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Soothing cold sores

While there's still no cure for the herpes virus, cold sores are treatable.A new nonprescription medicine called Abreva can cut your healing time bytwo to three days and soothe the sore in the meantime. Another cream, Denavir,also can speed healing but is available only by prescription.

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