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From: fzjaffe@othello.ucdavis.edu (Rory Jaffe)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: What body temp for cardiac surgery?
Date: 30 Sep 92 23:02:09 GMT
Organization: University of California, Davis

In article <kendall.74@sceng.ub.com> kendall@sceng.ub.com (Greg Kendall) writes:
>What temperature is the body lowered to for cardiac surgery?
>
Well, it all depends.  Some procedures are done "warm" (e.g. body temp,
~37 C.).  Many are done with slight hypothermia (30-32 C.) or moderate
hypothermia (25-30 C.).  A few (mostly circulatory arrrest cases in very
small children) are done with profound hypothermia (< 20 C.)

Various considerations go in to choosing a temperature, including the
planned duration, need for cerebral preservation (e.g. circulatory
arrest), difficulty of myocardial preservation (easier at lower temps),
etc.

>How close is that to lowest survivable temperature?

The heart fibrillates at about 28 C. or so (I forget the exact figure).
For heart surgery, the circulation is maintained by the bypass pump
anyway, so this isn't a problem during surgery (with rare exceptions).
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From: georgec@eng.umd.edu (George B. Clark)
Subject: Re: rape and std's
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 92 22:50:08 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland

In article <81194@ut-emx.uucp> llama@pooh.cc.utexas.edu (sine nomine) writes:
>she's got a lot of friends and we're all trying to let her talk it out
>as much as she needs to.

I hope one of those friends is a lawyer. In addition, she needs to file
a police report. Otherwise, details will become sketchy as time goes by.

>i know that an aids test won't mean anything until several months have
>gone by, but what else should she have herself tested for?

There is an AIDS Hotline for persons who believe they've been exposed.
It's run by the Communicable Disease Center at 1-800-342-AIDS. No doubt
they will be able to answer other VD questions, as well.

If you think you have been exposed to HIV, the National Institutes of
Health recommends 200mg zidovudine every four hours for three days, then
five times daily omitting the early morning dose for the next 25 days.
(Lancet, Sept. 12, 1992)

In addition to having her own physical exam, inquire about making the
guy get a physical exam, too.

Check with your local government's rape-counseling center for professional
advice, too.
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From: koepp@cc1.unt.edu (Cynthia Koepp - Computing Center)
Subject: re: medical records
Organization: Computing Center, UNT
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 14:52:48 GMT

I don't know what the law says (I guess they vary from state to state 
anyway), but when I recently requested some records--and didn't get an 
acknowledgement--I wrote a follow-up letter requesting that they tell me in 
writing why I could not have access to this material. I figured that I could 
always take their reply to an attorney, if need be.

Instead of answering my follow-up question, they sent the records.

Cynthia Koepp
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From: mgh@philabs.philips.com (Monisha Ghosh)
Subject: Early screening for genetic diseases
Organization: Philips Laboratories, Briarcliff, New York
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 15:37:56 GMT


Are there any early-screening procedures available for parents who are genetic
carriers of a fatal disease that a baby would have a 25% chance of inheriting?
What I mean is, instead of waiting for an amnio at 16 weeks and then 
performing tests on the amniotic fluid and probably finding out that the baby 
is going to have the disease and deciding to terminate the pregnancy at that 
late stage, is there any way of testing in the early weeks of pregnancy? My 
husband and I went through this harrowing experience with my current pregnancy
( thankfully the baby is just a carrier too) because we did not know that 
both of us were thallasemia carriers until I was 14 weeks pregnant.
However, if we wanted another child, I'm
not sure I could go upto 16 weeks knowing that I might have to terminate. If
there was a way that I could know early on, I just might consider having 
another child.

Please, no flames about the ethics of such testing - I just want to know
what medical procedures, if any,  are available for such cases.

Monisha
From: rind@binoc.bih.harvard.edu (David Rind)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Right Bundle Branch Block
Date: 3 Oct 92 03:52:38 GMT
Organization: Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston Mass., USA

In article <1992Oct3.005952.16066@unlv.edu> robert@unlv.edu
 (Robert Cray) writes:
>Can someone tell me what a Right Bundle Branch Block is?

The electrical conduction system of the heart, early on in its course,
splits into two major parts called the left bundle branch and the right
bundle branch.  Right bundle branch block means that conduction is not
travelling down the right bundle branch.  This is not necessarily
a serious problem.
-- 
David Rind
rind@binoc.bih.harvard.edu
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From: dag@col.hp.com (David Geiser)
Subject: Re: Cats and itching
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 17:19:58 GMT
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division

Can you afford to take your cat to a vet?
-- 

 To the cat, the experimenter is problematic.
From: hdavies@rx.xerox.com (Hugh J.E. Davies)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Vitamin C: Anti-Cataract Therapy?
Date: 2 Oct 92 16:13:36 GMT
Reply-To: hdavies@rx.xerox.com
Organization: Rank Xerox Ltd.

In article 193912C48361@TRMETU.BITNET, C48361@TRMETU.BITNET (Fuad Enver) writes:

>  to be able to defuse the volatile toxic molecules, known as
>  oxygen-free radicals, that are a by product of normal metabolism
>  in cells'
>

They are called "free radicals", not "oxygen-free radicals". They are not "oxygen-free", in fact au contraire.


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Regards,

Hugh.
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From: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Chest pain
Date: 1 Oct 92 15:10:28 GMT
Reply-To: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh Computer Science

I received the following from a person who wanted to remain
anonymous.  I told the person that this is not in my area of
expertise but I would post it for comment.  Please don't
send me any email about it.  Post your response.


>I hope someone can give me some insight to my problem.  Last year (Apr 91) I 
>had a very sharp pain in my chest.  I was driving and had to pull over.  It 
>didn't last very long. After that I had pain throughout my chest area, but 
>never as sharp as that first one.  I finally went to a "local" doctor who 
>hooked me up to an EKG or ECG and monitored my heart.  He also sent me for an 
>upper GI and x-rays of my stomach!  When I went back for the results, he said 
>he forgot to order x-rays of my chest (which was what hurt!!) and that I would 
>need to go back.  Since I had already spent over $500 and missed work 3-4 times
>for his appointments, I just didn't go back.  He never told me one single thing
>about what was or could be wrong with me.  He did mention stress but I have 
>these pains during relaxing times too.  
>
>I am still having these pains, sometimes worse than others, after over a year
>later.  I am 27, no history of heart trouble before, haven't found anything 
>specifically that brings on these pains (like at similiar time of day or 
>activity), and I'm female.  I'm not sure what other info to tell.  The pains 
>are in different areas of my chest, not just around the heart area.  Sometimes 
>pains are on left side, sometimes on right side near heart area, and sometimes 
>pains feel like they are under my rib cage on either side.
>
>Do you have any idea what could be causing these pains in my chest?  
>Thanks in advance for any suggestions.


























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From: roy.rudebusch@travel.com (Roy Rudebusch) 
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: chapped hands
Date: 29 Sep 92 09:50:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Travel Online / St. Louis Online - St. Louis, MO
Reply-To: roy.rudebusch@travel.com (Roy Rudebusch) 

Dear Friends;

Thanks!
I wish I could e-mail each of you who answered my plea for a
remedy for my chapped hands, (My BBS only allows so much e-mail
traffic).

In less than a week my hands are healed.

It seems I was allergic to the rubber in my rubber gloves.

I have had this skin condition for 6 years and was beginning to cause a
problem in my profession, (I am an aspiring professional brewer). A
brewer has his hands in sterlilants such as: caustic acid, sodium
hypochlorite (bleach), Iodophor (iodine).

So now I can line my gloves with cotton gloves. Yay!

Hmmm..... I wonder if anybody makes a non-hypo-allergenic rubber glove?

Thanks again!

 * OLX 2.2 * From: roy.rudebusch@travel.com
From: carl@aoa.aoa.utc.com (Carl Witthoft)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: dangers of microwaving
Date: 1 Oct 92 16:58:08 GMT
Organization: Adaptive Optics Associates

In article <1992Sep29.173422.2294@athena.cs.uga.edu> mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) writes:
>I think he remembered it backward.  I recall a few months ago somebody,
>somewhere, pointing out that microwave cooking is apparently _safer_ because
>it does not normally char or burn.  It also consumes less energy.
x
The only significant dangers from a microwave are:
1) radiation leakage mucking up a pacemaker.  This is very low
risk unless you've badly damaged the oven door.
2) risk of infection due to failure to heat the food all the way
thru.  Make  sure meats in particular reach some nice temperature
at their center.  I think 250F or so is good.


-- 
Carl Witthoft @ Adaptive Optics Associates
aoa!carl@bbn.com  carl@aoa.utc.com
54 CambridgePark Drive, Cambridge,MA 02140 617-864-0201
"My Karma just ran over my Dogma!"
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From: axeman@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (Samir Chopra)
Subject: Acute Cystitis
Organization: AT&T
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 17:06:15 GMT

Could anyone here direct me to sources of information for people suffering 
from acute cystitis (caused by stricture of the urethera).

Sources of information could be as follows:

1. Groups/Agencies i.e American Heart Foundation etc
2. Guidebooks
3. Unconventional methods of treatment
4. Tips from fellow sufferers

Please respond by E_mail. I'll summarize and post.

Thanks,

take care,

Samir Chopra
-- 
"You guys are gonna smoke in the other room, the smoke will come drifting in
here..it'll look like rose stems, but there's tiny nooses hanging from them.."
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From: ai686@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ishaq Syed)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Help On Genitics Project..
Date: 4 Oct 1992 01:55:43 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc10.ins.cwru.edu


I am in highschool and am really interested in gentics.  My science
fair is comeing up and I would really aperciate some help.  People are
telling me to so something dealing with friut flys but I am not into it.
I want something NEW and exciting in a highschools kids prespective.
If anybody thinks there is anything  that would interest me please respond
as soon as possible.  I know that there are going to be many experts reading
this and are going to say "Well most of the project ideas I have are to complcated for a highschool kid" well I think I can take that big idea and make it
more simple.  
	My interest are space, gentics, biology, medician, sports! I really
looking for something I could build on in the future.  I have at least 4 mounths to preform my experiments that may be involved, so please respond as soon as possible.  If you have any kind of cool idea for a project please wright me back.
I am also trying to come up with one my self.  Thank you for you time.

				Ishaq
P.S. Any kind of science related project is welcome.
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From: myers@ab.wvnet.edu
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Medical billing software wanted!
Date: 5 Oct 92 18:52:54 GMT
Organization: Alderson-Broaddus College

My wife does the medical billing for a couple of physicians by hand currently
which is rather lengthy and time consuming.  We have an IBM PC 386 computer
and would like to use it to do the billing and even posibly send some out
electronically.  We do not need a complete physician's office package
but we would consider anything reasonably easy to learn and use and
fairly inexpensive.  (The ones we have seen cost $5,000 and up and are
too expensive for us)  If you know of such a billing package or use one which
is espicially nice please write to me dirrectly or post here.  Thanks in
advance for any and all help.

				Roger

Internet address:  MYERS@AB.WVNET.EDU

Mailing address:   Roger Myers
                   Route 3, Box 269-D
                   Philippi, WV  26416
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From: kpc@pluto.arc.nasa.gov (k p c)
Subject: Re: FDA
Reply-To: kpc@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center AI Research Branch; Sterling.
	<1992Oct2.220524.6288@spdcc.com>
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 01:22:02 GMT

distribution is changed to usa.

three questions.

who gains from the laws against filling a prescription from out of
state?  these force non-medical doctors to go to a doctor in state to
get the same prescription.

also, who gains from the prescription laws in general?  sometimes i
must pay scores of dollars in time and money, simply to get a
signature for a prescription drug or a refill that i already know for
certain that i need.

are my health and money losses from this overshadowed by someone
else's gains?  i suppose some antibiotics might be a public health
hazard.  but i can't think of other gains that truly offset my losses.

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From: russ@wpg.com (Russell Lawrence)
Subject: Re: Cost Concerns in Med School?
Organization: WP Group
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 00:50:04 GMT

From article <16651@pitt.UUCP>, by geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks):
> In article <Ieki79W00Uh74105gs@andrew.cmu.edu> sean+@andrew.cmu.edu (Sean McLinden) writes:
>>>   Would anyone who knows more about this care to comment on why these
>>>   disposable tools are so expensive?
>>
>>Because:
>>
>>    1. The cost of getting the device approved for use in human beings.
>>    2. The fact that there is little competition in the medical devices area.
>>    3. Up until now, the system will pay for it (and still does).
>>
> 
> Add to that the liability insurance for the manufacturer.  When I
> was taking sports medicine as an intern, I had an idea of using
> RTV to make flexible casts that football players could wear in
> a game without hurting people.  We got a tub of it and did some
> experiments.  But when the company found out what we were doing they
> told the dealers not to sell it to us.  They had another product,
> which was exactly the same stuff, but approved for medical use
> that was 100 times as expensive.  

How much of the increase was attributable to liability insurance?

Would you be in favor of abolishing the Medical Devices Amendment
of the Pure Food and Drug Act?

-- 
Russell Lawrence, WP Group, New Orleans (504) 443-5000
russ@wpg.com   uunet!wpg!russ
From: mcoulter@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Summer Vacancy)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Herpies I/II
Date: 26 Sep 92 14:10:46 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Indiana University


My question(s) are concerning the two viral strains of Herpes, and I am looking
for some specific as well as general information about the two diseases.

I've heard it is easily transmitted by casual contact, especially when the
virus is actively causing blisters.   Does this mean that one may contract
the disease by kissing or drinking after someone?

Can one have children if one is infected?

Are there any real treatments or possible cures for this disease or is the 
scourge of the 70's now a forgotten step-child because AIDS is so much more
deadly and has all the research money?

What is a good source of information about the disease and how do I go about
find out what is currently known about it?  The library is a big place and 
I get lost when researching subjects not know to me intimately.

Thank you for your time.
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From: sue@netcom.com (Sue Miller)
Subject: Re: SHINGLES
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 02:33:12 GMT

In article <1934@hsdndev.UUCP> rind@binoc.bih.harvard.edu (David Rind) writes:
>How old was the person involved?  Shingles (Herpes Zoster) is very
>common as people get older.
>
>
>You can't catch shingles from someone with shingles.  If you've never
>had chickenpox, though, you can get chickenpox.  Shingles is a
>reactivation of your own chickenpox virus.
>

Stupid question time:  my SO contracted chicken pox in his teens.
During his illness, his father got a flaming attack of shingles.
Did the first event possibly set off the second?  His father was
around 50 at the time, and had had chicken pox as a child.

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From: M20614@mwvm.mitre.org (Hugh Pritchard)
Subject: Re: Arrogance, arthritis, & Banks
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, McLean VA 22102
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 11:40:12 GMT

In article <BvB0ww.9Mv@wpg.com>
russ@wpg.com (Russell Lawrence) writes:
 
[responding to Gordon Banks]
 
>In other words, they'll learn that it's wrong because you say it
>is.   Are your pronouncements a reasonable substitute for verifiable
>information?
 
Well, in my own very humble opinion, yes.
 
My possibly irrational view is this:  Gordon's been trained as a physicist.
Having acquired a bachelor's in physics myself, I *respect* the opinions
and information of anyone who's had further training in physics.  And this
in spite of the current field of discourse being medicine, not physics.
I consider a background in physics to be a suitable credential for many
other endeavors.
 
Not to mention that Gordon has a doctorate in medicine.  Or do you think,
Russ, that medical schools conspire to hide information from non-guild
members ("laymen")?  Perhaps medical schools emphasize to their apprentices
in some sort of SECRET CLASS how to pontificate effectively.
 
Maybe.  Or maybe it's the case that most MDs really do know what they're
talking about, regardless of what you, Russ, think of people seemingly
making "pronouncements."
 
**  Hugh Pritchard,  hapritch@mitre.org,  703/883-6616
From: paj@uk.co.gec-mrc (Paul Johnson)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Starting an alternative medicine newsgroup
Date: 1 Oct 92 14:20:13 GMT
Reply-To: paj@uk.co.gec-mrc (Paul Johnson)
Organization: GEC-Marconi Research Centre, Great Baddow, UK

In article <16666@pitt.UUCP> geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks) writes:
>OK, John suggests we start an alternative medicine newsgroup.

In the meantime, remember that alternative medicine arguments can
always find a home in sci.skeptic.

Paul.
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From: eepee@polaris.utu.fi (Esa-Pekka P{lvim{ki)
Subject: Re: Sumatriptan
Organization: University of Turku, Finland
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 92 12:55:35 GMT

In article <16750@pitt.UUCP> geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks) writes:
>Still on hold in the US.  Currently available in Canada and UK
>(usual situation of the FDA being sloooooow).

It's available here (Finland) as well, but it's somewhat expensive. One
injection costs around $40, and for a severe attack one might have to take
two. Insurance covers about half of it, but still. What's the price in
Canada?

/ep


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From: dlb@fanny.wash.inmet.com (David Barton)
Subject: Re: Ocular Migraines
Organization: Intermetrics Inc., Washington Division, USA
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 15:58:23 GMT

In article <1992Oct2.230434.24678@menudo.uh.edu> kattan@Rosie.UH.EDU
(Mike Kattan) writes:

   I remember a few people (several months ago) talking about their
   ocular migraines.  Could someone who has had them or knows about
   them tell me what they're like?  I think I have had a couple
   lately.

Regardless of the responses to this --- my migraines have not been
specifically occular in nature, so I have nothing significant to
contribute --- I really hope that you will see a doctor, preferably a
neurologist, for a diagnosis and treatment plan.  Information on the
net is all very well, but please see a physician.  The symptoms of
occular migraine can also be caused by some rather nasty things.

					Dave Barton
					dlb@hudson.wash.inmet.com
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From: lindae@netcom.com
Subject: Re: Potato as folk remedy for eye burns?
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 00:24:23 GMT

In article <1ae4l0INNm00@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> haynes@cats.ucsc.edu (Jim Haynes) writes:
>
>My optometrist told me today that welders have told her a good rememdy
>for flash burns of the eyes is to rub them with (presumably raw) potato.
>-- 
>haynes@cats.ucsc.edu
>haynes@cats.bitnet
>
>"Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an Art."
>        Charles McCabe, San Francisco Chronicle
>

Now you're sure that wouldn't be "potatoe" with an "e" ?  :-)
                                        ^
						Signed,
						D.Q.
From: yazz@locus.com (Bob Yazz)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Trental for HIV in August 1992 Beta
Date: 28 Sep 92 20:48:03 GMT

One of the docs on the net -- perhaps Brian, but I'm not certain --
mentioned he had a pen that said Trental on it, and incidentally
mentioned he thought the drug was something to the effect of not
terribly useful.  (Trental is FDA approved for circulatory problems.)

I happened upon an article about Trental in the HIV treatment
publication BETA, which described two papers from the 1992
Amsterdam conference (abstacts MoB 0019 and PoA 2326).

One report said it blocks TNF (which in elevated amounts may produce
weight loss, fever and cachexia [wasting]).  The other said it improved
the effectiveness of some nucleoside analogues.  TNF has been shown
to block the anti-HIV effect of AZT and ddC, so Trantal's anti-TNF
action would explain both the anti-wasting and nucleoside-enhancing
effects.

I was wondering whether it was the (FDA approved) circulatory use or
the much more recent HIV use that Brian(?) was referring to, and
what other thoughts he might have.

Amazingly, a month's supply of 400mg 3x/day Trental cost less than
$50 -- cheap for an Rx drug nowadays.

Best Wishes

== Bob Yazz ==
-- 


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Clintons, it's the wife who dyes her hair to look younger.
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