This article was originally published on HEALTH. No medicine cabinet is fully stocked without some good old cherry-flavored cough syrup—or at least that’s how it feels during cold and flu season. But ...

What do you do when you have a bad cough? If you reach for the yummy, cherry-flavored cough medicine, you're not alone. Every year, people spend billions of dollars on this stuff. But does cough ...

The "best" cough medicine is ultimately based on the type of cough you have, as well as evaluation of possible side effects. The three main types of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines adults can use to ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. - Over-the-counter cough syrup, a staple of American medicine cabinets, doesn't work very well and isn't worth the money when fighting the common cold, a national doctors group ...

If you have developed a cough which you're struggling with or is keeping you up at night, don't be tempted to buy special medicine to calm it down. Chemists sell two kinds, basically. Cough ...

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Scientists are in the final stages of testing a new medicine for persistent cough that contains theobromine, an ingredient found in chocolate and cocoa. The drug, which sadly doesn’t taste like ...

Coughing, a reflex we all experience, is not only a nuisance but a sign our bodies are fighting back against irritants like mucus or foreign particles. Whether it's due to a cold, an allergy or ...

To get a better understanding of this, we got in touch with Dr Tushar Tayal, Associate Director, Internal Medicine, CK Birla Hospital Gurgaon. Read on. Why Is Codeine-based Cough Syrup In News? The ...

In recent weeks, drug regulatory and enforcement agencies in India have launched widespread raids and filed cases against illegal suppliers of codeine-based cough syrups, highlighting both their ...

Cough and cold remedies are to carry new health warnings for children - after researchers found they rarely work. Government advisers said yesterday that more than 60 over the-counter products should ...

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