A third of us believe antibiotics can cure colds – they can't because colds are caused by viruses.
Most sweet limes are bought by people of Middle Eastern descent who think the fruit and juice cure colds and flu.
The aftermath of the Solyndra scandal, recapitalising Europe's banks and how to sell cold medicines, which do not cure colds.
Nonetheless, two large studies have found that although moderate drinking will not cure colds, it can help keep them at bay.
By the mid-1990's, they were experiencing terrifying maladies that the local hospital could not cure: colds that lingered month after month, diarrhea that would not go away.
We left laden with lotions and potions to soothe stings, soften skin and cure colds (which reminds me, where did I put that balm?).
Investigations by Traffic, the wildlife trade campaign group, have revealed that rhino horn has become a fashionable health supplement, used by high status businessmen, celebrities and even government officials to relieve hangovers, cure colds and generally increase wellbeing.
According to Mr. Lane, the colonists learned of witch hazel's medicinal value from the Indians, who boiled its twigs and branches for a salve for irritated skin and eyes, as well as a drink to cure colds and kidney ailments.
Her claim that the mixture could cure colds may have been an overstatement.
