Covering your chest with brown paper and vinegar, soaking your feet in hot water, or wearing wet socks - the old cures for the common cold can seem laughable in light of modern medicine.
Yet the apparent benefits of many of the treatments we take for granted today - such as dosing up on vitamins or snorting salt water - evaporate under scrutiny. So what works and what doesn’t? BBC Future has sifted through the evidence to find out.
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That's not good science, it's statistics. Saying that a study has shown you are 10% less likely too catch a cold if you take a particular substance, only tells us of a statistical likelihood in one group. It does not demonstrate a causal link.
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