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Onions, myths, beliefs, fashion and reality in asthma.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19945775     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Some myths and unsupported beliefs about asthma are very popular and enjoy general public acceptance and fairly strong support on the Internet. Onions for cough; dairy products avoidance for asthma; and some other popular myths are reviewed, along with some other medical and mixed (popular and medical) myths comparing their popular and scientific support. Classifying medical statements as realities or unsupported beliefs is a hard and serious work nowadays addressed by Evidence Based Medicine methods, which are not devoid of the influence of medical fashion: the medical community is more prone to accept fashionable statements compared to non-fashionable or old-fashioned statements.
Authors:
A Mart?nez-Gimeno
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Allergologia et immunopathologia     Volume:  37     ISSN:  0301-0546     ISO Abbreviation:  Allergol Immunopathol (Madr)     Publication Date:    2009 Nov-Dec
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-12-16     Completed Date:  2010-06-23     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370073     Medline TA:  Allergol Immunopathol (Madr)     Country:  Spain    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  309-13     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain. amartinezg.hdoc@salud.madrid.org
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adrenergic beta-Agonists / therapeutic use
Age of Onset
Animals
Animals, Domestic / immunology
Asthma* / epidemiology,  etiology,  prevention & control,  therapy
Bacteria / immunology
Bronchial Hyperreactivity / epidemiology
Child Day Care Centers
Child, Preschool
Cough / therapy
Culture*
Dairy Products / adverse effects
Evidence-Based Medicine
Exercise / physiology
Food Hypersensitivity / complications
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice*
Humans
Hypersensitivity / epidemiology,  etiology
Infant
Ipratropium / therapeutic use
Mythology*
Onions*
Respiratory Sounds / etiology,  immunology
Respiratory System / microbiology
Risk Factors
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Adrenergic beta-Agonists; 60205-81-4/Ipratropium

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