Is chicken soup really good for what ails a cold?

University of Nebraska Medical Center physician/researcher Stephen Rennard, M.D., challenged an age-old folk remedy by taking chicken soup from the kitchen to the laboratory. The results of the study are published in the Oct. 17, 2000 issue of the international journal Chest – the Cardioplumonary and Critical Care Journal.

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Survey supports UNMC research on chicken soup.

Ron Ertl, left, and Stephen Rennard, M.D., did research into chicken soup as a potential remedy for colds.	Barbara Rennard, wife of Dr. Rennard, cooks up a batch of chicken soup.