The flu tends to come on suddenly — you’re fine in the morning and aching and shivering that night — while a cold usually develops gradually over the course of two or three days. Flu usually causes a fever and aches; a cold usually doesn’t. Other symptoms of the flu include headache, fatigue, cough, sore throat, nasal congestion, body aches, chills and, usually in children, vomiting [...]

The symptoms of 2009 H1N1 flu virus in people include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue.

Doctor don’t want you to know that duct tape takes away warts with just as much efficiency as an outpatient freeze-off procedure. Here are some more of my favorites. Coughs can be chased away with shots of hard liquor or, if you want to go a cheaper, less alcoholic route, by eating almonds, grapes, or [...]

The wingnuts are starting a new internet campaign, spreading a whole new raft of lies about health reform, lies intended to scare stupid people. Here’s an abbreviated list of their bogus claims: Obamacare will allow a government committee to decide which treatments you can have; Allow a health choice commissioner to decide what your benefits [...]

What is the public health insurance option? The public health insurance option is an idea supported by President Barack Obama as part of his health reform plan. (It is modeled after Jacob Hacker’s original “public plan choice” paper [pdf].) In essence, it is a health insurance program run by or accountable to Congress and the voters. [...]