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The Uncommon Life of Your Common Cold
Twelve
September 2010
On Sale: September 2, 2010
256 pages
ISBN: 044654115X
EAN: 9780446541152
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Some colds are like mice, timid and annoying; others like
dragons, accompanied by body aches and deep misery. In
AH-CHOO!, Jennifer Ackerman explains what, exactly, a cold
is, how it works, and whether it's really possible to "fight
one off." Scientists call this the Golden Age of the Common
Cold because Americans suffer up to a billion colds each
year, resulting in 40 million days of missed work and school
and 100 million doctor visits. They've also learned over the
past decade much more about what cold viruses are, what they
do to the human body, and how symptoms can be addressed. In
this ode to the odious cold, Ackerman sifts through the
chatter about treatments-what works, what doesn't, and what
can't hurt. She dispels myths, such as susceptibility to
colds reflects a weakened immune system. And she tracks
current research, including work at the University of
Virginia at Charlottesville, a world-renowned center of cold
research studies, where the search for a cure continues.
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