Touch a light switch, catch a cold, study finds
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Someone with a cold may just have left a little drop of virus on the light switch for you to pick up and infect yourself with, researchers found in a real-life look at how colds get passed around.
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As winter settles in, here are some money-saving tips for keeping the cold out.
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A daily dose of Vitamin E may be able to help the elderly ward off the common cold, a study said.
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Can Wi-Fi signals make you ill? Newshounds pore over the available literature, but miss something interesting about the claims
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If you have a slight fever, or even just a cold, you could be risking serious heart problems if you go to work, say researchers in a news study.
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Even though colds are called colds, most people know that viruses are to blame, not the temperature. But a small group of people come down with fevers when they experience chills, according
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New research suggests that social isolation alters the immune system at the genetic level, raising the risk of serious disease. Oh, and the definition of loneliness might surprise you.
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Many everyday objects touched by dirty hands are harbouring and spreading the common cold virus, say scientists.
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BEIJING, Aug.19(Xinhuanet) -- A new study shows that Vitamin E may protect the elderly from getting colds.
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UK researchers have developed a way of using light to detect the presence of bacteria.
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Electrical impulses delivered to two   areas of the brain that control movement alleviate the symptoms   of Parkinson's disease more effectively than drugs alone,   according to a study in Thursday's New England Journal of   Medicine.
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Blog: Researchers create lighting foil to save energy, space.
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Change a light bulb and stop a war. Build smarter homes and keep the seas from rising.
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A national lab is developing lunch-box-size pathogen sniffers that can spot anything from anthrax to a nasty flu. By Luke O'Brien.
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Cold snaps and air pollution can trigger heart deaths, and breathing dirty air day in and day out may help heart disease develop in the first place, researchers said on Sunday.
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Hotel guests leave behind more than just socks and old paperbacks: A new study found viruses on TV remotes, light switches and even hotel pens after cold sufferers checked out.
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NEW YORK  - Cold weather enthusiasts may  eagerly await the snowy days of winter, but for those with  seasonal affective disorder, the change from sunny to gloomy  days often brings on a similar change in mood.