You’re standing in a store aisle looking at a shelf that’s as packed with cold remedies as your throat is filled with phlegm. It hurts. Your sinuses are stuffed and you have a cough that comes and ...

Phenylephrine, a common ingredient found in many over-the-counter cold medications, has long been thought to be a reliable decongestant. However, recent studies are questioning its effectiveness, ...

As winter’s chill settles in, millions of Americans will reach for over-the-counter medications to combat the seasonal surge of stuffy noses and congestion. But a startling revelation about one of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The average person catches two to four colds a year, which means most of us will suffer through roughly 200 colds in our lifetime.

Winter often brings along the common cold, and one of its most irritating symptoms is a blocked nose. When mucus builds up and nasal passages swell, breathing becomes difficult—especially at night.

Amid the current pandemic, the thought of having a mere cold almost seems quaint. But why suffer more than necessary? Grandmothers all over the world swear by home remedies to help their families feel ...

Wander down the cold-medicine aisle in any drugstore and you’ll find an eye-watering variety of pills, capsules, nasal sprays and potions. Do any of them really work? That’s a legitimate question ...

You feel a cold coming on, or maybe it’s already upon you: the telltale cough, sore throat and stuffy head. You swing by the drugstore, where a shelf full of over-the-counter products containing the ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." EVERYONE YOU KNOW seems to be sniffling, coughing, and constantly blowing their noses. So, it's probably ...