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 ...

New research has found that zinc can prevent or shorten some colds, but there's no clear best way to take it, the scientists warn. Reading time 4 minutes A new review of existing evidence conducted by ...

Medically reviewed by Alex Yampolsky, PharmD Zinc is a mineral found in food and taken as a supplement. It can help with cold ...

Q. I lost a lot of my sense of smell after using Zicam zinc gel for a cold many years ago. It seemed to work great, but then I realized my ability to smell had become dampened. I used to smell a dry ...

A new look at the medical evidence shows zinc supplements may take the edge off the common cold. But not a whole lot. Although the precise estimate is still uncertain, researchers found that people ...

The “common cold” is just that -- common. Adults get an average of three colds per year, and children can get as many as eight to 10. Over-the-counter antihistamines, decongestants and pain relievers ...

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. regulators warned Matrixx Initiativesto stop selling intranasal versions of its zinc-containing Zicam cold remedy after more than 130 reports of people losing ...

Rest and hydration are still the best remedies for the common cold. A bowl of pho can't hurt either. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times) You feel a cold coming on, or maybe it’s already upon you: the ...