An ENT doctor explains why sucking on menthol lozenges for a sore throat do more harm than good. Plus, what to turn to instead. Virtually everyone has experienced that annoying feeling of having to ...

Walk down the cold and flu aisle of any drugstore and you'll see countless varieties of lozenges promising to soothe a sore throat, relieve a stuffy nose or quiet a cough. And it's nothing new: The ...

A. The use of zinc to treat the common cold has been controversial ever since a case report in the 1980s. A young child being ...

Nicotine lozenges are one form of nicotine replacement therapy that can be used to help you stop smoking over a period of time. They’re dissolving tablets you can hold in your mouth, and they come in ...

In areas where the summers are warm and winters are cold, viral sore throats usually peak in the winter and early spring, when people are mostly inside. Viruses are spread by droplets in the air from ...

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If you're currently dealing with a sore throat, there's one food product that can help - and it's been recommended by TV ...

Administration of zinc acetate lozenges to common cold patients did not shorten colds in a randomized trial published in BMJ Open. Eight controlled trials previously reported that zinc lozenges ...

It's hard to get through a winter without suffering sore throat, but luckily they normally get better within a few days. Sore throat is a common symptom of COVID and its newer variants. And of course, ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be largely inoperative because of the government shutdown and, as the Web site states, “the lapse in government funding,” but here at the Houston ...

Administration of zinc acetate lozenges to common cold patients did not shorten colds in a randomized trial. Administration of zinc acetate lozenges to common cold patients did not shorten colds in a ...