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From: tony@disk.uucp (tony)
Subject: Re: anxiety attacks
Organization: Digital Information Systems of KY
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 05:06:03 GMT

Patricia Peterson@nicmad.uucp (Patricia Peterson) writes:

>In article <92202.130231EWN1@psuvm.psu.edu> EWN1@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>>A friend of mine (grad. student) has been having problems with anxiety
>>attacks for several years now.  She feels nervous and anxious all the
>>time and has problems getting to sleep.  Can anyone out there share
>>anecdotal information about how they've dealt with this problem?  My
>>friend is on a limited budget, so professional counseling would probably
>>be too expensive for her.  Thanks in advance.

>Before professional counseling how about a physical exam.  There could be some
>physical problems causing this anxious feeling.  Is she sure their anxiety
>attacks.  How much caffeine does she consume?  How is her diet?  Could this
>possibly be low blood sugar?  

>The reason I ask these questions is that my sister (who was 23 at the time)
>began having "anxiety attacks"; shaky feeling, heart racing, etc.  After
>several trips to the ER with her a resident finally suggested she see a
>cardiologist.  After several test she was diagnosed with mitral valve prolapse.
>She is taking Inderal and has had no problems since.  

>

          A physical exam might be a good first step, on the other hand it may
not do any good at all because there may not be an organic basis to the prob-
lem.  In my own case I first went to an Internal Medicine doctor.  He checked
me out, did some lab work, then told me I looked okay.  He "prescribed" Advil
(ibuprofen) for my panic ("anxiety") attacks.  Need I say the Advil did no
good and I was stuck with a $120 doctor bill.  
	  A couple of months later I decided the I.M. didn't know his butt from
a hole in the ground, so I went to the local university psychiatric clinic
which has very reasonable rates and they also did a physical exam, they talked
to me about my symptoms, then they prescribed a tricyclic antidepressant which
worked wonders for me.  My panic attacks ceased.  Continued psychotherapy
helped me deal with problems that caused my anxiety.  And after about three
years I was able to cope with my problems and they tapered me off medication
and I have been doing alright for nearly a year now.
	My suggestion (for most people that is) is to start out at a psychia-
tric clinic.  They will do a physical exam -- this way you won't have to pay
for it twice.  Perhaps the only time it might be best not to start with a
psych exam is if you don't have any problems causing you a great deal of
mental stress.  If that is true, then starting out with your favorite GP/FPr/
IM doctor might be alright.  But if you lead a very stressful life you would
probably be better off starting with a psychiatrist.  
	Advil?  For panic attacks?  Who did that nitwit think he was trying
to kid?


	-=- Tony Safina -=- disk!tony@uunet.UU.NET -=-
	----------------------------------------------



Newsgroups: sci.med
From: ccat@netcom.com (Chris Beaumont)
Subject: Gastric Agony...
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 04:41:50 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Keywords: intestine

a beautiful young lady of my acquaintance
has recently been stricken with a most terrible malady!
About a year ago she was rushed to the hospital with intense stomach pain..
She ,it turned out..had somehow developed a hole-in her (small, I think..)
intestine...and it had to be sewed back together...
Now, it's about a year later..and she continues to have agonizing stomach
pain.. The other day it began right after she ate a felafel..
Another day it was baba-ganooj that precipitated the agony ...
I just got off the phone with her, and she's contemplating going
to a GI specialist tomarrow...
Sounds nasty... 
Any ideas?
I know her doctor is always the one to ask...
but it doesn't hurt to solicit other ideas....
She's about 30,very slim,with an incredible mane of flaming red hair...
(Don't know what that has to do with anything..except that sometimes,Ive
thought redheads seem to have more allergies....)
-Chris.
please reply via e-mail..


-- 
--
Chris Beaumont
PO Box 170156,San Francisco,CA. 94117
ccat@netcom.com
From: km@speedy.cs.pitt.edu (Ken Mitchum)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Questions for MDs
Date: 28 Jul 92 12:15:24 GMT
Reply-To: km@cs.pitt.edu (Ken Mitchum)
Organization: Computer Science Dept., University of Pittsburgh

In article <1992Jul27.194035.5140@island.COM> green@island.COM (Robert Greenstein) writes:
>Would you have preferred that the lady kiss your feet?

Nope. But if I'm supposed to WAIT on her, she damned well better
leave a tip.

I believe asking for someone to WAIT on me is a bit demeaning in
any situation other than a restaurant. But, if you think that means
I think doctors should be treated like gods, I think you are the one
with an attitude problem.

If you're a veteran, I invite you to come to Pittsburgh for
medical care. 

 -km
From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Weight/appearance of professional models; Re: Obesity...
Date: 21 Jul 92 20:51:53 GMT
Article-I.D.: spdcc.1992Jul21.205153.4261
Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA

In article <1992Jul21.144403.19162@doug.cae.wisc.edu> kolstad@cae.wisc.edu (Joel Kolstad) writes:
>Some wrestlers I used to know would sit around a can and spit in it for
>hours at a time, in an attempt to lose water weight right before the
>"big match."

Sounds a bit like when I used to "weigh in" at Weight Watchers
or the Optifast clinic.  I'd always take out my contact lenses
first. :-)

-- 
Steve Dyer
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
From: mathew@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Mathew Yeates)
Subject: Leading causes of death
Organization: Image Analysis Systems Group, JPL
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 17:28:55 GMT


Can anybody tell me where I can find a listing of the top 15 leading
causes of death in the U.S. From the CDC, for instance?

-Mathew

Newsgroups: sci.med,misc.kids
From: des@helix.nih.gov (David E. Scheim)
Subject: Re: Swelling in child's finger, 4-months 
Organization: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 14:14:31 GMT

A friend's child has a large reddish swelling in his second finger
extending from the fingernail to the second knuckle.  He's seen a few
Kaiser doctors and had a biopsy which found no cause for the problem.  This
may not be related, but the swelling began around the time he got a few
flea bites from a neighbor's pet dog.

He's going to see a supposed specialist recommended by Kaiser next week.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to perhaps obscure conditions that
should be considered?  Thanks in advance.  -- David Scheim
From: km@speedy.cs.pitt.edu (Ken Mitchum)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Colonic irrigations
Keywords: alt medicine
Date: 24 Jul 92 21:13:56 GMT
Reply-To: km@cs.pitt.edu (Ken Mitchum)
Organization: Computer Science Dept., University of Pittsburgh

In article <1992Jul23.012629.18573@athena.cs.uga.edu. mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) writes:
.In article <15782@pitt.UUCP. km@cs.pitt.edu (Ken Mitchum) writes:
..
..One of my favorite xrays from medical school showed a quart
..bottle of mayonaise in the transverse colon. The patient claimed
..to have accidentally sat on it and the laws of physics had done
..the rest. We didn't quite belive him.
.
.There is a famous veterinary X-ray of a (complete, unbroken, full-sized)
.60-watt light bulb inside a snake.

Yeah, but I bet the light bulb climbed in a different orifice!


 -km
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: rrempel@fraser.sfu.ca (Rodney Dwight Rempel)
Subject: Re: "Bodyworks" software disappoints (attempt #2)
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 21:39:29 GMT

Berger@cup.portal.com (Mark - Berger) writes:

>I've gotten lots of mailing regarding Bodyworks, the software from Software
>Marketing Corp.  My first attempt at this failed mid-post.

>I purchased it from Price 
>Club for $36.  It went downhill from there.  The text describing the organs
>and structures is merely fluff.  It is limited, remedial, and weak.

>The only animation is a beating heart (outside view--no valves) and some
>breathing lungs.  These are just afterthoughts, I think, so they can promise
>animation on the box!  I found that several common structures, like 
>acetabulum, were completely foreign to this software.  You can search all
>day for it and never find it.  In addition, the thing only supports HP

>Laserjets and Epsons.  Therefore, if I want to print to my HP Deskjet, I have
>to go out and buy a $100 Epson emulation cartridge.  Tell me, if you bought
>anatomy software, wouldn't you want to print things?  Don't they think 
>teachers are going to buy things such as this?  Finally, the documentation
>is very limited.


>Maybe I'm just picky.  I must admit that this is my first experience with
>$35 software.  Maybe I am expecting too much for the few dollars spent.  It 
>just seems that the thing is all gee-whiz graphics for lay people.  It has
>next to no value for anyone in the sciences/medical fields.

>I would like to hear others experience.  Have I missed something?  Am I too
>persnickety? 

I was just about to go drop the bucks and check it out. Thanks for the
comments. I was wondering a few things:

a) What is you level of expertise, and what use were you hoping to put
the software to? Is there a group that you feel it would be appropriate
for?

b) Are there others out there who would be willing to comment on the
thing. It is a well (over?) hyped product that is widely available.
Does it fit somewhere in the "health", "fitness", "wellness", area?

About your printer problem. Deskjets are almost completely Laserjet
compatible. Give that setting a try and you probably can print.

Rod Rempel rrempel@sfu.ca
Department of Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University
... if two million people do a stupid thing it's still a stupid thing.
From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: RU-486 Confiscation
Keywords: abortion, RU-486, FDA, confiscation, Bush, paternalism
Date: 23 Jul 92 05:39:59 GMT
Article-I.D.: spdcc.1992Jul23.053959.11203
Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA

In article <1992Jul23.042440.10203@omen.UUCP> caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) writes:
>RU-486 is a potent weight loss drug which completely precents Zucker
>fatty rats (a mutant strain that naturally becomes hyperobese) from
>getting fat.  It has also been discussed as a life extension drug.

Zucker mice don't have to have a life outside their cages.  Most
people here do, though I sometimes have my doubts.  Mifepristone
can be a very toxic drug outside of its use as an abortifacient.

Administrating RU-486 (mifepristone) to induce abortion explots its
actions as an antiprogestational agent.  Progesterone is a female
hormone which prepares the endometrium of the uterine wall for
implantation by the fertilized egg and maintains it as the embryo
develops.  Administering an antiprogestogen like mifepristone
causes the endometrium to slough off, rather like an early
miscarriage.  A dose of prostaglandin is given after mifepristone
to help expel the uterine contents.  As you see, this use of
the drug is quite short term; one or two doses over a period of
a few days at most.  What's more, this really isn't designed for
once-a-month administration--it's more like a 'days-after' pill
of last resort, in preference to a surgical abortion.  This is why
the drug is relatively safe.

This use of the drug mostly ignores its other unrelated effects,
most notably its anti-glucocorticoid actions (that is, it competes
for certain "cortisone receptors" in cells.  The net effect of
is a kind of cellular "Addison's Disease"--your adrenal glands
are pumping out corticosteroids as fast as they can make 'em,
but they're blocked from having much of any effect (well, any
glucocorticoid effect--I'd imagine that sodium and water retension
due to the hypercorticoid state might be severe, but that's just
conjecture.)  This is not Good Stuff.  It doesn't matter all that
much if it's given once and that's it for a while, as you seen in
its used to cause abortion, but any kind of chronic administration
needs to take these effects into mind.

I think its role in treating human obesity is next to nil right now,
and remains to be determined, if it ever will be at all.  Calling
it a "weight loss drug" on the basis of experiments with certain
genetically obese mice is pretty, well, wishful thinking.

>RU-486's potential social and fiscal consequences dwarf the abortion aspects.

You mean Durk and Sandy get rich while they pitch it as a Life
Extension (tm) drug.

-- 
Steve Dyer
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: sss@netcom.com (Small Systems Solutions)
Subject: Re: What About All Those Fat Cows?
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 17:35:27 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Distribution: sci.med

In article <1992Jul21.083301.9130@eua.ericsson.se> 
	euamgk@eua.ericsson.se (Marina Kohnen) writes:

>I've been reading lately about this theory that states that carbohydrates
>never get converted to fat, only fat gets converted to fat, or something
>to this effect.  Sorry if I got it wrong.

Somebody got something wrong.  Carbos are quite readily turned into fat...
It takes a little more energy than storing fats that were ingested as fats,
but that's a minor point.

>My question is this:
>What about all these fat cows that graze in pastures, subsisting exclusively
>on grass?  Grass doesn't have any fat.  Where is the fat in cows 
>metabolized from?

Well, the answer is that cows *don't* get fat from eating grass.  In order
to prepare them for market, they get fed grain for 60-120 days before
slaughter.

-- 
Small Systems Solutions                   1563 Solano Avenue, Suite 123
sss@netcom.com                                  Berkeley, CA 94707-2116

The above-expressed opinions aren't necessarily
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: glp@fig.citib.com (Greg Parkinson)
Subject: Re: Colonic irrigations
Originator: glp@merlin
Keywords: alt medicine
Organization: Citibank IBISM
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 15:49:42 GMT


In article <3741@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP>, doyle+@pitt.edu (Howard R Doyle) writes:

|> I just can't keep myself from adding my own contribution to this wonderful
|> thread. When I was a surgery resident I had to operate on a 60 year old man
|> who had a 16-oz Coke (Classic) bottle high up almost at the junction of the
|> rectum  with the sigmoid colon. Not only that, but this was a recurrence of
|> this disease in this particular patient, and he had the surgical scars to
|> prove it. Ever since I have wondered whether Coke bottles are only locally
|> recurrent or have the potential to metastasize.

How sad that there is so much pressure to deny that
some people get pleasure out of anal stimulation.
There are all sorts of dildos available that  
wouldn't get lost.  

-- 
Greg Parkinson                  Phone: 212-657-7814  Fax: 212-825-8607
Citibank,111 Wall Street        E-Mail: glp@fig.citib.com
New York, New York  10043
The opinions expressed are my own and not those of the big 'ol bank.
From: sss@netcom.com (Small Systems Solutions)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Weight/appearance of professional models; Re: Obesity...
Date: 23 Jul 92 16:46:51 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)

In article <1992Jul22.212709.5637@seas.gwu.edu> 
	sheryl@seas.gwu.edu (Sheryl Coppenger) writes:

>Maybe not, but men and society will tell (not ask, but tell) women to
>maintain a weight which is lower than what is comfortable for them.  If
>a person is terrified of being fat and is having to exercise extreme
>control to stay slim, I can see how they might lose perspective and go
>too far.

This is overstating the case.  Last Tuesday's NYT Science Times section
had an article which pointed out that what women think men find "desirable"
and what men actually find desirable differ, sometimes considerably.

The same was true for men, in the analogous study.
-- 
Small Systems Solutions                   1563 Solano Avenue, Suite 123
sss@netcom.com                                  Berkeley, CA 94707-2116

The above-expressed opinions aren't necessarily
From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: known sideffects of Slpolyllin
Date: 21 Jul 92 20:49:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: spdcc.1992Jul21.204912.3992
Distribution: usa
Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA

In article <1992Jul20.212316.24484@informix.com> ssweet@.informix.com (Sky Sweet) writes:
>Not certain of spelling; may be Slfolyllin
>commonly used for asthma patients.
>Would like to know any info. regarding sideffects
>and any other known usage for the drug.

Slophyllin is a tradename for a timed-release form of theophylline,
a methylxanthine related to caffeine used in asthma as a bronchodilator.
It is a little tricky because the effective dose is rather close to
the dose where toxic effects can start to occur.  Typical toxic effects
include nausea, nervousness, and insomnia.  More severe overdoses can
produce convulsions.

>Pls. post any answers directly to me as I do not
>regularly read this newgroup.

Done.

-- 
Steve Dyer
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
From: km@speedy.cs.pitt.edu (Ken Mitchum)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: 60 Minutes-Heart Disease & The French
Date: 29 Jul 92 17:58:15 GMT
Reply-To: km@cs.pitt.edu (Ken Mitchum)
Organization: Computer Science Dept., University of Pittsburgh

In article <1992Jul28.210613.18404@cbnewsk.cb.att.com> rjb3@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (robert.j.brown) writes:

>Dag nab it Doctor Ken,
>
>We hicks are tarred of you damyankees ridiculing us at every turn.
>Why don't you just go "dahn tahn" in Steelerville and find somebody
>to give a blood test :-)

Well, don't blame me for the way they talk here - I'm not a native.
I've been here for 13 years, and still use the expression "to be"
(as in "My car needs TO BE washed" not "My car needs washed") and
I actually remember that in some places people who turn left have
to wait for those who go straight ahead (something called a
right of way, I think). Before my time here I spent eleven years
trying not to learn to talk like a Texan, or refer to some strange
day in the future called "Tuesday week."

So where are y'uns from, anyhow?

 -km
From: bel@bitbrain.UUCP (Belinda (the wonder mom) Schmahl)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Need help WRT Duodenal Ulcers caused by excess bile salts
Date: 29 Jul 92 05:52:19 GMT

An associate of mine has been diagnosed with a duodenal ulcer. I am
concerned that she is not being properly treated, and I am looking for
advise, suggestions or new treatments. 

My friend underwent the conventional drug treatments involving
excessive acid with such histamine H2 antagonists as Zantac, Tagamet
and Karfate with no effect. Doctors later prescibed a combination of
Tetracycline, flacculent and Pepto Bismol.  The side effects were so
severe that this treatment was suspended. After an endoscope
examination it was determined that excess bile salts were the causal
agent for her ulcer and hence, Reglan was prescribed.  I understand
that Reglan is a common drug used to treat intestinal ulcers in
Europe, but has not been approved by the FDA in this country.  After
taking the Reglan my friend developed motor problems with her speech.
Her doctor took her off of this medication and has said there is
little more he can do for her.

My friend has said that her pain is near her gall bladder.  Would the
surgical removal of the gall bladder eliminate this excess production
of bile salts?  Are there any other drug therapies that reduce bile
salt production?  Is nutrition a factor? Any other suggestions for
treatment?

I don't read this forum regularly so please send your responses
directly to me at: bitbrain!bel@grapevine.ebay.sun.com

Belinda Schmahl
From: silver@macbeth.umd.edu (Adam Silver)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Cortisone
Date: 28 Jul 92 12:57:15 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland

In article <1992Jul28.031822.4753@ux1.cts.eiu.edu> cfaks@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (Alice Sanders) writes:
>I just had a cortisone injection in my shoulder for tendonitis or a
>partial tear of the supraspinitus muscle.  It was several hours ago.  I
>don't feel so good.  Does cortisone injected like that make one feel ill?
>I did receive a message from someone who said his friend got ill
>(nauseous) from shots of cortisone.  What are the known side-effects of a
>local injection of cortisone with xylocaine?
> 
>Thanks.
>
>Alice

I had 4 (yes, four) cortisone injections in my shoulder.  I didn't feel
nauseated even 1 time.  Finally, I found out that it wasn't an inflammation
of my superspinatus but actually a small tear.  Bummer.  I'm doing great now
though (after arthroscopic).

							-Adam

-- 
     **********************************************************************
     *               Adam Silver    Powerlifter/Armwrestler               *
     *           silver@umd5.umd.edu    University of Maryland            *
     **********************************************************************
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 14:19:07 EDT
From: <DGS4@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: FDA still at large
 <1992Jul30.204421.8260@gateway.novell.com> <92212.195618DGS4@psuvm.psu.edu>
 <15935@pitt.UUCP>

In article <15935@pitt.UUCP>, geb@dsl.pitt.edu (gordon e. banks) says:
>
>In article <92212.195618DGS4@psuvm.psu.edu> DGS4@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>>
>>Funny, but all the free-market economics that I learned says that insulin and
>>eyeglasses cost moreif MORE people want them.  You are missing a few ceteris
>>parabus assumtions in your analysis.
>>
>That's only true if the demand exceeds the supply.  If it is a manufactured

That's not true.  If one starts out at a long-run equilibrium, then
more people suddenly want them, then price will go up, ceteris parabus.

>article of which there is no shortage, increased demand will lower the
>cost, due to the economies of scale.  We could supply insulin to

This is true if you are at a short-run, but not a long-run equil.
As I stated in my post, a few assumptions are needed for price to fall
when demand increases.  The existence of economies of scale is one
such assumption which will produce that drop in price.

>1000 times the people who currently use it if they wanted it, and
>the costs would go down.  Something like rare stamps or real estate,
>which is not easily manufactured, will go up in price with demand.

But what if the economies of scale have been stretched to the limit, as they-
would be in the long-run equilibrium? In that case, the increase in demand
generates an increase in price.  Even in the above mentioned exception, price
will rise in the short-run, as the increase in demand exceeds the existing
capacity.  Only as new plant is built and producers can take advantage of
the economies will price fall, unless there is a lot of unused capacity
already out there.

Dennis G. Shea, Penn State
<<DISCLAIMER>>
Ain't nobody's bizness but my own. I'll be happy to accept all
the credit for anything I've written.  It's funny, however, how
employers only acknowledge the profitable ideas.