Simple saline drops shown to cut common cold by DAYS in children - and reduce transmission

Simple saline drops shown to cut common cold by DAYS in children - and reduce transmission For parents, the cycle of coughs and sniffles that plague their young children can often seem never ending. But simple saline nasal drops can cut the duration of the common cold in youngsters by two days and reduce onward transmission, a study found. Researchers had noted that salt-water solutions are often used in southern Asia to treat a cold, and wanted to explore if …