Home Multimedia Podcasts Feed a Cold, Starve a Fever: Old World Wisdom Still Holds True Source: IPGGutenbergUKLtd/Getty Images Feed a Cold, Starve a Fever: Old World Wisdom Still Holds True September 12, 2016 Yale University researchers have uncovered the intriguing mechanisms that underlie common sickness behaviors. /wp-content/uploads/2018/09/SoundsOfScience1a.mp3 PodcastsResourcesCommon coldFeverInfectious diseasesMedicine, Diagnosis, and TherapeuticsResearch and developmentResearch resourcesSigns and symptomsSystemic conditionsViral diseases