A book no one can afford to be without -for everyone who has ever been laid low by cold, flu and other respiratory ailments. Leading pulmonologist Neil Schachter, M.D., shows how to avoid illness, boost immunity, and combat congestion, fever, and discomfort when cold, flu, and other respiratory infections strike. Among other things, he explains: 10 treatment plans for the most common respiratory infections: colds, flu, acute bronchitis, viral pneumonia, "walking pneumonia," chronic sinusitis, and strep throat; 4 stages of a cold, and one of the best ways to avoid catching one; right way to use Vitamin C and Zinc to combat a cold; 4 types of pneumonias, and the single step that cuts your pneumonia risk in half; how to protect yourself and your family if SARS appears in your community...and much more.