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I’m still battling the cold and cough, hoping to avoid a 5-month bout of bronchitis like last year… when it finally went away after I started taking anti-acid reflux drugs in addition to some prescription and over-the-counter medications for general cough and asthma. There’s some kind of connection.
In about half an hour, we leave to [...]

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HAI Bulletin 96
Low blood sugar, “incompetent” adrenal glands, and potassium deficiency… not to mention ankle edema and some other familiar things. Guess I’d better keep up with the potassium pills, which are large enough to choke a horse.

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BBC NEWS | Health | Echinacea can prevent a cold
Taking the herbal remedy echinacea can more than halve the risk of catching a common cold, US researchers say.

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roll for initiative » I heart the Neti Pot has a highly graphic discussion of what happens when you use a nasal lavage to clear the goonge out of your sinuses. Disgusting as it sounds, I might actually try this.
Via Joi, who’s been doing a little Neti Pot recently too.

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Need Help with Treatment Decisions for COPD? - American Lung Association site
Might be worth registering and going through the asthma tool… 

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