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August 11, 2005	Peer review	Reviewed
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December 14, 2008	Featured article review	Demoted
November 9, 2010	Peer review	Reviewed
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The TRIP database provides clinical publications about evidence-based medicine.
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Adding Health Disparities to the Asthma Page

I am planning on editing the Asthma page to include just one section on current health disparities with Asthma. I am using articles from journals and the CDC website as my sources. I will be citing what I write. I will try to make my edits incrementally and not all at once so that there is room for feedback. I will begin by writing about health disparities in the US and then continue on to global health disparities if my edits are not reverted. GildedFirefly (talk) 02:17, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi and welcome. Please see WP:MEDRS with regard to acceptable sources, particularly where it says to avoid primary studies and to focus on secondary or tertiary ones, such as review articles and chapters in books. Also please do not spell "black" with an uppercase "b": it is not a nationality. For citation formatting, you might find this tool useful [1]. Regards Graham Beards (talk) 08:07, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Thank you so much for the welcome and advice! I took your suggestions and removed all statements from primary sources and their respective citations from my edits. I am now using only scoping or systematic review articles published in reputable medical journals or books from respected publishers. I also used your tool for as many of the citations as I could, and for those with which it was not working due to access barriers (some of the articles are premium but I can access for free with my school account), I just copied the templates as best as I could. I really appreciate you taking the time to help me and I hope I have accurately implemented your advice. GildedFirefly (talk) 05:43, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Adding to History Section of Asthma Page

Hello! I am planning on adding incremental changes to the history section. Specifically, there is a gap in the history of asthma between 1950-2021, and I am hoping to fill it with information from review articles or books. Please let me know of any feedback! Sunjelly (talk) 18:55, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Adding to Management Section of Asthma Page

I am planning on editing the Asthma page to include e-cigarettes/vaping as one of the potential identifying triggers. As e-cigarettes and vaping have become more common in recent years, I have been reading about the effects it can have on respiratory diseases and how it can be a trigger. I will be using research articles as my sources. Elvar002 (talk) 04:31, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Great. Please ensure that the sources you will use are high-quality, peer-reviewed medical studies. Chronos.Zx (talk) 16:51, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]