Can Exercise Exorcise a Cold?

The New York Times gives us the lowdown on the widely held conviction that a good workout is just what’s needed to sweat the demons of a mild cold right out of our bodies. If you believe that (and it’s possible that Geezer once did)  the story tells us, you’re out of your mind. The short but revelatory piece directs our attention to a 1998 study, in which researchers injected a group of 34
healthy college students with rhinovirus, and then had half the group exercise for 40 minutes every other day; while
the other group was relatively sedentary. After 10 days, the
researchers determined that the exercise regimen neither eased  symptons nor affected duration. A similar study five
years later, had the same outcome. The good news, if there is any, is that exercising didn’t make anyone sicker. Read more.