Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sphinx.UChicago.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!shor From: shor@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Melinda Shore) Newsgroups: net.med,net.rumor Subject: Re: Cure My Cold, Please Message-ID: <1258@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 15:03:28 EST Article-I.D.: sphinx.1258 Posted: Wed Oct 30 15:03:28 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 2-Nov-85 02:49:00 EST References: <31200022@uiucdcs> <417@mot.UUCP>, <1022@oddjob.UUCP> Organization: U. Chicago - Computation Center Lines: 14 Xref: watmath net.med:2659 net.rumor:1140 [] The unsubstantiated claim I've heard most recently (I forget where) is that nasal congestion helps fight cold and flu viruses. If air can't circulate through the nasal cavities, heat builds up and kills the little critters. As for me, I think I'd rather have the cold a few extra days and be able to breathe more-or-less freely. -- Melinda Shore ..!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!shor University of Chicago Computation Center Staff.Melinda%chip@UChicago.Bitnet "Beavers, by teamwork family life!" [Dr. Bronner]