tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633581663557175057.post6313546896623025247..comments2024-02-25T14:29:44.021-05:00Comments on Denying AIDS and other oddities: Duped by Denialists: Final Verdict on Editor of Medical Hypotheses Part IIISeth Kalichmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01715826946361587097noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633581663557175057.post-35676616646259278962010-04-14T12:10:44.631-04:002010-04-14T12:10:44.631-04:00above report from New York Times
http://www.nyti...above report from New York Times<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/health/13real.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633581663557175057.post-20520195743133058972010-04-14T12:09:53.967-04:002010-04-14T12:09:53.967-04:00The Claim: Milk Makes You Phlegmy
By ANAHAD O'...The Claim: Milk Makes You Phlegmy<br />By ANAHAD O'CONNOR<br />THE FACTS<br />Many people believe milk leads to upper-respiratory congestion, but studies have generally dismissed it as an old wives’ tale. In one well-known experiment, scientists found that even people inoculated with the common cold virus did not exhibit a statistically significant increase in symptoms or nasal secretions when they drank milk.<br />But a new report suggests a possible explanation: only a small group of people are susceptible. The theory is described in Medical Hypotheses, a journal devoted to publishing bold and sometimes radical biomedical theories.<br />In their report, the authors point to studies showing that not all milk is the same. Some types of milk, from certain breeds of cow, contain a protein called beta-CM-7, which has been shown in studies to stimulate mucus glands in the digestive tract. These glands are also found in the respiratory tract, where they are known to overproduce mucus in conditions caused by inflammation, like asthma.<br />The authors assert that consuming milk containing the beta-CM-7 protein may stimulate phlegm in the respiratory tract, particularly in people with chronic lung conditions.<br />“These prerequisites,” they write, “could explain why only a subgroup of the population, who have increased respiratory tract mucus production, find that many of their symptoms, including asthma, improve on a dairy-elimination diet.”<br />THE BOTTOM LINE<br />There may be a link between milk and phlegm in some people, but for now it is only hypothetical.<br />ANAHAD O’CONNOR scitimes@nytimes.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633581663557175057.post-51884210796141831032010-03-11T06:00:50.850-05:002010-03-11T06:00:50.850-05:00You don't have to know anything about AIDS to ...You don't have to know anything about AIDS to recognise that the Ruggiero paper does not actually describe a <b>medical</b> hypothesis. <br /><br />At least the Duesberg paper does fulfill the concept of a medical hypothesis even though it is not novel and is not supported by the evidence.Chris Noblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633581663557175057.post-8844990673517938902010-03-11T00:58:09.195-05:002010-03-11T00:58:09.195-05:00Chris
Charlton could have avoided this mess if he ...Chris<br />Charlton could have avoided this mess if he would have just asked anyone who knows anything about AIDS to read the paper. How arrogant to think that one person can know enough about everything to determine whether to publish any given paper. The concept for Med Hypotheses obviously failed. Maybe under new editorship it can become a respectable outlet for sane and rational ideas.Seth Kalichmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01715826946361587097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633581663557175057.post-77074013880435486612010-03-11T00:31:33.616-05:002010-03-11T00:31:33.616-05:00He added that it was “ludicrous” that the Ruggiero...<b>He added that it was “ludicrous” that the Ruggiero paper, which he said was “the opposite of an HIV denialist paper”, had been bracketed with the Duesberg paper.</b><br /><br />Charlton is an idiot.<br /><br />The Ruggiero paper is a silly rhetorical device. Ruggiero didn't have the guts to state his beliefs and so he he pretends that the Italian Ministry of Health are the HIV Denialists.<br /><br />If Ruggiero was actually interested in the position of the Italian Ministry of Health he could have asked them.Chris Noblenoreply@blogger.com