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	Common cold - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The common cold belongs to the upper respiratory tract infections.
		A cold may be composed of several million viral particles, and typically within a few days the body begins mass producing a better tailored antibody that can prevent the virus from infecting cells, as well as white blood cells which destroy the virus through phagocytosis and destroy infected cells to prevent further viral replication.
		Colds were known in ancient Egypt; there were hieroglyphs for cough and for the common cold.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Common_cold (2726 words)

	Common Cold Unit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Its aim was to undertake laboratory and epidemiological research on the common cold, with a view to reducing its human and economic costs; common colds account for a third of all acute respiratory infections and the economic costs are substantial in terms of days off work.
		Human coronaviruses, which are responsible for about 10% of common colds, were first isolated from volunteers at the unit in 1965.
		The CCU continually recruited volunteers for research into the common cold until its closure in 1989.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Common_Cold_Unit (277 words)

	CORZA, Common Cold Virus
		Infections are most common during early life and generally decline with an increase in age, probably due to the presence of antibodies against previously encountered strains.
		The common cold is characterized by rhinorrhoea, nasal obstruction, sneezing, sore throat and cough.
		The NP antigens may be common to all coronaviruses, while the main antigenic determinants of individual viruses reside on the surface projections.
	virology-online.com /viruses/CORZA.htm (1749 words)

	The Common Cold
		A common cold, the commonest malady of all.
		A cold is the body's general reaction to a range of viruses that infect the nose.
		Since colds generally don't last as long as it takes to get a doctor's appointment, sufferers have only their own word to convince their employers that they should be at home.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /marek.kohn/cold.html (1477 words)

	More on Cold
		Whether cold, or humid climate can affect transmission by other means, such as by affecting the immune system, or ICAM-1 receptor concentration, or simply increasing the amount and frequency of nasal secretions and frequency of hand to face contact has not yet been thoroughly tested and is not known.
		Colds are somewhat more common in winter since during that time of the year people spend more time indoors in close proximity of others and ventilation is less, increasing the infection risk.
		Common home remedies include camomile tea, chicken soup, nebulized medicinal mixtures, hot compresses, mustard plasters, hot toddies, Licorice, vitamin C, and Echinacea, although despite several scientific trials there is no evidence that the final two have a beneficial effect.
	www.psyhist.com /cold.htm (2418 words)

	croy information,cory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The common cold is the most common of several upper respiratory tract infections ; it is different from influenza, which is a more severe viral infectious disease that shows the additional symptoms of rapidly rising fever, chills, and body and muscle aches.
		The common cold is caused by several viruses (mainly rhinoviruses, coronaviruses andalso certain echoviruses and coxsackieviruses).
		Common treatments include analgesics such as paracetamol (acetaminophen) as well as localised versions targeting the throat (often delivered in lozengeform), nasal decongestants (which work to reduce the inflammation in the nasal passages) and cough suppressants (which work likea narcotic to suppress the cough reflex of the brain).
	www.pin-outs.com /croy.html (665 words)

	Common Cold Unit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		It would appear that the CCU was promoted very much as a holiday opportunity with volunteers spending the best part of a fortnight in a pleasant part of the country at no cost, while being paid for it.
		But, as viruses causing colds could not be cultivated and detected in the laboratory, volunteers were needed for all direct experiments on the common cold.
		By 1959 many of the viruses which caused colds could be cultivated and recognised in tissue cultures, and the problem of common colds was being studied in many laboratories without using human volunteers.
	www.mod.uk /issues/portondownvolunteers/ccu.htm (995 words)

	CDC - Epidemiology and Prevention of Pediatric Viral Respiratory Infections in Health-Care Institutions
		The common cold is a profound nuisance in everyday life, although seldom a cause of serious illness.
		Adults with natural rhinovirus colds contaminated their hands in 39% of cases, and virus was found on 6% of objects in their homes (35,40).
		Specifically, as soon as a cold occurred in another member of the family, mothers were instructed to dip their fingers in iodine or placebo when they awoke in the morning, every 3 to 4 hours during the day, and after activities that might wash the iodine from the skin.
	www.cdc.gov /ncidod/eid/vol7no2/goldmann.htm (3897 words)

	The Common Cold
		The economic impact of the common cold is enormous.
		The Common cold, which according to the American Lung Association is a minor infection of the nose, and throat caused by several different viruses, is highly contagious.
		Get information on the common cold and the spread of germs from a pediatrician that can be passed out to the student to take home for their parents.
	www.nlu.edu /kinesiology/Spr2004cold.html (1662 words)

	common cold treatment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		A common cold is an illness caused by a virus infection located in the nose.
		The symptoms of a common cold include sneezing, runny nose, nasal obstruction, sore or scratchy throat, cough, hoarseness, and mild general symptoms like headache, feverishness, chilliness, and not feeling well in general.
		Cold viruses live only in the noses of humans and not in animals except chimpanzees and other higher primates.
	www.colloidsforlife.com /silver_Common_Cold_Remedy.html (1151 words)

	Common Cold Page 3
		Reduction in duration of common colds by zinc gluconate lozenges in a double-blind study.
		A report in 1984 on the success of zinc gluconate against common cold symptoms could not be confirmed in three subsequent studies, which are now known to have used formulations that inactivated zinc.
		As a result, while the frequency of influenza or common cold between weeks 4 and 12 was 42 cases in the placebo group, it was only 15 cases in the G115 group, the difference being statistically highly significant (p < 0.001).
	www.lef.org /protocols/abstracts/abstr-036b.html (7751 words)

	Colds and Flu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Influenza (or as it is commonly known, the flu or the grippe) is a contagious disease, caused by an RNA virus of the orthomyxoviridae family.
		Although herpes simplex is by no means the most common cause of viral encephalitis (accounting for about 10% of cases in the US), because of the high risk associated with it if it is not treated, patients presenting with encephalitis symptoms are likely to be treated against this disorder without waiting for a positive diagnosis.
		Transmission was thought to be most common during an active outbreak, however in the early 1980s scientists and doctors realized that the virus can be shed from the skin in the absence of symptoms.
	www.colds-and-flu.com (8517 words)

	Fortnightly review: Treatment of the common cold -- Mossad 317 (7150): 33 -- BMJ
		The common cold is the most frequent illness managed in general practice.
		A dose-response study of the efficacy and safety of ipratropium bromide nasal spray in the treatment of the common cold.
		Ophir D, Elad Y. Effects of steam inhalation on nasal patency and nasal symptoms in patients with the common cold.
	bmj.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/317/7150/33 (2685 words)

	Chapter 4.A.2. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Twelve developed cold symptoms and were randomly allocated to receive either zinc gluconate lozenges or placebo lozenges, with six receiving zinc lozenges and six receiving placebos every 2 hours while awake for 6 days.
		The MRC Common Cold Unit indicated their findings warranted large field trials of zinc gluconate lozenges to extend and confirm zinc gluconate lozenge efficacy against natural common colds in the community.
		If the average duration of zinc-treated colds is compared with 10.8 days average duration (as has been historically found to be the case), a 4.8 day average reduction in common cold duration can be deduced from this experiment.
	www.coldcure.com /html/hand_4a2.html (1699 words)

	OUP: Cold Wars: Tyrrell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Cold Wars tells the story of the common cold, the most widespread disease of all.
		A Common Cold Unit was established near Salisbury, in collaboration with emergency facilities provided by Harvard and the American Red Cross, and for nearly 50 years was part of the British medical establishment.
		Cold Wars offers a fascinating account of an eccentric, but effective, attempt to unravel the mysteries of the common cold.
	www.oup.co.uk /isbn/0-19-263285-X (653 words)

	Antivirals for the common cold (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The common cold is a short, usually mild illness with chest and nasal symptoms, such as a runny nose.
		The common cold is a ubiquitous short and usually mild illness for which preventive and treatment interventions have been under development since the mid-40s.
		Dipyridamole (protective efficacy against natural colds 49%, 30% to 62%), ICI 130, 685 (protective efficacy against experimental colds 58%, 35% to 74%), Impulsin (palmitate) (protective efficacy against natural colds 44%, CI 35% to 52%) and Pleconaril (protective efficacy against experimental colds 71%, 15% to 90%) appear to have important antiviral properties and are well-tolerated.
	www.cochrane.org /reviews/english/ab002743.html (525 words)

	Common Cold
		Colds are spread mainly through hand-to-hand contact, but they can also be transmitted through coughing or sneezing or contact with an object that has just been touched by someone with a cold.
		When used to treat cold symptoms, antihistamines are usually combined with decongestants, and may help relieve your runny nose, sneezing and itchy eyes.
		Echinacea is a common purple coneflower, the root of which was traditionally used by Indigenous people as a natural antibiotic.
	www.mcgill.ca /studenthealth/information/generalhealth/colds (1061 words)

	Forewords by British Medical ResearchCCouncil Common Cold Unit Researchers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		This book helps in that debate by bringing together summaries of the biology of zinc, the results of the trials in common colds and the results of the analyses of the formulations used.
		In 1994, there continues to be a debate as to the efficacy of zinc in the prevention and/or treatment of the common cold.
		We conducted double blind placebo-controlled studies at the MRC Common Cold Unit in Salisbury and found some benefit if the lozenges were given just before or after the onset of colds.
	www.coldcure.com /html/ccu_fore.html (591 words)

	Psychology Today: The subjects came in for a cold - research on how common cold affects mental processes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The "holidays' have been sponsored by the Medical Research Council's Common Cold Unit, whose researchers were the first to culture cold viruses.
		When a cold or flu strikes it's tempting to ignore the symptoms and muddle through the workday as well as possible.
		Colds produced a different result: no decrease in reaction time and only a slight decrease in alertness, but those with colds were much worse at hand-eye coordination than were the uninfected.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1175/is_n12_v21/ai_6145369 (731 words)

	Professor surrenders in cold war
		A decade after the opening of the Common Cold Centre at Cardiff University, its director said yesterday that the virus was "impossible to cure".
		He said: "Cold viruses are around all the time and we succumb to them when our immune systems are down and we are under stress.
		However, the Government deemed these discoveries far from the goal of curing the common cold and refused to continue funding the unit, which closed in 1992.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1998/11/10/nsnif10.html (760 words)

	MAKING THE COLD UNCOMMON By Harvey E. Finkel, M.D.
		Then came a study suggesting that alcohol may reduce susceptibility to the common cold.
		The research was done at the Medical Research Councils Common Cold Unit in Salisbury, England, by members of that unit and of the MRCs Addiction Research Unit, and by investigators from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the University of Wales College of Cardiff.
		The subjects were given nasal drops containing one of several cold viruses (rhinovirus types 2, 9 or 14, respiratory syncytial virus, or coronavirus 229E).
	www.aim-digest.com /gateway/pages/general/articles/cold.htm (784 words)

	Babies and the common cold - OhioHealth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Colds are upper respiratory tract infections caused by one of many viruses.
		The first sign of a cold is often a congested or runny nose.
		As the cold progresses, the discharge usually becomes thicker and turns shades of yellow or green.
	www.ohiohealth.com /healthreference/reference/4CD747A5-97D2-4624-8560ACA557647A3B.htm?category=5621 (751 words)

	Echinacea: A Cure for the Common Cold
		The common cold is one of the viruses that is easily caught today becoming a nuisance to Americans.
		What is known so far is that Echinacea doesn’t prevent the common cold, which was publishing in a clinical trial a couple years ago.
		Echinacea is a plant that is a member of the daisy family, which is a common family that people are allergic, too.
	acpcommunity.acp.edu /Facultystaff/writectr/newsletters/poc/rothenbergerk.htm (3475 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 9 May 1996 (pt 7) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The common cold unit, which opened in 1946, closed upon the retirement of its director, Dr. D.
		In the earlier years, the work of the unit was directed at finding the viruses that caused colds.
		In the last years of the unit, molecular techniques were applied to detect and analyse viruses and the response of the body to them.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm199596/cmhansrd/vo960509/text/60509w07.htm (1240 words)

	Vitamin C Foundations Surefire CURES for the Common Cold
		At first sign of cold or flu, begin taking at least 8 g (8000 mg) of vitamin C as ascorbic acid every twenty minutes for 3 to 4 hours until bowel tolerance, and then smaller dosages of 2-4 g every 4-6 hours for ten days to prevent recurrence.
		If you place your faith in "medical science" (or those who cloak themselves in that term when they insist that vitamin C has no benefit against the common cold) you may be surpised just how easy it is to halt a viral infection at the onset.
		Medline: Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold...
	www.vitamincfoundation.org /surefire.htm (687 words)

	Cure found for the common cold
		AFTER decades of medical frustration and aeons of human misery, scientists believe they have found a cure for the common cold.
		Though it is nothing more than a microscopic strip of genetic material wrapped in a protein coat, the so-called rhinovirus responsible for most colds constantly changes appearance so that a vaccine to fight one strain would be useless just a few weeks later.
		When Britain's common cold unit closed in 1990 after 30 years trying to find a cure, its director could offer no better advice to sufferers than that they should go to bed and take plenty of hot drinks.
	www.portal.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1996/06/17/ncol17.html (426 words)

	Colds and Flu, Influenza, Common Cold
		There is a 48 hour incubation period after infection where the virus replicates in the respiratory system followed by the onset of symptoms similar at first to a common cold.
		The ‘common cold’ being classified as an afebrile (no fever) inflammation of the airways, nose, sinus, throat, and larynx.
		One unit dose tube at the onset of symptoms (dissolve entire contents of tube in the mouth).
	www.pacifichealth.com /protocols/coldsandflu.html (810 words)

	Common Cold in The AnswerBank: History & Myths
		I once applied to go as a volunteer to the Common Cold Research Unit hidden away in Wiltshire.
		In my naivety I thought they would keep you in a cold room and give you cold showers to see if you would catch a cold.
		The research unit is often linked to Porton Down, where the MOD did (do?) testing of questionable drugs, gases etc, most notoriously Sarin in the 1950's.
	www.theanswerbank.co.uk /History_and_Myths/Question104115.html (259 words)

	Zinc ... Contributing to a better HEALTH - Other Sources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		By contrast, zinc is thought to target the cold viruses that cause the symptoms.
		The purpose of this review is to explain the potential public health importance of maternal zinc deficiency as it relates to fetal growth and development, complications of pregnancy, labor and delivery, and maternal and infant health.
		Zinc deficiency is common among children in developing countries due to low food intake--particularly from animal sources--limited zinc bioavailability from local diets, and loss of zinc during illnesses that result in diarrhea.
	www.zinc-health.org /Health/Other_Sources.cfm (1637 words)

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