Onions, myths, beliefs, fashion and reality in asthma

Allergologia et immunopathologia
A Martínez-Gimeno

Abstract

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.

Citations

Apr 4, 2013·Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine·Antonio Martinez-Gimeno, Luis García-Marcos
May 12, 2016·Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicaça̋o oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia·Cristian RoncadaPaulo Márcio Pitrez

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