Journalism Research and Random Meanderings

Tuesday, November 23, 2004

The best news heard in months: Chocolate more effective than cough medicine 

I couldn't be happier. This entry should be longer but I feel a little tickle in my throat and have to get to the store.

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Persistent coughs melt away with chocolate - New Scientist: "An ingredient in chocolate may actually be a more effective cough medicine than traditional remedies, a new study suggests.
And not only that, the UK-based research showed that the cocoa-derived compound had none of the side effects associated with standard drug treatments for persistent coughs."

Dame Helena Shovelton, chief executive of the British Lung Foundation, says: "The results of this research sound very promising.”

But she advises that “patients to speak to their family doctor before changing their medication or treating their cough with chocolate", as tempting as that may be.
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