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From: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: These wierd headaches...
Date: 9 Nov 92 15:54:50 GMT
Reply-To: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh Computer Science

In article <1NOV92.15163634@nerus.pfc.mit.edu> mrl@nerus.pfc.mit.edu writes:
>
>Note:  My headaches were greatly reduced when I started taking Elivil (sp?).  A
>very low dose of this anti-depressent has been found to be very effective for
>such headaches.  Neither aspirin nor Tylenol had much affect.
>
Elavil is excellent therapy for migraine as well as muscle tension
headaches.  I think patients with chronic headache should all be
seen by a neurologist before giving up.
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Date: Friday, 13 Nov 1992 10:11:50 CET
From: <RFLOOD@ESOC.BITNET>
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject:    Dental Fillings

Would anyone like to comment on the durability of:

- amalgam fillings, versus
- crowns, gold, ceramic and plastic

Thanks
RaF
From: sue@netcom.com (Sue Miller)
Subject: Re: War on cancer a failure???
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 23:16:11 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.173022.20321@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> dougb@ecs.comm.mot.com writes:
>In article <BSIMON.92Nov10073801@elvis.stsci.edu>, bsimon@elvis.stsci.edu (Bernie Simon) writes:
>|> To me, the War on Cancer is more than the Nixon administration's
>|> effort. It is the continuing expenditure of large sums of research
>|> dollars on cancer by such organizations as the National Cancer
>|> Institute. Although this research has increased our basic knowledge of
>|> the biology of cancer, it has not shown fruit in improved rates of
>|> cure for most types of cancer. 
>
>Perhaps this is true, however, it pleases me greatly to know that they
>HAVE made progress in treating some cancers.  Especially testicular
>cancer, for which I had surgery two weeks ago.  Sure, it may be
>a minor cancer to you, but it isn't to the more than 6000 men that
>are diagnosed with it every year.  Going from a 10% survival rate in
>1970 to a greater than 90% survival rate today is fantastic progress.
>

I doubt anyone thought it was a 'minor' cancer.  Probably every
man who read your article winced.


sue
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Weight loss and ambiant temperature
From: RGINZBERG@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Ruth Ginzberg)
Date: 12 Nov 92 07:10:24 EDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Philosophy Dept., Wesleyan University
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In <1dsgm3INNqm2@fido.asd.sgi.com> schreiber@schreiber.asd.sgi.com writes:

> 
> When does the body lose the greater amount of energy:
> -when the ambiant temperature is too hot therefore causing sweating?
> -when the ambiant temperature is too cold?

I believe the U.S. Army once did a study & found that Army personnel stationed
in Alaska during the winter consumed 1.5x as many calories of food rations as
did Army personnel stationed in tropical climates during warm weather.

I forget the ref -- maybe someone else knows.

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Philosophy Department;Wesleyan University;USA
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: jac1@ra.msstate.edu (Jennifer Cox)
Subject: Those darn antihistamine/decongestants
Organization: Mississippi State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:01:15 GMT


Is there any antihistamine/decongestant that doesn't make
you feel worse than the symptoms you are trying to alleviate?

I can't afford to miss classes and I feel so rotten that I don't
wanna go.  I go to the doctor for some help and he gives me something
and say "Take this at night and it will cut out the drainage that
is making your throat raw."  I followed his advise and I couldn't
sleep because the darn stuff kept me wired.

Maybe I should just do nothing and stay in bed and sleep for 3 days.  The med
med route isn't worth it any more.
From: amigan@cup.portal.com (R Michael Medwid)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Transdermal Nicotine Patches/Dreams!
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 21:52:33 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: na

Vivid dreaming is a common side-effect of wearing a nicotine patch.  
Such dreams are usually harmless and won't affect sleep/rest.  
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: chris@unislc.uucp (Chris DelPrete)
Subject: Re: Offensive BO
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 17:03:45 GMT

Wendy Sherman (ws1d+@andrew.cmu.edu) wrote:
: If anyone out there can help me, please reply to this, as I feel I'm 
: slowly going mad. Were it not confirmed for me by more than 
: one person, I would not believe it myself. I have a horrible body
: stench (worse than any mild body odor) that I cannot get rid of.

I don't know much, but have you looked into an anti-fungal soap?  If treatment
for yeast abated the symptoms, maybe you have caught a fungus from your
neighbors.  Maybe some type of lice treatment would be the way to go? (Burn all
clothes?)

I really don't know. But I can sympathize with "undiagnosable" problems.
(until I found an allergist with a brain).

good luck.

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From: nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: discovery!?  cure!!
Date: 11 Nov 92 22:12:51 -0600
Distribution: sci
Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

In article <1992Nov11.4274.26500@dosgate>, "chris pinto" <chris.pinto@canrem.com> writes:
> 
> I was extreamly sick and accutane(Isotretinoin) cured me!  No doctor has
> yet been able to explain why.
> One doctor has diagnosed my illness as myalgic encephalomyelitis.
> Other doctors just say "maybe a virus".

Your case is very interesting.  I don't know of a condition called "myalgic
encephalomyelitis".  Many of the symptoms (aching, fatigue, Raynaud's, 
difficulty concentrating) suggest fibromyalgia, which is a condition I am
particularly interested in.  None of the other medications we have available
for fibromyalgia cause such rapid improvement.  I will have to get one of my
dermatologist colleagues to try accutane on the next fibromyalgia patient I
see with acne and see what happens.  Thanks for the lead!

David Nye
nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu
Xref: sparky sci.med:20957 sci.med.nutrition:1303
From: jack@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin)
Newsgroups: sci.med,sci.med.nutrition
Subject: Re: Eating spoiled food reduces lifetime?
Date: 13 Nov 92 15:15:12 GMT
Reply-To: jack@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin)
Organization: COMANDOS Project, Glesga Yoonie

bsimon@elvis.stsci.edu (Bernie Simon) wrote:
> Keeping oils in the refrigerator is a good idea. Also, it's best to use a
> mono-unsaturated oil, like Canola oil instead of polyunsaturated oils. 

Rape (canola) oil contains variable but sometimes dangerous levels of
erucic acid (cardiotoxic, particularly in men).  Its production is also an
ecological disaster: it exhausts soil very quickly, it spreads as a weed,
and its pollen is one of the worst allergens there is for hay fever and
asthma sufferers.  Other monounsaturated oils, like olive, have none of
these problems.

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From: gtclark@festival.ed.ac.uk (G T Clark)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: word play
Date: 12 Nov 92 16:22:31 GMT

schiles@valentine.us.oracle.com (Suzanne Chiles) writes:

>Can someone please explain the difference between epidemic and pandemic?

>thank you,
>Suzanne

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	As far as I can remember,"endemic" describes a disease that is 
always present in an area,and "epidemic" refers to a disease not 
normally present,or present only at a low level,becoming much more
prevalent.
	"Pandemic" means that the disease becomes much more prevalent,
not just somewhere but everywhere.The two most common examples are HIV 
infection at the moment (and in the foreseeable future) and influenza
after WW1.

	G.
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: jfh@netcom.com (Jack Hamilton)
Subject: Re: Mercury fillings
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 06:17:53 GMT

In article <1dksujINNcu8@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> starfish@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Smarter 
than the Average Blur) writes:
>
>Yea, I was a little peeved about that myself. I waisted my time
>reading a response that had NOTHING to do with the questions I asked.

If ytou're going to read USENET, you'd better get used to the idea of
wasting a LOT of time.

>I am not worried about mercury poisoning, seeing as I do not have any
>fillings. The reason I am interested is because I have dispute with
>someone over whether or not mercury fillings are used any more.

Why not call a dentist, or your local library?

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From: km@cs.pitt.edu (Ken Mitchum)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: No mail please.
Date: 10 Nov 92 16:46:59 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

As I have requested before, please do not send me mail related to
sci.med. I usually will toss it without reading. I respond to posts
with posts, period.

I've now had to endure two days of Kenneth Sloan telling me how
to appropriate post to the net. I have other things to do. If you
don't like my postings, hit "n".

 -km

Newsgroups: sci.med
From: bechtler@asdg.enet.dec.com (Laurie Bechtler)
Subject: early 1950's acne treatment -- ?
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 19:58:10 GMT



My mother recently had a small basal cell melanoma removed from her
nose.  The doctor asked some background questions, and my mother
reported that when she was 21 (approx 1952) she had "x-ray" treatments
on her face for severe acne.  She doesn't remember much about them,
even how many she had, just that the technicians left the room during
the treatment.  

Does this sound plausible?  Were x-rays used in this way?  Or was
her treatment likely something else?  And, whether or not the treatment
and the later growth had any relation, does having one such growth
make it more likely that she will get more?

Just curious.  It didn't really clear up her acne, by the way!
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: sdo@lossage (Sean D. O'Neil)
Subject: Spinal fusion
Organization: Research Computer Facility, The MITRE Corporation, Bedford MA
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:26:17 GMT


My wife is scheduled to have a herniated disk (L4-L5) removed and a
spinal fusion (L4-L5-S1) in a couple of months.  She had the L5-S1
disk removed three years ago.  The planned procedure for her fusion
is to put in metal plates in addition to the bone chips to make
for a more successful fusion.  My wife is 32 and somewhat
athletic.

We would like to hear from anyone who has had a similar procedure.
For instance, what was your condition like before the surgery and
how is it now?  How long was the recovery period?  Did you experience
any lasting effects from the harvesting of bone chips from the
hip or buttock area (not applicable to everyone--lots of people use
bone from a bone bank, I'm told)?  Any other comments or impressions
are welcome, too.

Thanks,

Sean
From: mcovingt@aisun3.ai.uga.edu (Michael Covington)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Self-triage; was: Re: How Often Are Placebo's Prescribed?
Date: 10 Nov 92 21:29:18 GMT
Article-I.D.: athena.1992Nov10.212918.28639
Organization: AI Programs, University of Georgia, Athens

In article <1992Nov9.220051.416@news.wesleyan.edu> RGINZBERG@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Ruth Ginzberg) writes:

>...  So by the time we show up in your office, its because we've already
>been through self-triage, & for you to tell us to rest in bed & drink lots of
>fluids & take Tylenol, &c, is tantamount to you telling us that we guessed
>wrong in our triage attempt.  So when a patient says, "My previous doctor
>always gave me ..." maybe it is because he or she is trying to
>learn to do a better job of self-triage. 

Precisely!  That's where it's useful for the doctor to explain how he knows
that the infection isn't bacterial.  I know self-triage is something that
concerns _me_: when should I go to the doctor and when should I simply wait
things out?  Often I'm not sure.



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From: janina@netcom.com (World Institute on Disability)
Subject: Disability and the Medical Profession
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 21:45:17 GMT

iPlease pardon if this is not the proper place to post this ...


We are looking for any information, particularly statistical data,
regarding how the medical profession has treated people with
disabilities.  Our thesis is that is that it has not been
particularly good, but we would like some data to prove or disprove
this thesis.  We are in need of this information ASAP for a grant
proposal.  Please respond to SBROWN1@delphi.com.
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From: carl.camurca@travel.com (Carl Camurca) 
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Ingesting urine
Date: 31 Oct 92 13:33:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Travel Online / St. Louis Online - St. Louis, MO
Reply-To: carl.camurca@travel.com (Carl Camurca) 

RG>  [Question about studies of urine ingestion...]
RG>>
RG>>       Well, what do you think you drink when in the womb?

RG>Yikes!  What do YOU think you drink when in the womb??  (HINT1: Amniotic flu
RG>is not urine. HINT2: Fetus receives all its nourishment through the umbillic
RG>cord, & eliminates wastes the same way.)

Yes, but it does drink in the womb, and (not sure on that), it urinates
as well in the same place. So, S/He gets some urine.

RG>Holy Cripes!

dito, Carl.

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From: Helge.Kosuch@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Helge Kosuch)
Subject: Eating spoiled food reduces lifetime?
Organization: University of Oldenburg, Germany
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 10:17:49 GMT

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

I got that idea because I heard that some spoiled food is very
poisionous and can even effect the genes.
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Subject: Re: Prozac side effects
From: RGINZBERG@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Ruth Ginzberg)
Date: 6 Nov 92 07:35:06 EDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Philosophy Dept., Wesleyan University
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In <1992Nov5.173027.26633@athena.mit.edu> jgnassi@athena.mit.edu writes:

[suggestion about taking 1/2 of a 20 mg capsule w OJ each day to decrease side
effects]

I don't see why that would be any different from taking one cap every other
day, except that the gel around the stuff would be gone before you swallow it,
so maybe ??(I don't know) it would be broken down too early in the digestive
tract to have as much pharmacological effect???  Besides, so far as I know,
Prozac has this incredibly long-acting serum clearance so that blood levels of
the drug are no different w 1 or 2 or 3x/day dosing than they are w alternate
day dosing.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.  I've been getting e-mail lately telling me
that I've been sounding too arrogant or condescending in this newsgroup
recently, & I surely don't mean to do that. More than anything else, I spend
time in/on/with this newsgroup in order to learn stuff.


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Ruth Ginzberg <rginzberg@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Philosophy Department;Wesleyan University;USA
From: doyle+@pitt.edu (Howard R Doyle)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Responses to Abdonimal pain posting
Date: 7 Nov 92 14:36:07 GMT
Organization: Pittsburgh Transplant Institute

In article <1992Nov6.100922.13249@schbbs.mot.com> TXK025@maccvm.corp.mot.com (Eddie Chandler) writes:
>
>In the replies I received, DIVERTICULITIS &
>PSUEDOMEMBRANEOUS COLITIS were mentioned.
>Can anyone explain what these are to me?
>
>Also, whatever I have got, be it one of the above,
>or IBS, can it be got rid of? And would there be
>any potential risks considering my sexual persuasion
>(as mentioned in my first posting)


Diverticulitis is a condition of the colon that in many ways resembles
appendicitis. Colonic diverticula are small outpouchings of the large
intestinal lining (think of it as small hernias of the colonic mucosa)
that tend to form in certain areas of the colonic wall. They usually 
happen in areas of anatomical weakness, especially associated to the
points of entry of blood vessels. We tend to get more of these as we get
older, so it would be unusual for a young person to have a complication
from diverticulosis. The two main complications that arise from these 
are bleeding and inflammation (the latter one is what we refer to as
diverticulitis). The inflammation occurs when one of these pouches gets
obstructed, and fecal organisms begin to grow behind the obstruction. If
sufficiently severe it can lead to perforation of the large intestine.
I'm not aware of any relationship to sexual preferences. This condition
tends to be much more common in western cultures, and the explanation
that is offered is that our low-residue diets promote constipation, which
in turn increases intra-colonic pressure and promotes the growth of the
little buggers.
As for pseudomembranous colitis, it is an inflammation of the lining of
the colon. When you look at it through an endoscope you can see these
fibrinopurulent membranes that can be scraped off (hence its name). The 
reason we call these "pseudomembranes", as opposed to plain "membranes",
beats the hell out of me. The main cause for this condition is a bug that
goes by the name of Clostridium difficile. We usually see it in people
that have been given antibiotics. There are certain antibiotics that are
more likely to cause this than others, probably has something to do with
how broad spectrum they are, but just about any antibiotic I know has been
implicated. It is usually a relatively benign condition, mainly belly
pain and diarrhea, and it can be treated with (you guessed it) oral 
antibiotics. Now, isn't this interesting? If the thing is precipitated by
antibiotics, and we treat it with different antibiotics, would this 
qualify as a homeopathic approach? I wonder how diluted those antibiotics
get in the stool? But I digress. As I said, it is usually a relatively
benign condition, but I have seen several people die of it, although
they all were immunosuppressed. Is it associated to sexual preferences?
I'm not sure. At least not in the patient population I deal with. Maybe
Ken knows the answer to this.

=====================
Howard Doyle
doyle+@pitt.edu


Xref: sparky sci.med:20758 alt.support.diet:2645
From: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med,alt.support.diet
Subject: Re: 8 glasses of water a day?
Date: 10 Nov 92 17:20:25 GMT
Reply-To: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Followup-To: sci.med
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh Computer Science

In article <brein-031192155315@128.149.100.150> brein@gpvax.jpl.nasa.gov (Barry S. Rein) writes:
>I saw a TV commercial from a health-maintenance organization last night. 
>It was in the form of a tip to improve your health.
>
>The doctor in the ad recommended drinking eight glasses of water every day.
> He said it would help you lose weight, improve muscle tone, and sundry
>other benefits.  Now I have heard it recommended that dieters drink lots of
>water, but I can't imagine how it would improve muscle tone, unless it
>comes from the increased exercise of going to the bathroom more often.
>
>I would like to know why drinking a lot of water is beneficial to dieters,
>and to the rest of us.
>

In my opinion, it is just nonsense.  I've seen it in diet books for
years, and the usual explanation is that it "flushes out toxins
liberated from fat".  I've never seen any research, and that just
sounds very concocted.  If you drink a lot of water, the toxins will
come out in your urine quite diluted.  If you don't, they'll come
out more concentrated, but come out they will.  The only reason I
can think of to drink a lot of surplus water when dieting is that
it fills your little belly up and makes you less likely to put
more caloric goodies in it.  Of course, I'm not saying that 8 glasses
a day would hurt anyone, and if it becomes part of a diet ritual
that enforces the diet behavior, it may be beneficial in that respect
also.
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From: nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: discovery!?  cure!!
Date: 13 Nov 92 05:55:32 -0600
Distribution: sci
Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

In article <1992Nov12.232339.19541@spdcc.com>, dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer) writes:
> In article <1992Nov11.221252.2293@cnsvax.uwec.edu> nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye) writes:
>>> I was extreamly sick and accutane(Isotretinoin) cured me!  No doctor has
>>> yet been able to explain why.
>>> One doctor has diagnosed my illness as myalgic encephalomyelitis.
>>> Other doctors just say "maybe a virus".
>>
>>Your case is very interesting.  I don't know of a condition called "myalgic
>>encephalomyelitis".
> 
> That's because it's a preposterous name popular in Britain for
> "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome".  Talk about a mouthful which is tailor-
> made for hypochondriacs--it has every scarey Greek cognate root
> you can think of, and is absolutely meaningless if you try to
> make sense out of the name.

This gets more and more interesting.  I saw a patient in the office today
whom I follow for fibromyalgia (it has been suggested that chronic fatigue
syndrome and fibromyalgia are different clinical expressions of the same
underlying disease process).  Her symptoms began very shortly after she
was switched from Accutane to Retin-A for acne.  We're going to try her
back on the Accutane and see what happens.  Many of the side effects which
are listed in the PDR for Accutane sound like fibromyalgia symptoms, but
she felt entirely normal while on the Accutane except for dry lips.  Why
in the world would a Vitamin A analog help with fibromyalgia?  Chris Pinto
apparently tried Vitamin A itself without success.

David Nye
nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu