The Best Way to Cope With the Flu: Don't Get It!

AScribe Health News Service, December, 2005

Byline: Michigan State University

EAST LANSING, Mich., Dec. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Tissues. Wastebaskets. Hand sanitizers.

These are some of the best weapons you may have in your arsenal to help you avoid getting - and giving - the flu this year.

Daniel Havlichek, a Michigan State University physician and chief of the College of Human Medicine's Infectious Disease Section, said coughing or sneezing into a tissue, rather than your hand, is one of the best ways to avoid spreading germs.

"Coughing into your hand and then shaking someone else's hand or touching them or a doorknob is a great way to spread influenza or the viruses that cause the common cold," said Havlichek, an associate professor in the Department of Medicine. "The...

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