Kieran Lamb
It is advice that has traditionally been dispensed by mothers and grandmothers.
But now the Met Office is also warning people to wrap up warm to dodge a nasty chest as part of a pilot scheme offering patients personal weather warnings.
Patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) will be called by the automated service to warn them of severe weather conditions over the following week.
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