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ANCHOR LEAD
HEAR THOSE SNIFFLES AND HACKING COUGHS? AH... THE SOUNDS OF COLD AND FLU SEASON.
OF COURSE YOU WANT TO STAY HEALTHY...SO YOU MIGHT BE TEMPTED TO SINK SOME
MONEY INTO HERBS AND VITAMINS YOU'VE HEARD HOLD A COLD AT BAY. BUT NOT ALL
OF THEM WORK. SCOTT HANSON GIVES YOU A HEADS UP ABOUT HEALTHY WAYS TO SPEND
YOUR MONEY.
TRACK ONE:Length:
:03
RYAN DEAN IS COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL EARLY.
NAT SOT Length:
:01
(Nat sound dropping book bag)
TRACK TWO Length:
:02
HE HAS A COLD.
SOT
KEY@: :07 Ryan Dean, Cold Sufferer
"I was really groggy and my throat hurt. My body was aching."
TRACK THREE: Length:
:11
YOU CAN WAIT FOR IT TO PASS... OR TRY COLD AND FLU REMEDIES LIKE THESE. BUT
WHICH ONES WORK? DOCTOR DAVID WEBER IS AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT WHO SAYS
A GOOD START IS... VITAMIN C.
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KEY @: :23 David Weber, MD, Medical Director of Infection Control, University
of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
"Vitamin C taken both when on a routine basis as when one is feeling
ill has some effectiveness."
TRACK FOUR: Length:
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SOURCE: Echinachea studies can be found at:
http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/137/12/I-18
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/alerts/echinacea/index.htm
The vitamin C study can be found at:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1578094&dopt=Abstract
STUDIES SHOW SMALL DOSES OF VITAMIN C CAN RELIEVE COLD SYMPTOMS.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE HERBAL REMEDY ECHINACEA ("EK-uhn-AY-shuh")? NOPE.
THREE RECENT STUDIES SHOW IT HAS "NO EFFECT" ON COLD SYMPTOMS. VITAMIN
"E" DOES HELP SUPPORT THE IMMUNE SYSTEM... THOUGH. JUST BE CAREFUL.
SOT
KEY@: :45 David Weber, MD, Medical Director of Infection Control, University
of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill
"If you take excessively large amount of these vitamins it can be toxic
to the liver."
TRACK FIVE: Length:
:13
IF YOU'RE DEVOTED TO ZINC AS A REMEDY... GOOD MOVE. DOCTOR WEBER SAYS IT TOO
SUPPORTS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE HAND SANITIZING PRODUCTS
ON THE MARKET? THEY PREVENT GERMS SO WELL-YOU'LL FIND HOSPITALS USING THEM.
SOT
KEY@: 1:02 David Weber, MD, Medical Director of Infection Control, University
of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
"The key is you have to get contact between the foam or the gel and the
entire hand."
TRACK SIX: Length:
:04
AND IF ALL ELSE FAILS... YES... THERE'S ALWAYS CHICKEN SOUP.
SOT
KEY@: 1:13 David Weber, MD, Medical Director of Infection Control, University
of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
"I don't have any scientific evidence that's it's better than a placebo,
but it's certainly not going to do you any harm."
STAND-UP CLOSE 1:20
BEFORE YOU SPEND A FORTUNE BUYING EVERY COLD FIGHTING VITAMIN AND MINERAL-LISTEN
UP. YOU CAN GET ALL OF THEM AT A FRACTION OF THE COST... BY JUST TAKING A
SINGLE MULTI-VITAMIN EVERY DAY.
FOR HEADS UP... I'M SCOTT HANSON.
ANCHOR TAG
ALWAYS CHECK WITH YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE TAKING ANY SUPPLEMENT AND BE SURE TO
ASK ABOUT SAFE DOSAGE LEVELS.
BY THE WAY, HERE'S A NO-COST WAY TO AVOID A COLD. TRY TO STAY THREE FEET AWAY
FROM SOMEONE WHO'S COUGHING AND SNEEZING. THAT SIMPLE STEP WILL HELP KEEP
YOU OUT OF THE LINE OF FIRE OF MANY AIRBORNE GERMS.
SOURCES
David Weber, MD
Medical Director of Infection Control
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Media Contact:
Tom Hughes
TAHughes@unch.unc.edu
Dr. Weber is an epidemiologist responsible for infection control at the University of North Carolina, where he is also a professor of epidemiology.
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