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  • Cold and Flu Season is Just around the Corner
  • 8 Foods That Strengthen Your Immune System
  • Is It a Cold or the Flu?
  • Will You Get Sick This Year?
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Cold and Flu Season is Just around the Corner
8 Foods That Strengthen Your Immune System
Is It a Cold or the Flu?
Will You Get Sick This Year?
Explore All Cold and Flu Articles>

Cold and Flu Basics

5 Surprising Foods that Fight the Flu
Self-Care Tips for Sick Days
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Boost Your Immune System

6 Steps to Strengthen Your Immune System
10 Tips to Boost Your Immune System
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Fighting Germs

The 10 Germiest Surfaces You Touch Each Day
5 Healthy Habits That Are Making You Sick

All Cold and Flu Features

Cold and Flu Basics

  • 5 Surprising Foods that Fight the Flu
  • Alternative Cold Remedies That Really Work
  • Beat the Flu! Here's How
  • Busting the 10 Biggest Cold & Flu Myths
  • Caring for a Loved One Who Has the Flu
  • Cold and Flu Season is Just around the Corner
  • Have You Prepared a Flu Emergency Kit?
  • Is It a Cold or Allergies?
  • Is It a Cold or the Flu?
  • Is It Okay to Exercise When You Have a Cold?
  • Self-Care Tips for Sick Days
  • Surviving Cold & Flu Season
  • Swine Flu: Questions and Answers
  • When to Call a Doctor for the Flu
  • Will You Get Sick This Year?

Boost Your Immune System

  • 10 Tips to Boost Your Immune System
  • 5 Secrets to Winter Health and Energy
  • 6 Steps to Strengthen Your Immune System
  • 8 Foods That Strengthen Your Immune System
  • Can 8 Cups a Day Protect You from Cold and Flu?
  • Can Vitamin D Reduce Your Risks of the H1N1 Flu?
  • Exercise Reduces Sick Time Better Than Drugs
  • How to Get Your Daily Dose of Vitamin D
  • Nutrition 101: Are You Overdoing the Zinc?
  • Probiotics: A Billion Good Bugs
  • Quiz: The Secrets of People Who Never Get Sick

Fighting Germs

  • 5 Dirty Secrets about Your Workouts
  • 5 Healthy Habits That Are Making You Sick
  • 7 Ways to Stop the Spread of Germs
  • Hand-washing Is Still the Best Way to Prevent Illness
  • How to Safely Disinfect Your Home
  • Keeping Your Family Safe from the Cold & Flu
  • Stay Safe From Germs at the Gym With This Essential Checklist
  • The 10 Germiest Surfaces You Touch Each Day

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