HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Can't Touch This
Date: 20 Nov 92 22:20:13 GMT
Reply-To: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh Computer Science

In article <18NOV199213152219@rosie.uh.edu> englhq@rosie.uh.edu (Franklet, Duane L.) writes:

>
>Was her experience the exception or the rule? In other words,
>what percentage of surgeons do this type of screening? I'm not 
>interested in the ethics, pros and cons, etc.--we've seen
>those discussions in this newsgroup. What I'm interested to know is
>the percentage of Drs. who do actively screen out patients on this 
>basis. e.g. (Of the ten surgeons who work here, 1 won't see HIV
>patients. Or 9 won't)
>
At our place most surgeons require the screening, but if positive
will still do the surgery.  They don protective gear that looks
like a spacesuit to do it though.  At least some of them do.
This is for elective surgery only.  Obviously in emergency
surgery there isn't time to screen.



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From: oispeggy@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Peggy Brown)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Circumcisions (Are they ever performed on adults ?)
Date: 16 Nov 92 17:13:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1992Nov16.130157.26352@crc.ac.uk>, mdiffin@crc.ac.uk (Dr. M.C. Diffin) writes...
>In article <BxsEr1.6DA@acsu.buffalo.edu> oispeggy@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Peggy Brown) writes:
>>In article <1992Nov15.184102.13259@crc.ac.uk>, mdiffin@crc.ac.uk (Dr. M.C. Diffin) writes...

>>>>Greetings.  Could someone explain why circumcisions are preformed in the
>>>>first place ?  Wouldn't it be just as effective to stretch the foreskin so
>>>>it is loose enough to be fully retracted ?
> 
>md>>Don't know about the second point.  Two major resaons for circumcision:
>md>> 
>md>>1. Cultural.  Some religions (eg Judiasm) insist on it.  In some places
>md>>it is routine by secular condition.
>md>> 
>md>>2. Infection.  Reasonably common in early childhood.
> 
>peggy>Exactly how common are these infections?  What is your source of 
>peggy>information?
> 
>I'm afraid my source of information is what I remember from my training.

This still doesn't answer how COMMOND this type of infection is.

>In some children the foreskin is especially tight with a narrow opening
>(phimosis) such that the prepuce cannot be retracted which can be associated with inflammation of the glans
>(balanitis or balanoposthitis); I seem to remember a variety of bacteria
>may be involved.  Presumably they have rather good culture conditions. 
>Anyway, the treatment is antibiotics and circumcision.  I remember that
>this is much more common in children than adults; presumably a decent
>urogenital textbook could give you an idea of rates.  I *think* that
>when it occurs in adults it is associated with a STD such as NSU. This is not my field!

Rather than circumcision, wouldn't it work to surgically enlarge 
the opening (slightly), clear up the infection, then teach the 
patient the importance of good hygiene?  Less drastic, less 
painful, preserves the (supposed) increased sensitivity of a 
non-circumcised penis.

>peggy>Are there any studies regarding decreased sensitivity (or is this 
>peggy>just hearsay)?
> 
>No idea.  Could make for some interesting clinical trials though.
> 
>>>>what options are available to adult men who were not circumsized at
>>>>birth.  
> 
>peggy>Leave it alone, for one.
> 
>I also seem to remember that circumcision is rather more common in the
>USA than the UK because of the virtually nil subsequent risk of camcer. 
>However this manifestation, like the reduced transmission of HSV and CMV
>in the circumcised, is believed to be a function of hygiene, and penile
>cancer is rare anyway.  

I thought so.

>There is no good medical reason for automatically
>circumcising a child, still less an adult.  Bear in mind that the
>procedure itself has concomitant risks of infection, and can hardly be pleasant! 

Agreed.

> 
> 
>Michael.

- Peggy -
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From: chet@coplex.com (Chester Massie)
Subject: Toradol
Organization: Copper Electronics, Inc.
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:33:50 GMT
Keywords: What is it?


   My sister just returned from the dentist with a perscription for
Toradol. Can anyone tell me exactly what it is and can you use achohol
with it?
 
Thanks,

Chester Massie 

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From: wentzell@ace.acadiau.ca (LEEANN WENTZELL)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: O+ Father + O- Mother = ? Childs Health.
Date: 17 Nov 92 17:13:34 GMT
Organization: Acadia University

In article <Bxv7FD.4BK@news.iastate.edu> bible@iastate.edu (Anthony E Bible) writes:
>From: bible@iastate.edu (Anthony E Bible)
>Subject: Re: O+ Father + O- Mother = ? Childs Health.
>Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 14:40:23 GMT
>In article <1992Nov16.135232.60899@cc.usu.edu> slzh9@cc.usu.edu writes:
>>I have a question. Not being a student of biology or medicine, I am wondering
>>what the significance of blood types is when determining the health of children
>>if the father is O+ and the mother is O-. What are the potential health 
>>problems of offspring and what can be done to ensure healthy children. Mostly,
>>is this any thing that I should worry about.
>>
>>Any information will be greatly appriciated and will help me resolve my
>>concerns.
>>
>>
>
>	I am A+ and my wife is O-.  We had a girl and identical twin boys, all 
>of whom grew up healthy and continue in good health.  I think the kids were all 
>(X)+, but I don't recall for sure.
>	It has been awhile since I read about this, but my recollection is that
>problems develop when the mother is (X)+ and the fetus is (X)-.  It is the 
>mother's Rh factor (the +) which has a bad reaction with the baby's blood which 
>does not have the factor (the -) because it "looks" like an infection.
>	If this is of personal concern to you (or someone else) rather than a
>matter of curiosity you should consult with your doctor.  I'm just digging
>around in the cobwebs of a faulty memory.
>
>Regards,
>tony

Actually, it is the opposite. An X+ father and an X- mother may produce an 
X+ child. During delivery the mother is often exposed to the baby's blood, 
and develops anti-Rh agglutinins. In subsequent pregnancies , these 
agglutinins cross the placenta. If the baby is X-, there is no problem. If 
the baby is X+, the agglutinins cause hemolysis (rupture) of the red blood 
cells, making the baby unable to carry oxygen in its blood. To treat this, 
the baby's blood is slowly removed after birth and replaced with Rh- blood. 
The mother can be treated after her first delivery (or after abortion or 
miscarriage), though, with anti-Rh gamma2-globulin which ties up the anti-Rh 
agglutinins. This syndrome is known as erythroblastosis fetalis or hemolytic 
disease of the newborn. 

Lee Ann Wentzell                          "...foodless toads in 
Biology Department                        voluptuous chambers panting
Acadia University                         crawled..."
Wolfville, NS, CAN              P. B. Shelley - Prometheus Unbound
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From: mdiffin@crc.ac.uk (Dr. M.C. Diffin)
Subject: Re: Circumcisions (Are they ever performed on adults ?)
Organization: MRC Human Genome Resource Centre
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 13:01:57 GMT

In article <BxsEr1.6DA@acsu.buffalo.edu> oispeggy@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Peggy Brown) writes:
>In article <1992Nov15.184102.13259@crc.ac.uk>, mdiffin@crc.ac.uk (Dr. M.C. Diffin) writes...
>>>Greetings.  Could someone explain why circumcisions are preformed in the
>>>first place ?  Wouldn't it be just as effective to stretch the foreskin so
>>>it is loose enough to be fully retracted ?

md>>Don't know about the second point.  Two major resaons for circumcision:
md>> 
md>>1. Cultural.  Some religions (eg Judiasm) insist on it.  In some places
md>>it is routine by secular condition.
md>> 
md>>2. Infection.  Reasonably common in early childhood.

peggy>Exactly how common are these infections?  What is your source of 
peggy>information?

I'm afraid my source of information is what I remember from my training.
In some children the foreskin is especially tight with a narrow opening
(phimosis) such that the prepuce cannot be retracted which can be associated with inflammation of the glans
(balanitis or balanoposthitis); I seem to remember a variety of bacteria
may be involved.  Presumably they have rather good culture conditions. 
Anyway, the treatment is antibiotics and circumcision.  I remember that
this is much more common in children than adults; presumably a decent
urogenital textbook could give you an idea of rates.  I *think* that
when it occurs in adults it is associated with a STD such as NSU. This is not my field!

peggy>Are there any studies regarding decreased sensitivity (or is this 
peggy>just hearsay)?

No idea.  Could make for some interesting clinical trials though.

>>>what options are available to adult men who were not circumsized at
>>>birth.  

peggy>Leave it alone, for one.

I also seem to remember that circumcision is rather more common in the
USA than the UK because of the virtually nil subsequent risk of camcer. 
However this manifestation, like the reduced transmission of HSV and CMV
in the circumcised, is believed to be a function of hygiene, and penile
cancer is rare anyway.  There is no good medical reason for automatically
circumcising a child, still less an adult.  Bear in mind that the
procedure itself has concomitant risks of infection, and can hardly be pleasant! 


Michael.

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From: lizk@della
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Allergy Sub-Group
Date: 16 Nov 92 18:34:22 GMT
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.



A few months ago Krista Anderson proposed starting a new news group
for the topic of allergies.  This news group hasn't gotten off
the ground not due to lack of interest but due to lack of time on
Krista's part.  What I'm asking is if anyone would volunteer
to start up this newsgroup.  

If you would be willing to start this news group, please send me
email.

Thanks,
Liz Knittel

lizk@informix.com
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From: sue@netcom.com (Sue Miller)
Subject: Re: O+ Father + O- Mother = ? Childs Health.
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:40:31 GMT

In article <oneil.721966262@cwis> oneil@cwis.unomaha.edu (Sharon O'Neil) writes:
>slzh9@cc.usu.edu writes:
>
>>I have a question. Not being a student of biology or medicine, I am wondering
>>what the significance of blood types is when determining the health of children
>>if the father is O+ and the mother is O-. What are the potential health 
>>problems of offspring and what can be done to ensure healthy children. Mostly,
>>is this any thing that I should worry about.
>
>Well, I lived.  :-)  But I was the first child.  My mom miscarried the 
>second baby because of this.  She did carry my younger sister to term without
>any problems.  I believe it is important for your doctor to be aware of 
>the situation since there are potential problems.  I think its called Rh 
>Negative factor, where the woman's blood type can conflict with the baby's.
>
>>Any information will be greatly appriciated and will help me resolve my
>>concerns.
>
>Have your wife/female partner talk to her obstetrician.

In fact, the talk with the doctor should happen before asking the net.
You're more likely to get up-to-date information that way.  Usual dis-
claimers, I'm only an rh- mother, ask your doctor first, etc.:
a treatment has been developed to prevent the formation of maternal
antibodies to rh+ blood.  It consists of a shot in the derriere at
28 weeks of pregnancy, and then  another one within 24 hours of delivery
of an rh+ baby.  Gamma globulin is the substance injected.  RhoGam is
one of its tradenames.  Comes with a bonus: an attractive card to put 
in your wallet.  ("I'm rh-, give me a shot of rhogam if I deliver/miscarry
etc.")

I can't remember the % incidence of rh incompatibility between
mothers and fetuses, but apparently timely injections of RhoGam
reduces the number to a very small figure.  

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From: anderson@phage.cshl.org (John Anderson in Anderson Lab - CSHL)
Subject: liposarcoma
Organization: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 15:24:02 GMT

A friend of a friend had a liposarcoma that was treated surgically,
but she was given the impression that it will recur.  In preparation
for its recurrence, she would like to find out about any new
treatments that may be available.  Several of her friends believe they
saw something in the New York Times about a treatment involving
monoclonal antibodies to the tumor itself, but no one can remember the
details.  I would appreciate any information about this or any other
therapies.  Thanks for your help.
-- 
John Anderson
W.M. Keck Structural Biology Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: muwjt@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (William J. Taney)
Subject: Re: Prozac side effects
Organization: Educational Computing Network
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 01:04:32 GMT

What kind of interaction would PROZAC have with Alchol
-- 
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*                             *             in '92
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From: raek@athena.mit.edu (Robyn A E Kozierok)
Subject: Nitrous Oxide
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 23:38:10 GMT

Hi,

I am now considering using Nitrous Oxide (with novacaine) instead of having
a general anesthetic for the extraction of my wisdom teeth.

I have had Nitrous Oxide when I was about 8, and seem to recall that I was
pretty unaware of time passing while using it.  Does this seem right?
(I also had a very convincing sensation of floating.)  (By unaware of time
passing, I mean that I asked the dentist when he was starting as he finished
up.)

Are there any dangers or complications I should be aware of?  

--Robyn
Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 11:57:26 EST
From: Melissa Klap <KLAP@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: IgA Nephropathy - Information requested

My husband was just diagnosed with IgA Nephropathy and I would really
like to get any information possible on this disease.  The doctor has
put him on Prednasone and Procardia.  If anybody is either dealing
with this illness or knows of someone, I would appreciate hearing
from you.  I want to know what kind of chance he has of recovering,
what alternative treatments there are, what percentage of people
go on to kidney failure, what we can do to improve his chances, etc.

If you have any information, please e-mail me.
Organization: Psychology, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: sci.med
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 13:37:24 -0500 
From: Wendy Sherman <ws1d+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Offensive BO
	<dank.721766686@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov>

In reply to the flame/inquiry from arlie@hpsad.sad.hp.com,
@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov writes in areticle 721766686:

>On the contrary, it sounded like a sincere call for help.
>Personally, I think it's great to have meetingplaces like this
>where smell, looks, etc. don't matter!  
>(Not that you or I are ugly or smelly... but we could have our good looks 
>& good smell taken away at any time, as Wendy reminds us.)
>- Dan K.
 


Hey, I still have my good looks. :-).   

Actually, I'm happy to report that  my odor problem diminshed somewhat,
along with the accompayning anxiety I had over it. I'm holding off now
on any more MD appts and just trying some of the home remedies that some
of you have suggested.  I was so frantic when I wrote the post (and I
should never do anything during a PMS week, but that can be the subject
for another post) that I must have sounded silly.

What it showed me, is that I'd better try to avoid sweating the small
stuff as much, serious as it is, because what would I do I became
cripped, or was terminally ill. I can recall in one of the Woody Allen
movies (?) when Woody, a know hypochondriac was misdiagnosed as having a
tumor. Which is why I'm staying clear of going to the doctor's office
for a while. :-). Just kidding. Anyhow, thanks again for those of you
who do belive this hasn't been easy experience. 

-Wendy

and remember, anyone can get through a crisis, it's the daily living
that wears you down. (paraphrase of a quote by Oscar Wilde)
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From: graham@venus.iucf.indiana.edu (JIM GRAHAM)
Subject: Dorsal column stimulator, last question.
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Organization: Somewhere in Bloomington, Indiana
Distribution:  world
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 05:20:29 GMT

What are the short-term and long-term dangers (if any) of the
dorsal column stimulator implant (unique to this device and procedure,
exclusive of the standard risks of surgery)?

Thanks, 

Jim Graham 

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From: emilio@acupain.UUCP (Elizabeth Milio)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: RE: Youthful Appearance
Date: 18 Nov 92 20:01:19 GMT
Reply-To: emilio@accurate.com.UUCP
Organization: ACCURATE Information Systems, Eatontown, NJ

In article <1dei8bINNjpv@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> haynes@cats.ucsc.edu (Jim Haynes) writes:
>
>There's the common practice of estimating a person's age from physical
>appearance.  There were some postings from people in their twenties who
>look sixteen, and from people in their teens who look mid-twentyish.
>

We all look young in my family -- so I get my youthful appearance from both
Mom and Dad.  I will be 50 (yuck!) soon and I still look 35.  Ask anyone
to guess my age and the answer is always 35 or less.  When I was 25 people
thought I was under 16.  My sister doesn't show her age either -- she is 
almost 45 and looks like she is in her 20s.  My dad is 77 and he looks
about 60; his sister is close to 80 and she looks 60ish.  On the Maternal
side of my family -- Mom didn't look her age, even after a year of chemo,
her younger sisters (now close to or in their 70s) look 10 to 15 years
younger than they actually are.

Looking young was a problem as I progessed up the ladder when I was in my
30s, and I soon learned how to handle the "what does a kid like you know" --
either I pushed my corporate weight around, or told them I had an IQ over
170 ;-)  (couldn't believe some of them fell for it)

Not everyone in my family was/is long lived.  My mother and two of her
sisters died in their early 60s of cancer; my maternal great aunts died in
their mid-to late 70s; and my Mother's other two sisters and her brother (
also in his 60s and doesn't look his age) are alive and fairly healthy. 
My maternal grandparents don't figure in to this because they were lost in
and accident long before I was born.

On my Father's side -- my grandfather was 89 when he passed away (didn't
look his age either)

>So I've been wondering if people who look young for their age in the
>teens and twenties continue looking younger than their true age
>throughout life, and if they age more slowly and live longer than
>average.  Conversely do people who look old for their age as teens
>continue to do so throughout life and age more rapidly and have shorter
>life spans than average?  
>

I don't know if any studies have been done -- it is difficult to study 
long lived species (man, chimps and dolphins).  The history of
one family doesn't prove a thing.  Let me know if you come to any 
conclusions.....:-)
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From: mdiffin@crc.ac.uk (Dr. M.C. Diffin)
Subject: Re: Eating spoiled food reduces lifetime?
Organization: MRC Human Genome Resource Centre
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 17:34:53 GMT

helga>Does anybody know any reports if eating spoiled food reduces the average
helga>life time and affects the health?

In short, no.  But I should think it rather difficult to produce
meaningful epidemiological data on the former.  As to the latter,
pathogenic bacteria in or on food (eg salmonella) is generally
odourless; 'spoiling' bacteria are quite different and, to my knowledge,
usually harmless, their  actions albeit being aesthetically unpleasant!

helga>I got that idea because I heard that some spoiled food is very
helga>poisionous and can even effect the genes.

I suppose some of the nasties produced by more advanced organic
decomposition may be toxic in larger quantities, but I remain to be
convinced that this constitutes a serious hazard.
-- 
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From: M20614@mwvm.mitre.org (Hugh Pritchard)
Subject: Re: Myopia
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, McLean VA 22102
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 10:03:44 GMT

In article <1992Nov16.195854.2329@draper.com>
storch@draper.com (Joel Storch) writes:
 
>  [about myopia]
 
Distinguish between "temporary myopia" and the real thing.  *Anybody*
(even those with myopia) can get temporary myopia by doing close work
for too long:  The muscle around your lens (the ciliary muscle), clenching
the lens into a thick, reading-distance shape, gets tired after doing
this for too long, and doesn't want to un-clench.
 
**  Hugh Pritchard,  hapritch@mitre.org,  703/883-6616
From: ralf@ark.abg.sub.org (Ralf Stephan)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Offensive BO
Date: 15 Nov 92 10:39
Organization: Not Very Ltd.

dank@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov (Daniel R. Kegel) writes:
> Personally, I think it's great to have meetingplaces like this
> where smell, looks, etc. don't matter!  
> (Not that you or I are ugly or smelly... but we could have our good looks 
> & good smell taken away at any time, as Wendy reminds us.)

This encourages me to write about a strong odor in (already washed) laundry
I encounter now and then.  Although it reminds me of chemicals, it has
nothing to do with the washing process.  As I have urologic problems
(chronic bladder infection), it seems to have a cause in the body and
goes through sweat in the shirts etc...

Is this possible?  How come?  What to do?

Thanks in advance,
ralf
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