Rampant use of antibiotics in Indians reason
Patients who return to their home countries after undergoing medical procedures in India carry antibiotic-resistant strains with them. Hyderabad: The indiscriminate use of antibiotics to treat common
Common Cold
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Weather beaten
<img src="../files/images/20080415/dot.gif" align="centre">Extreme cold, ice and snow in 20 provinces of southern China since January have damaged crops of rapeseed, vegetables and fruits, along with some 190,000 hectares (ha) of winter wheat.<br> <br> <img src="../files/images/20080415/dot.gif" align="centre">150,000 ha of rice fields were destroyed by a cold spell in Vietnam.<br>
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Cool cancer treatment
The cold virus could help patients undergoing chemotherapy
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Better not to blow
If you are suffering from a cold, do not blow your nose. Every time you do that, you prolong your suffering, say Jack Gwaltney and Birgit Winther of the University of Virgina in Charlottsville, USA,
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Sneeze on
There is no cure for a cold
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Vexed vitamins
Vitamin C may produce free radicals that may cause cancer