13 way to get red of the coold Your Link So you got sick. You eyed that fellow bus rider coughing into the open. You winced as your co-worker sneezed beside you in a meeting. You sank a little bit as your preschooler came home, nose oozing, and stuck his fingers in your face. It seemed only a matter of time before you faced that familiar enemy – the common cold. For this round with the cold, don't drop your gloves and resign to days of coughing, sneezing, aching and nose-dripping. Fight back! The tips below – many of them old fashioned and cheap, if not free – will help you manage those symptoms while the cold runs its course. Wendy Bennett, internist at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, calls this "symptom management." The actions below are "not going to decrease the amount of time that you're sick," she says, "but ...