You do your best to avoid falling sick when cold and flu season hits by getting your annual flu shots and COVID-19 booster, but despite your best efforts, the sniffles oftentimes strike. And while ...

The symptoms of the cold and flu are numerous: fever, chills, sore throat, runny nose, body aches, and feeling downright miserable. Each season, we hope to elude these familiar nemeses, and yet they ...

Or are alternative homeopathic treatments—which produce no provable results according to science, yet which are still recommended by some doctors—some combination of natural remedy and mind game?

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. Home "remedies" are ...

Some homeopathic products that are marketed for young children are not FDA approved and may be useless or even dangerous. Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications ...

Maybe it starts as a tickle in the back of your throat. Perhaps you have a few nights of restless sleep, or you just feel slightly tired. Before you know it, a cold has caught up with you in a storm ...

12/05/18 — No matter what your age, having a cold can knock you off your feet and keep you in bed for weeks. Luckily, there are at-home remedies that can help alleviate symptoms such as coughing, ...