Your mom probably used to assure you that doing this one thing was guaranteed to make you sick. But is it true? arthurhidden - stock.adobe.com It’s OK to brush off this advice. One piece of ...

Catching a cold is almost a rite of passage for the chilly winter months when people and viruses are often in close quarters. And that’s especially true among children, who aren’t stingy about what ...

What’s the deal with summertime sniffles? Most everyone looks forward to summer — time to get away, get outside and have some fun. So what could be more unfair than catching a cold when it’s warm? How ...

Not wearing a coat to ward off winter's chill won't give you a cold. But it might weaken your body's resistance to the germs that will give you a cold -- or the flu or whatever other bug is ...

One piece of "conventional wisdom" has echoed through households for generations, threatening those just trying to rush out the door. An internist weighs in on an eternal flu superstition. It’s OK to ...