has found that NSAIDs are effective in reducing many cold symptoms....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Common-Cold-Symptoms-may-be-Reduced-by-NSAIDs-54326-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Common-Cold-Virus-may-be-Used-as-Cancer-Killer-51790-1.htm Scientists have developed a common cold virus that destroys cancer cells in mice without harming healthy ones. They modified a common bug called on adenovirus, which typically causes chest infections, so that it delivered vital genetic therapy to tumours without poisoning the liver, reports The Scotsman. The virus was allowed to keep enough of its genetic "signature" to trigger an immune response, which safely eradicated it after the job was done. The work was reported in the journal PLoS Pathogens....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Common-Cold-Virus-may-be-Used-as-Cancer-Killer-51790-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Poor-Quality-of-Sleep-Raises-Common-Cold-Risk-Study-46272-1.htm People who get less than seven hours of sleep at night have a three times higher risk of catching a cold than people who sleep eight hours or more, according to a study released Monday. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania studied 153 people by documenting their sleep habits for two weeks and then administered nasal drops that contained the cold-causing rhinovirus. "Participants were interviewed daily over a two-week period, reporting how many hours they ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Poor-Quality-of-Sleep-Raises-Common-Cold-Risk-Study-46272-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Study-Blames-Birds-for-the-Pesky-Common-Cold-44375-1.htm A virus, which causes cold-like symptoms in humans, started out in birds, according to an article published in the December issue of the Journal of General Virology. The bug crossed over to humans about 200 years ago, the study reported. Scientists hope their findings will help people understand how potentially deadly viruses emerge in humans. "Human metapneumovirus may be the second most common cause of lower respiratory infection in young children. Studies have shown that by the age ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Study-Blames-Birds-for-the-Pesky-Common-Cold-44375-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Is-Common-Cold-Different-from-Flu-43668-1.htm People often tend to mix up a common cold with flu or vice versa and can have mistaken beliefs over their causes and symptoms. Now, a health expert has shed some light on the sources of misery. Dr. Seth Feltheimer, an internist at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center explains the basic differences between the two. While a cold is usually an upper respiratory tract infection with symptoms including a sore throat, head congestion, sinus pain and low-grade fever, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Is-Common-Cold-Different-from-Flu-43668-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Paths-to-Target-Common-Cold-Identified-43313-1.htm A new study has identified targets to fight common cold. Scientists from Procter (and) Gamble (P (and) G), the University of Calgary and the University of Virginia have announced results from the first study to examine the entire human genome's response to the most common cold virus, human rhinovirus. The common cold is the most common illness worldwide, affecting the average global adult two to five times each year. Rhinoviruses are responsible for approximately 30 to 50 percent of all common cold cases....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Paths-to-Target-Common-Cold-Identified-43313-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Breakthrough-Pill-to-Cure-Common-Cold-40530-1.htm Scientists have come up with a drug known as BTA798 that works by latching onto the cold-causing rhinovirus to prevent it breaking into the body's cells. British volunteers are currently testing the drug that holds promise to clear up the sniffles within hours and prevent life-threatening infections in asthma and cystic-fibrosis sufferers. Peter Cook, Chief Executive of Victoria-based drug development company Biota said, "This could be the world's first anti-viral treatment for the human rhinovirus....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Breakthrough-Pill-to-Cure-Common-Cold-40530-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Scientists-Use-Common-Cold-Virus-to-Locate-Track-Prostate-Cancer-Spread-39290-1.htm Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have successfully used an engineered common cold virus to deliver a genetic payload to prostate cancer cells in mice, which enabled them to locate the diseased cells as they spread to the lymph nodes, the first place prostate cancer goes before invading other organs. The tiny cancer metastases in the pelvic lymph nodes are very difficult to find using conventional imaging tools such as CT scanning. This discovery could aid oncologists ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Scientists-Use-Common-Cold-Virus-to-Locate-Track-Prostate-Cancer-Spread-39290-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Smallpox-Drug-may-Harbour-the-Cure-for-Common-Cold-37018-1.htm Scientists at Saint Louis University have found that a smallpox drug may harbour the cure for a common cold. The drug, hexadecyloxypropyl-cidofovir or CMX001, currently under development by Chimerix, Inc. to meet the threat of smallpox or monkeypox viruses may be used to target adenovirus. "This is exciting news and a major step forward in finding a drug to treat adenovirus infections in humans," said William Wold, Ph.D., professor and chair of the department of molecular microbiology and ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Smallpox-Drug-may-Harbour-the-Cure-for-Common-Cold-37018-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Close-Links-Between-Common-Cold-And-Ear-Infections-Found-34166-1.htm The study result by the researchers of University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston about commom cold and ear infections confirms the age-old belief that both are linked. Lead researchers Dr Tasnee Chonmaitree and her colleagues studied 294 children ages 6 months to 3 years for up to one year each and found that the common cold is indeed a precursor to ear infections. They documented about 1,300 cold episodes and a 61 percent rate of ear infection complication including asymptomatic fluid in the middle ear, which can cause hearing problems....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Close-Links-Between-Common-Cold-And-Ear-Infections-Found-34166-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Common-Cold-Virus-may-Contribute-to-Obesity-Study-25257-1.htm A common virus that causes colds can be a factor in obesity, according to a study released Monday offering further evidence that a weight problem may be contagious. The adenovirus-36 (Ad 36) has already been implicated as the cause of weight gain in animals, but with this study researchers showed for the first time that it can also cause humans to pile on the pounds. The findings could accelerate the development of a vaccine or an antiviral medication to help fight the battle of the bulge alongside diet and exercise....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Common-Cold-Virus-may-Contribute-to-Obesity-Study-25257-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Even-Fever-and-Common-Cold-Causes-Panic-Among-Manipuris-24239-1.htm Imphal, The bird flu outbreak in Manipur has led to a scare with people not willing to take a chance and rushing to doctors for symptoms ranging from common cold to fever. 'Such is the panic that my friends and relatives forced me to go to the hospital and undergo a thorough check-up as I had fever for the last two days,' Basanta Singh, an education department official, told IANS. Singh was diagnosed as suffering from common cold accompanied by fever at a private hospital. 'The number ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Even-Fever-and-Common-Cold-Causes-Panic-Among-Manipuris-24239-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=16733 Human rhinovirus (HRV), the leading cause of most common colds, struck two immunosuppressed lung transplant patients, leading to progressive respiratory failure, graf dysfunction and death. The two were part of a group of 11 transplant patients who suffered clinically significant respiratory infection from HRV in both the upper and lower airways, overturning the long-held belief that HRV affects only upper airway tissue. Laurent Kaiser, M.D., of the Central Laboratory of Virology at the University ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=16733 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=14699 Researchers from the University of Virginia (UVa) and Reckitt-Benckiser (LON: RB) have found that getting a common cold is all very easy thanks to the amount of viral contamination left behind by a cold sufferer. The study was presented at the annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC). During daily activities, adults infected with the cold virus easily transferred the virus to 35 percent of the surfaces touched, according to the study. Moreover, it was found ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=14699 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=12571 Common cold and running nose in children does not merit the prescription of antibiotics, researchers have advised. In effect, antibiotics should be administered only if the child's condition worsens. Antibiotics are known to cause potential side effects. Antibiotics consumption at every small pretext, has led to the rise of germs, nicknamed as super bugs that are able to defeat even the most potent antibiotics. When researchers prescribed antibiotics for conditions such as cold, it was seen ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=12571 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=8319 Avian influenza has lately received all the attention across the globe. It is thought that the virus strain H5N1 is mainly spread through migratory birds. But the present scenario deals with the possible pandemic outbreak and how it can be dealt. World Health Organization (WHO) statistics show that about 169 human cases with 91 deaths have been reported. Human cases of avian influenza are distributed in seven countries: Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Iraq, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam. Flu ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=8319 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=8114 Human clinical trials of BTA798 anti-viral therapy for common cold have been initiated by Biota. The compound has already proven to be effective against the human rhinovirus in lab experiments conducted on animal models. HRV currently accounts for nearly 50% and 75% of common cold suffered by adults and children respectively. If successful results are obtained, the drug would soon be marketed. The researchers have however warned that it may not be a suitable treatment modality for everyone as ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=8114 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=6290 Childhood cancer can be triggered by the common cold, according to a Newcastle University led study. Leukaemia and brain tumors may be caused by relatively minor ailments like a respiratory virus or even a mild flu. This is all the more in the case of those who are genetically susceptible to cancer. Edinburgh University's Professor Freda Alexander who also participated in the research said that this may lead to the development of a vaccine which will serve to protect children. Cancer can also ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=6290 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=5707 London:Exposure to chill Chilling can result in bring on common cold symptoms, says a new scientific research study which that also approves ratifies the conventional wisdom of mothers about cold. Mothers often advice not going out in the winter without a hat or with wet hair. Since the early 1960s, doctors generally doubted this wisdom, says a report in the online edition of ABC News. Ron Eccles, a professor at Cardiff School of Biosciences' Common Cold Centre, asked 180 healthy volunteers to remove their shoes and socks....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=5707 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=5354 Kazunari Satomura and his research team from Kyoto University have found that daily gargling with povidione-iodine reduced the chances of getting common cold. The results of the study have been published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The study was conducted in 387 healthy volunteers between the age group of 18 to 65. The study recruits were divided into three groups, the first group gargled water with povidone-iodine, the second group gargled with water and the third group had no gargling or usual care....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=5354 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=3811 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=3811 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=2890 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=2890 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=2463 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=2463 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=2025 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=2025 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=837 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=837