The Skeptics Guide to Health, Medicine, and the Media

1 23 Cures for the Common Cold Discover how to best address the common cold. Whats your best choice: Echinacea, good old chicken soup, vitamin C, vitamin D, or zinc? Will any of these options cure the cold or get rid of it faster than a placebo? Youll find your answer by remembering that good journalism provides an honest headline followed immediately by solid facts and an accurate summary of the appropriate studies.