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From: zador-anthony@cs.yale.edu (Tony Zador)
Newsgroups: sci.med,alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Calvin/Hobbes diagnosed as clinical schizophrenic
Date: 13 Nov 1992 13:01:46 -0500
Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158
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I think Calvin is too young to be classified as a real schizophrenic,
but isnt there a DSM III category for kids his age?

Also, Hobbes i believe has acted independently and aggressively
before. For example, i think he sometimes pounces unexpectedly on
Calvin. But there is something new about this planned attack by
Hobbes.

TZ
-- 
Tony Zador
zador@cs.yale.edu
From: king@reasoning.com (Dick King)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: HIV transmission via biting?
Date: 11 Nov 92 19:43:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: kestrel.1992Nov11.194355.28482
Distribution: usa
Organization: Reasoning Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA

In article <17413@pitt.UUCP> geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks) writes:
>Theorectically it's possible, but I know of no documented cases.
>

How do they attempt to document cases?

In particular, can the HIV's genes be sequenced?  How often is there a mutation
that differentiates possible sources of infection; ie., would it look like you
had gotten infected by a bite or other contact if your and his sources
infection were the same?  Had a common source of infection?  Had a common
"grandparent" infection source? etc?

-dk
From: laura@TASVAX.NSWSES.NAVY.MIL
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Contact lenses and blood vessels in the eye!?
Date: 14 Nov 92 00:49:27 GMT
Reply-To: laura@TASVAX.NSWSES.NAVY.MIL
Organization: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division

In article <1992Nov13.023143.163637@watson.ibm.com>, yozzo@watson.ibm.com (Ralph Yozzo) writes:

>When presented with a choice between putting a foreign substance in
>my eye that can possibly cause blindness and "good looks"
>versus  eyeglasses.  I choose the latter.  
>(But to each his/her own.)

Purely out of curiosity, have you ever worn glasses or contact lenses?
If you have worn glasses, what strength were they, and did you need to
wear them for *everything* (not just the occasional fine print)?

I must add that contacts aren't chosen just for good looks, although I
would imagine that this is the main or only reason for the majority of
contact lens wearers.  

At high strengths, glasses become *very* uncomfortable.
The weight is cumbersome, even with the new super thin lenses.
You can't lay down while wearing glasses or the arm digs into your head.
There is a period of weeks of wear to get used to looking at
everything curved (imagine your reflection on the back of a spoon). 

There are no problems with proprtion or curvature with contact lenses.  From 
a social perspective, the unfortunate reality is that children and young
adults with thick glasses are only noticed for their handicap and are not
generally the most popular people.

Also (and obviously), not all people who wear contact lenses go blind.  With
proper care, frequent replacement and frequent follow-up visits with the
doctor, contact lenses are a very safe alternative.

Laura

laura@tasvax.nswses.navy.mil                      I speak only for myself.
Mom to Maryrose Nadine - born 8-5-92             (No one else will listen.)
Organization: Psychology, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
From: sue@netcom.com (Sue Miller)
Subject: Re: Offensive Odor
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 01:00:36 GMT

In article <1992Nov5.165555.21093@polaris.utu.fi> eepee@polaris.utu.fi (Esa-Pekka P{lvim{ki) writes:
>In article <QeyDBdK00iV080ZVhj@andrew.cmu.edu> ws1d+@andrew.cmu.edu (Wendy Sherman) writes:
>>...As an aside, I need to mention other medical problems that I have to
>>understand any background info that might help in solving this. (HA, I've
>>really given up at this point and feel desperate) I should mention that
>>whether 
>>coicidentally or otherwise, I had suddenly developed an acute
>>inflamation (beefy red) of my vulva area...
>
>>2) Could such an odor be caused by a bacteria? this seems implausible to
>>me, as it doesn't make sense.
>
>It could, and that's why you should go to a gynecologist as soon as possible
>and discuss the possibility of anaerobic infection. It's treatable, operative
>treatment may be needed, as well as sound antibiotic treatment, preferrably
>covering both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, e.g. a combination of 
>metronadizole and an aminoglycocide. Once again, go to a doctor.
>

This is very true, and I have had personal experience with such
a bacterial infection just this week.  I spent part of the year
in England, and brought back a bunch of tampons with me.  Some of
the batch that I used last week I noticed were not of as high a
quality as those I normally get in the US.  They were shredding
a bit, and apparently part of a tampon decided to stay behind.
Most of you can guess the rest:  that bit of tampon became a
bacteria factory and all of sudden it smelled as though something
had died somewhere in my body.  Pretty nasty, and I ran over to
Kaiser to have it looked into (literally :-) ).  

The piece of tampon left behind was quite small, but it doesn't
take much; it took a  day or so of metronadizole (flagyl) and
a couple of betadine douches to get rid of that awful smell.

I don't suggest douching, by the way, until you see your
gynecologist again.  Have him/her do a thorough workup.
I don't see why yeast would ever have been a suspect in this
situation.  Horrible odor is not a symptom of yeast overgrowth,
at least as far as I am aware.

Good luck - and try to calm down if you can,

sue

Newsgroups: sci.med
From: pdsmith.mitre.org (Pat Smith)
Subject: Re: Spinal fusion
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 22:22:08 GMT


In article <1992Nov10.162617.2392@linus.mitre.org>, sdo@lossage (Sean D. O'Neil) writes:
> 
> 
> 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
> 

Sean - i had a spinal fusion some years ago (8 fusions at once) and they
bone grafted from my hip.  I was told that it was likely I would have some
nerve damage and I do.  I have some numbness on my hip and down to my knee (
down the back of my leg).  I have gotten used to it but its a risk.  Ask
about it.
>
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: How Often Are Placebo's Prescribed?
From: RGINZBERG@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Ruth Ginzberg)
Date: 9 Nov 92 22:00:49 EDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Philosophy Dept., Wesleyan University
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In <17340@pitt.UUCP> km@cs.pitt.edu writes:

> Hmm. This describes the behavior of hundreds of patients that I know.
> To come back from the doctor empty-handed is a sign to these people
> that they didn't need to go in the first place. If these people have
> colds, they demand PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE for them, and oftentimes,
> specific antibiotics ("My previous doctor always gave me [insert name
> of expensive, hard to spell and pronounce oral cephalosporin here] -


Hmmmm.  For another perspective on this phenomenon, consider:  most patients
try NOT to go to the doctor in instances where self-treatment or
over-the-counter treatment (or no treatment) is likely to be appropriate.  In
other words, we try to do triage on our own selves & families.  After all, who
wants to take off 1/2 a day from work & pay the bill for an office visit if the
doc isn't going to do (or tell you) anything you couldn't have done for
yourself?  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 ... (etc., etc., etc)" maybe it is because he or she is trying to
learn to do a better job of self-triage.  I.e., the patient may be trying to
educate him- or herself on how to distinguish between the kinds of symptoms
which indicate a bacterial illness & the kinds of symptoms which indicate a
viral illness.  Or, the new patient may just be trying to adjust to your
prescribing practices, which may be a change from the old doc's prescribing
practices.  In otherwords, just as you need to learn to communicate w a new
patient, the patient needs to learn to communicate efficiently w a new doctor,
too.  So maybe when a new patient says, "my old doc used to (blah, blah, blah)"
he or she is just trying to understand the finer points of the differences in
approach or prescribing practices between you & the previous doc.

OR -- sometimes the new patient may have a reason for wanting an antibiotic;
e.g., (for example) if I am traveling, especially out of the country, & I have
a stuffy nose that I KNOW is viral, or allergic, or whatever, I may well ask my
doc for a prophylactic antibiotic just so as NOT to risk winding up in
Timbuktu (or wherever) with one of my all-too-common sinus infections & having
to *FLY* home (owwwch!) before being able to get it treated.

--just another perspective on the situation --- :-)
  

------------------------
Ruth Ginzberg <rginzberg@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Philosophy Department;Wesleyan University;USA
From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Weight Loss with Dexfenfluramine
Date: 11 Nov 92 18:11:36 GMT
Article-I.D.: spdcc.1992Nov11.181136.7583
Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA

In article <1992Nov11.060527.0911180@locus.com> yazz@locus.com (Bob Yazz) writes:
>So, not only was weight regained when the diet + exercise + behavior mod
>stopped (duh), weight was also regained when these were continued.

No, we don't know to what extent "these were continued."  These people were
enrolled in a long-term study.  What they ate wasn't measured.

>You know, some people might actually take a piece of data like that and
>conclude that diet + exercise + behavior mod -- gasp gasp -- didn't
>really work very well!

Well, it's like saying that heroin abstinence has a low success rate.

>OK, so both the dual-drug and placebo groups got diet + exercise + behavior
>mod, both groups regained some of their initially-lost weight, but the
>placebo group regained more.  How much did they regain after 4 years?
>30%?  95%?  115%?

Unless someone come up with it first, I'll look for the study this evening.

-- 
Steve Dyer
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Weight Loss with Dexfenfluramine
Date: 12 Nov 92 13:48:25 GMT
Article-I.D.: omen.1992Nov12.134825.28770
Organization: Omen Technology INC, Portland Rain Forest

In article <1992Nov11.172345.6216@spdcc.com> dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer) writes:
>Why didn't you comment on the fact that it was most likely eating behavior
>which changed?  That is, saying someone is on a continued diet doesn't mean
>they actually are.  That was my point.

At this point I must trust that Weintraub, Sundarsean, Madan, Schuster,
Balder, Lasagna, and Cox are competent researchers who are aware of the
issues they cover in their paper.  The paper does mention that the lipid
profiles showed the subjects were not starting to cheat on the diet.

Fact?  More like somebody's "mind is made up, don't confuse me with facts."


>>"apparent failure" is a reference to the common thought that
>>antiobesity treatments are failures because they do not cure
>>obesity in the same sense that a mastectomy cures breast cancer.
>>(This may not apply to CoPP treatment.)
>
>Yup.  What's CoPP?

See Adiposity 101.

>>But the paper considers obesity as a chronic illness which
>>recurs when treatment is withdrawn, as is the case with current
>>hypertension treatments.  The study shows:
>>
>>1.  Weight lost on a state of the art diet/exercise program recurs,
>>even when the program is adhered to, and:
>
>I think I was generous for Weintraub to describe his diet regimen
>as "state of the art".

And just what was "un state of the art" about the diet, exercise and
behavior modification program?

>                        And we don't know that the program was adhered
>to.  That was the whole point.  You can conclude only one thing from

Yes we do.  See above.

>We're in violent agreement.  What you habitually tend to skirt or
>deemphasize or ignore however is that people regain much of their
>weight by increasing their caloric intake, i.e., by _eating_.

I didn't ignore it.  Weintraub shows the weight comes back anyway.

Unless of course the excess weight was the result of overeating
and not defective partitioning.

-- 
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Newsgroups: sci.med
From: vsn@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (shrikant.s.nilakhe)
Subject: High BloodPressure
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 15:31:16 GMT
Keywords: Calan tablets



	I would like to know if any bbland reader takes 
	CALAN (Verapamil Hydrochloride) tablets to manage
	or reduce high blood pressure. Also any info on
	its side effects would be appreciated.

	Please send me an e_mail or call at 708 713 7633.

	
	Thanks in advance

	Shri
Newsgroups: sci.med,sci.med.nutrition
From: djh@osc.edu (David Heisterberg)
Subject: Re: Eating spoiled food reduces lifetime?
Organization: The Ohio Supercomputer Center
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 20:42:10 GMT

In article <1992Nov13.193420.26015@osf.org> drand@spinner.osf.org (Douglas S. Rand) writes:
>In article <BxnuDI.32M@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk>, jack@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin) writes:
>> Rape (canola) oil contains variable but sometimes dangerous levels of
>> erucic acid (cardiotoxic, particularly in men).  Its production is also an
>
>It's worth noting that the reason rape seed oil is available is 
>that they process it to remove the erucic acid.  At least this

According to the Merck Index, "[erucic acid] constitutes 40 to 50% of
the total fatty acids of rapeseed, mustard- and wallflower seed, and
it represents up to 80% of fatty acids of nasturtium seeds..."
K.S. Markley, _Fatty Acids_ is cited.  No toxicity information is
given.
-- 
David J. Heisterberg (djh@osc.edu)       What men value is not rights
The Ohio Supercomputer Center            but privileges.
Columbus, Ohio                             -- H.L. Mencken
From: nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Cold Cures?
Date: 13 Nov 92 06:05:26 -0600
Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

In article <1992Nov12.185208.28848@sr.com>, dks@sr.com (Dave K. Sprow) writes:
> Have they invented the cure for the common cold yet?

No.  There are very few useful anti-viral agents.  They are such simple
organisms that it is hard to design something to interfere with their
replication that doesn't harm the host.

David Nye
nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu
From: lee@soda.berkeley.edu (Lee Thompson-Herbert)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Weird One
Date: 6 Nov 1992 12:19:55 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley, CS Undergraduate Association
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.berkeley.edu
Summary: any ideas?


For the last month or so, I've been experiencing some very strange
symptoms.  Brain MRI was normal.  Blood tests for rheumatiod arthritis,
lupus, diabetes and blood counts were normal.

symptoms are:
	numbness and tingling in the wrists, arms, neck, face and feet
	extreme pain in the neck, upper back and side
	unequally dilated pupils (only happened once, cleared up in 2 hrs)
	blurred vision (see above)
	tingling/metallic taste on tongue
	hypersensitivity to smells
	odd sensation of pressure and of being _stretched_ on face and head

There has been no head, neck or back trauma anytime in the last few years.
I do not get headaches with this normally, and when I do, they go away much
more quickly than the other body pain.  

Side Note:  My aunt and several other people (in Texas) had the same symptoms
(minus the cranial nerve problems) earlier this year.  After a couple months,
all symptoms just *dissappeared*.  Is there a new virus causing similar 
symptoms?

I've been refered to a neurologist, but the hospital paperwork is moving
slowly, so it may be a few weeks before I can see one.  Unless I have another
dramatic symptom (unequal pupils) that lands me in the ER before then.

Can anyone give me some leads as to what this could be?  My doctor suggested
herpes virus irritating the nerve casings.  Any other guesses?


-- 
>>>>____ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>All Standard Disclaimers Apply>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
 ___\  /	Lee Michele Thompson-Herbert   lee@soda.berkeley.edu   >>>>>
 \  /\/ clueles@ucscb.ucsc.edu  "This is a job for CAPTIAN NAPALM!"  >>>>
  \/Semper Bi   	"Ave Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi!"           >>>>
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From: mdkline@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Mark D. Kline)
Subject: Re: Homeopathy
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 20:52:34 EST

In article <BSIMON.92Nov10072905@elvis.stsci.edu> bsimon@elvis.stsci.edu (Bernie Simon) writes:
>medicine. The best evidence comes from clinical studies. One study
>shows that homeopathy is effective against rheumatic arthritis (1).
	[ ... ] 
>(1) P.Fischer, A.Greenwood, E.C.Huskisson, et al., "Effect of
>Homeopathic Treatment on Fibrositis (Primary Fibromyalgia)," British
>Medical Journal 299(1989):365-366.

Fibromyalgia is NOT rheumatoid nor rheumatic arthritis.  Fibrositis (aka
fibromyalgia) is a psychosomatic soft tissue pain state.  One might
even say that fibrositis is not really an arthritis (although some 
patients do have nonspecific joint pain).  Some physicians are sceptical
about whether fibrositis is really a valid clinical entitty (as opposed
to just a collection of people with soft tissue pain of unknown cause(s)).
Somehow fitting to find a therapy of unknown mechanism helpful for a 
dubious syndrome of unknown etiology.  I would be extremely surprised
to find that the cited study found homeopathic preparations superior
to placebo.   

Please don't anyone flame me for calling fibrositis psychosomatic.
Its a truly body_and_mind kind of problem, that's all I mean.
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From: chou@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Ching-Tsun Chou)
Subject: Lead test for ceramic wares
Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 01:04:28 GMT


I heard somewhere that there is some kind of product in market
using which one can test whether one's ceramic wares are putting
out lead.  Does anyone know exact what product is this and how 
to get it?  I'd appreciate any pointers.

Since I don't read this newsgroup, please send your response to
<chou@cs.ucla.edu>.

Thanks in advance,
Ching-Tsun Chou
From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Tonsilectomy ..
Keywords: Seeking info ..
Date: 11 Nov 92 07:18:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: spdcc.1992Nov11.071814.15186
Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA

Speaking once again only from 20-years' memory as an OR orderly in an ENT
hospital (thereby having somewhat old, blood-stained, but otherwise
impeccable credentials! :-)), I recall that tonsillectomies performed on
adults were much bloodier than tonsillectomies performed on children,
even after accounting for the difference in size (and I had to empty
the suction bottle.)  They were not minor, routine surgery, and there
were occasional emergencies, though of course, most were uneventful.

Now that I've frightened you, I'd probably recommend you talk to the
ENT surgeon doing this for a more up-to-date and trustworthy set of
comments.  I'd do the same if I were going to have the procedure done.

-- 
Steve Dyer
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: mdiffin@crc.ac.uk (Dr. M.C. Diffin)
Subject: Re: Endometriosis Info Wanted...
Organization: MRC Human Genome Resource Centre
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 14:53:02 GMT

al> I recall seeing a posting regarding an email information group for
al> endometriosis.  Can someone please post ( or email to me ) info on
al> how to subscribe to this group?
al>
al> Also, I would appreciate any other sources of information about
al> endometriosis especially with respect to (in)fertility.

Try the following book:

Hayman, Suzie (1991).  _Endometriosis_ .  London, Penguin.

General introduction, with discussion of all the implications. 
Especially suitable for interested laiety.


-- 
___________________________________________________________________________
Michael Diffin
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INTERNET: mdiffin@mrc-crc.ac.uk
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From: kattan@Jane.UH.EDU (Mike Kattan)
Subject: Re: Contact lenses and blood vessels in the eye!?
Reply-To: kattan@Jane.UH.EDU
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 17:59:45 GMT

In article <28062@castle.ed.ac.uk>, gtclark@festival.ed.ac.uk (G T Clark) writes:
>larry@mits.mdata.fi (Lasse Hero) writes:
>
>>yozzo@watson.ibm.com (Ralph Yozzo) writes:
>
>>>I recently heard a report about contact lenses.
>>>The report concluded that tight fitting soft contact lenses
>>>could restrict the flow of oxygen to the cornea of the eye.
>>>The cornea reacts to the lack of oxygen by growing blood vessels
>>>in the eye.  Which is fine, except that a person cannot see through
>>>a blood vessel and thus it will obstruct vision.
>
>>>The report also added that it is ironic that the people that are
>>>the happiest about the fit of their soft contact lenses are the ones 
>>>that are at the highest risk.  The reason is that the tight fitting
>>>soft contact lenses are the ones that are the most comfortable to the wearer.
>
>>Does anobody have any further info about this?
>
>>Especially, how "permanent" are these blood vessels? WI think what you're
>>when you remove your contacts, or what?

I've been a soft contact lense wearer for 12 years.  At my last checkup, I was
told I had a little bit of neovascularization, which is what I think you are
talking about.  My eye doctor suggested I switch to gas permeable hard lenses,
but they didn't fit right.  I went back to soft lenses, but must buy new lenses
every year even if they don't appear to be dirty.  If the neo worsens, I have
to go to disposable lenses.

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