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Ring of truth to old wives' tale?

'Feed a cold, starve a fever' may make sense, say immunologists.

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  1. van den Brink, G. R., van den Boogardt, D. E. M., van Deventer, S. J. H. & Peppelenbosch, M. P. Feed a cold, starve a fever? Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology 9, 182 - 83 (2002).

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Clarke, T. Ring of truth to old wives' tale?. Nature (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/news020107-13

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