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Tag: cold and flu

New Blood Test Can Track Viruses You’ve Been Exposed to

| June 5, 2015 Comment

New Blood Test Can Track Viruses You’ve Been Exposed to – The blood test can become an important tool for tracking disease patterns in populations. Stephen J. Elledge, a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and his team developed a a new test that can detect using just a […]

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Feed a Cold but Starve a Fever?

Feed a Cold but Starve a Fever?

| July 6, 2014 Comment

Can you really feed a cold but starve a fever? Find out the truth about this old wives’ tale. Expert: Constantine Hatzis, Ph.D. Australian Defense Force Medical Officer Transcript Welcome to another old wives’ tale with no basis in reality. Anyone who has a cold and/or fever NEEDS a certain amount of nutrients and fluids […]

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