What’s With All the Cold Sprays?

OTC skin-cooling products get lukewarm reviews for effectiveness

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With brand names such as Instant Ice, Biofreeze, and Zim’s Max Freeze, a wide array of so-called cold sprays can be found on pharmacy shelves and online, marketed for treating sprains, strains, and muscle spasms, along with general minor aches and pains associated with joints and muscles. But are they any better than a good-old […]

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