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It's unfortunate but true: It's totally normal for adults to get colds multiple times a year. And each of those colds will tend to follow a similar three-stage pattern, says Dr. Shiv Sudhakar, ...

Watching your toddler struggle with thick mucus or noisy breathing can be worrying for any parent. Phlegm buildup is a common part of colds allergies or mild respiratory infections—but when it lingers ...

When you're sick you'll often produce more phlegm, and might notice it's thicker or a different color: white, green, yellow or maybe even brown. We all produce mucus, even when healthy. Mucus is a ...

Lynn Nazareth does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Newborns breathe almost entirely through their noses, but many parents don’t realize how much a stuffy nose can affect everything until they’re up at 2 a.m. with a baby who just can’t settle.

Some of the most ingenious tech has been inspired by nature. From color-changing materials that function like cephalopod skin to a tiny biomimetic robot that looks and moves like an actual cockroach, ...

Phoebe Williams receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council, the Medical Research Future Fund, and the Gates Foundation. Niall Johnston does not work for, consult, own ...

Most of us would rather not dwell for too long on the subject of mucus. We know it is there, quietly lubricating our insides and presumably doing vital work. It is only when we have a cold that we ...

For a diaper bag or medicine cabinet, bulb aspirators are the most compact. Some battery-powered models, as well as oral suction style aspirators, are also fairly portable. Electronic aspirators tend ...