RSV can cause the cold for adults.. much worse for children (KPLR 11 St. Louis)

We've all had R.S.V. at some point. It's an easily spread virus that can cause the everyday cold for adults. For some small children, it can cause more serious infections such bronchitis or pneumonia. The wintertime is the busy season for the respiratory syncytial virus. It leads to catching a cold for adults.  But adults are not the ones at risk. "The group that is at highest risk for being ...

North East News: North avoids worst of flu virus . . so far (icNewcastle - Sunday Sun)

HARDY folk in the North have so far escaped the worst ravages of the flu outbreak sweeping the country . . . but health experts warn the worst is yet to come.

Colorado QuitLine Offers Tobacco Users Hundreds Of Dollars In Valuable Service And Product To Quit For The New Year (Medical News Today)

As the new year approaches, thousands of tobacco users have "quit" on their New Year's resolution list. But studies show that those who want to quit find it more difficult in times of stress, such as the current economic downturn. The Colorado QuitLine provides tobacco users with a free telephone coaching service and a free supply of the nicotine patch - valued at approximately $300.

The big chill: Sanitizing key to winter health (Daily Sparks Tribune)

Anyone who’s spent a lot of time out in the Nevada snow might share the sentiment of Lucky, the pup that managed to cheat death at birth in Walt Disney’s “101 Dalmatians,” when he says, “My nose is froze and my toes is froze and my ears is froze.”

Strep throat and stomach viruses wide-spread this holiday season (Weakley County Press)

With children out of school in celebration of the holiday season, there are some gifts that will be exchanged that do not come covered in wrapping paper with a bow on top.