Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Using fever reducers or drinking too much fluid while battling the flu may upset the body's delicate balancing act. Sam ...

Have you ever wondered why your doctor insists on the age-old advice to “drink plenty of fluids” when you’re feeling under the weather? When you’re sick, your body undergoes changes that disrupt your ...

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New Englanders who have been anxiously waiting for that comfortable fall weather in September, it’s going to be a little while. Parts of Massachusetts are under a “heat advisory” this week just as the ...

As flu season progresses, so does the chorus of advice, professional and otherwise, to drink plenty of fluids and take fever-reducing medications, like acetaminophen, ibuprofen or aspirin. These ...