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Echinacea for Treating the Common Cold
- B. Barrett, R. Brown, +4 authors Tola Ewers
- Medicine
- Annals of Internal Medicine
- 21 December 2010
BACKGROUND
Echinacea is widely used to treat the common cold.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the potential benefits of echinacea as a treatment of common cold.
DESIGN
Randomized, controlled trial.… Expand
Idiopathic chronic cough: association with organ specific autoimmune disease and bronchoalveolar lymphocytosis
- S. Birring, C. Brightling, F. Symon, S. Barlow, A. Wardlaw, I. Pavord
- Medicine
- Thorax
- 26 November 2003
Background: We have recently reported a strong association between organ specific autoimmune disease and idiopathic chronic cough and have suggested that cough may be caused by airway inflammation… Expand
Risedronate in adults with osteogenesis imperfecta type I: increased bone mineral density and decreased bone turnover, but high fracture rate persists
- L. Bradbury, S. Barlow, +6 authors E. Duncan
- Medicine
- Osteoporosis International
- 2011
SummaryBisphosphonates can increase bone mineral density (BMD) in children with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). In this study of adults with OI type I, risedronate increased BMD at lumbar spine (but… Expand
Rationale and methods for a trial assessing placebo, echinacea, and doctor-patient interaction in the common cold.
- B. Barrett, Dave Rakel, +10 authors J. Bobula
- Medicine
- Explore
- 1 November 2007
BACKGROUND
Clinical medicine and healthcare policy are increasingly guided by randomized controlled trials, which in turn are dependent on the validity of placebo control. It is important to… Expand
Placebo Effects and the Common Cold: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- B. Barrett, R. Brown, +6 authors S. Barlow
- Medicine
- The Annals of Family Medicine
- 1 July 2011
PURPOSE We wanted to determine whether the severity and duration of illness caused by the common cold are influenced by randomized assignment to open-label pills, compared with conventional… Expand
Guidelines for the public health management of typhoid and paratyphoid in England: practice guidelines from the National Typhoid and Paratyphoid Reference Group.
- Sooria Balasegaram, A. Potter, +15 authors S. Addiman
- Medicine
- The Journal of infection
- 1 September 2012
OBJECTIVES
The Typhoid and Paratyphoid Reference Group (TPRG) was convened by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) and the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) to revise guidelines for… Expand
Applicability of the EORTC/MSG criteria for IFD in clinical practice
Invasive fungal disease (IFD) is a feared complication in patients with hematological malignancies. In 2008, the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Invasive Fungal Infections… Expand
Clinical significance of common cold treatment: professionals' opinions.
- B. Barrett, Sarah Endrizzi, P. Andreoli, S. Barlow, Z. Zhang
- Medicine
- WMJ : official publication of the State Medical…
- 1 December 2007
BACKGROUND
Little is known about professionals' knowledge and attitudes regarding the clinical significance of treatments for common cold (upper respiratory infection, presumed viral).
METHODS
We… Expand
New Method for Real Time Influenza Surveillance in Primary Care: A Wisconsin Research and Education Network (WREN) Supported Study
- J. Temte, S. Barlow, +5 authors John D. Tamerius
- Medicine
- The Journal of the American Board of Family…
- 1 September 2017
Introduction: The goal of public health infectious disease surveillance systems is to provide accurate laboratory results in near-real time. When it comes to influenza surveillance, most current… Expand