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From: kreisel@amsaa-cleo.brl.mil (Robert G. Kreisel)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: LSD
Keywords: LSD Flashbacks
Date: 25 Jan 93 18:30:12 GMT
Organization: Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity


I know LSD was a topic of discussion a couple of months ago, but recently
I have had new interest in the topic.  I found out recently that a young
friend of mine had been using LSD for the past several years.  He has
since quit (approx 6 months ago) and was recently under psychiatric
evaluation.  It was determined he now suffers from manic-depression and
is border line psychotic.  Up until recently, he has had no problems.
We have been out hiking, visiting friends, etc, and things have gone
smoothly.  However during the last couple of weeks he has been "freeking-
out".  I would assume he is having a flashback of some sort.  He is
currently on lithium, as well as a couple of other mind oriented drugs.
His doses have not changed since the doctor perscribed them a few months
ago.  

1.  First of all, is there a FAQ on this topic, and how do I get it?

2.  What causes flashbacks, can they be controlled?

3.  Is there anything that can be done for the person during one of
    these episodes?  I refrained from getting medical personnel involved
    when this happened this weekend.  I talked to him myself, and calmed
    him down.  His father met me, and took over.  Within an hour, he was
    calm.  I myself am an EMT.  I did not see the need for medical 
    intervention at the time.  Is this always the case?

4.  Is this "attack" a physical reaction, or purely psychological?

If anyone has answers to these questions, or suggestions of good books
to read on the subject, your answers would be appreciated.

-rob
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From: rjhomer@nwu.edu (R. J. Homer)
Subject: Re: Vaseline
Followup-To: sci.med
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:37:02 GMT

Potential carcinogenic effects of vaseline stem from the petroleum base
used in its manufacture. Vaselin may be thought of as a much milder
carcinogen than say gasoline or oil; but it is in the same family of
mutagens. 
Newsgroups: sci.med,talk.politics.med
From: jsparkes@bnr.ca (Jeff Sparkes)
Subject: Re: Canadian healthcare system
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa
	<1993Jan25.222346.3765@news.columbia.edu>
	<1993Jan26.051652.2061@newshub.ccs.yorku.ca>
	<1993Jan26.165740.29981@watson.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 20:32:37 GMT

>>>>> On Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:57:40 GMT, clarke@watson.ibm.com (Ed
Ed> Clarke) said:

Ed> |> >hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes: |> >>There
Ed> are several things wrong with it, and it is not all that much |>
Ed> >>cheaper than the cost in the US.  One generally agreed problem
Ed> is that |> >>many "standard" procedures are not done in Canada,
Ed> and while the Canadian |> >>plan often picks up the costs, it does
Ed> not pay the travel, and it does |> >>not help defray the
Ed> development costs, which US care does.  For another,

Ed> My understanding is that some "standard" things (MRI, CAT) require
Ed> very high priced equiptment.  Canadian doctors don't have the
Ed> hardware available because their government won't pay for it.
Ed> Here, everybody and his brother buys the hardware and then looks
Ed> for patients to keep it busy.

Actually, CAT scanners aren't generally in short supply in Canada.
It's just that not every hospital has it's own.  They can share...
--
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Jeff Sparkes jsparkes@bnr.ca	Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa (613)765-2503
You know, a muffin can be *very* filling.
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From: mucit@cs.rochester.edu (Bulent Murtezaoglu)
Subject: Re: Cervical Dysplasia Questions
Organization: Computer Science Department, University of Rochester
Date: 24 Jan 93 16:59:17

In article <1993Jan23.101048.649@news.wesleyan.edu> RGINZBERG@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Ruth Ginzberg) writes:
[questions and answers about CD && HPV deleted]

>I think your questions are a VERY good indication of why a physician treating a
>STD in a patient REALLY ought to make an effort to speak to BOTH partners about
>the disease.  It requires knowledge & cooperation & commitment on the parts of
>BOTH partners to clear up a STD, & it seems that this would best be facilitated
>by having both partners meet together with the physician -- to educate & treat
>them *as a couple* -- which is who really has the STD, not one of them alone.
>Just MHO.  Hope this helps.

Note, though, that while what you're saying makes perfect sense it also
assumes that the couple remain a couple after one exposes the other to the
STD.  I suspect that there is an appreciable number of cases of STD where
the relationship lasts a short time.  I'd be interested in finding out
about what kinds of compromises can be made (between privacy of medical 
records, and getting the info necessary for treatment) if the people 
involved are not "involved" anymore.  It seems to me that the dr. treating 
either party would be able to do a better job if all the records concerning 
the course of the disease on both parties were available to him/her.  
What happens in those cases?

-Mucit
From: mcg2@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (Marc Gabriel)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: LymeNet listserv group
Summary: New LymeNet listserv group up and running...
Date: 22 Jan 93 04:59:21 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

Introducing...

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Lyme Disease is now the fastest growing infectious disease in the United
States.  In 10 short years, this little known bacterial infection has claimed
half a million victims and the number of new patients continues to spiral
upward with no relief in sight.  It is estimated that in 1991, 100,000
Americans contracted this dangerous disease.  If left untreated, LD can cause
permanent nerve, musculoskeletal and cardiac damage.

Unfortunately, many in the medical and political arenas have not given this
epidemic much thought.  Self appointed experts in the academic community have
declared that LD can always be cured with short courses of simple antibiotics.
However, as the number of cases rise, doctors on the front lines are
discovering that LD is more serious that previously suspected, requiring longer
treatment therapies and more complex combinations of medicines.  The battle
lines have been drawn.

And the battles continue at LD conferences, and in the various State
legislatures where insurance companies, terrified at the high cost of LD, are
attempting to short change patients.  Estimates show that the average cost of
treatment for chronic LD patients ranges from $60,000 to $100,000 per patient.

MAILING LIST:
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From: jetai@ipvvis.UNIPV.IT (J. E. T. A. I. - italia)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: German health care system
Date: 26 Jan 1993 06:19:16 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
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GERMAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM


I'm writing my graduation thesis about the German health care system.
I would like to have information about books,articles and internet sites
regarding this argument.

Thank you in advance.

			Alberto

P.S. I speak German too.

Please send mail to:

Alberto    [ e-mail  :   jetai@ipvvis.unipv.it  ]

or to :
 	Alberto Onetti
	collegio Borromeo
	pza Borromeo 9
	27100 PAVIA
	ITALY

tel:	(+39) 382 32362
fax:	(+39) 382 34303
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: graham@venus.iucf.indiana.edu (JIM GRAHAM)
Subject: Omniflox...why was it recalled?
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Organization: Indiana University Cyclotron Facility, Bloomington, Indiana
Distribution:  world
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 23:10:32 GMT

Back in May of 1992, my physician prescribed Omniflox (an oral antibiotic)
for recurring infections on my right foot.

About a week later, he told me to stop taking it because the FDA had just
ordered that it be recalled, due to some "side-effects" in "some" people.

Yesterday evening, I happened to watch the primetime rag "A Current Affair",
on which people who suffered from various kinds of paralysis, allegedly
due to this drug, were featured.

What is it, specifically, that caused the FDA to recall the drug?

Jim Graham 

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Xref: sparky sci.med:24338 sci.med.nutrition:2004
From: eli@cisco.com (Steve Elias)
Newsgroups: sci.med,sci.med.nutrition
Subject: cholesterol mailing list?
Date: 22 Jan 93 22:50:42
Organization: cisco Systems
	<1993Jan22.035046.918071@locus.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: glare.cisco.com
In-reply-to: yazz@locus.com's message of Fri, 22 Jan 93 03:50:46 GMT


please send me email if you are interested in being on a 
cholesterol mailing list.  primarily intended for those
with high cholesterol & ratios & things like that.

perhaps such a list exists already?  

/eli
From: mcg2@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (Marc Gabriel)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Lyme vacine statis needed
Date: 27 Jan 93 16:33:02 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University
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Ruth Ginzberg (RGINZBERG@eagle.wesleyan.edu) wrote:
: In <C1H0B6.H8q@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> time@coos.dartmouth.edu writes:
:
: > I know this comes up fairly often, but I don't recall what was said
: > about the statis of a vacine is. My husband and I are going to be building
: > a house on Nantucket Is.this spring and I would like the protection for us,
: > the kids, and our dog if it is available and effective.
:
:
: Unfortunately, this vaccine is not available for humans.  However, new researc
: from the Yale/New-Haven Lyme Disease clinic indicates that even if you are
: bitten by a tick that IS infected with Lyme Disease, your chance of catching
: the disease is only 1%.  This is low enough that they don't even give
: prophylactic antibiotics for tick bites any more, even in this endemic area.
: They wait until you actually have Symptoms before they treat, now.  BTW, some

Sorry, folks, the Yale study is not the only one.
A University of Denver study, published in the same journal as the Yale one (N
Eng J Med), concluded that prophylactic treatment *is* indicated for tick
bites in endemic areas.

The Yale study is simply biased to the viewpoint of the Yale LD folks.  This
is the way they protect their NIH grants (i.e. Don't panic the public).

If you want more complete information on LD, not just the crap that Yale
releases on the AP wires, subscribe to the LymeNet newsletter.
(This is not a personal attact on the pervious posters - They just read the
news reports they are given).

(It's time for the shameless plug)

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In the body of the memo, write      subscribe LymeNet-L <Your Real Name>

: study locally showed that in some communities around here (I think Nantucket
: Island was one of the studied areas) as many as 50% of adults show evidence of
: exposure to Lyme Disease.  But not nearly that many become ill from it.  So th

What the new research is showing is the your genetic make-up influences how
you will react to the LD bacteria.  Just becuase you don't violently develop
symptoms, doesn't mean you're not infected.  It's just dormant.  There is *no*
telling what will happen to these people in time.  The best thing to do would
be to kill the bug in the first place.

BTW, prophylactic LD treatment is cheap ... $15-$35.

Nantucket is not endemnic, it's hyper-endemic.

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From: jz27@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Jeff Zucker)
Subject: Re: Religiosity Gene?
Reply-To: jz27@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Jeff Zucker)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 05:24:19 GMT


Hi, apologies in advance if this is an inappropriate place to post this
question.  A friend of mine's child has just been diagnosed with
        
        EPIDERMALYTIC HYPERKERATOSIS

(a form of Congenital Ichthyosis ?) and has been warned of severe
potential complications in the nervous system and or developmental
abnormalities.  If anyone knows of reference materials (online or off),
support groups, knowledgable persons or departments, we'd very much
appreciate the information.

Please email me direclty.  Many thanks,

       %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
	   Jeff Zucker  <jz27@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
       %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
From: kotov@ogicse.ogi.edu (Alexei Kotov)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Looking for online version of a Journal
Date: 22 Jan 93 06:48:15 GMT
Article-I.D.: ogicse.48952
Organization: Oregon Graduate Institute (formerly OGC), Beaverton, OR

Hi netters,

could you tell me if I can find somewhere an online version of The
Japanese Journal of Ryodoraku Anatomic Nervous System, 1992?
One of my friends needs it very much.

Please email to: kotov@cse.ogi.edu
because I don't read this newsgroup regularly.

Thank you for your time,
Alex
From: jsmith@unixg.ubc.ca (JR Smith)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: general questions(pregnancy)
Date: 21 Jan 93 08:02:49 GMT
Organization: The University of British Columbia
NNTP-Posting-Host: unixg.ubc.ca

In <1993Jan20.203939.8749@beaver.cs.washington.edu> neville@cs.washington.edu (Dorothy Neville) writes:

>In article <jsmith.727499343@unixg.ubc.ca> jsmith@unixg.ubc.ca (JR Smith) writes:
>>
>>These pregnancy tests detect human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG) by 
>>using monoclonal antibodies and as mentioned are very sensitive (some
>>argue too sensitive). They are also very specific. If the test detects

>Some argue that they are too sensitive?  Why?  I cannot possibly
>see a reason not to have a test as sensitive as possible.  Care to
>elaborate?

It could be a long discussion as there are some definite pros but some 
cons that should be considered. The arguement for one of the cons might go
something like this...

I have had unprotected intercourse (purely hypothetical case obviously) 
and of course when day 28 roles around nothing is happening. So I'm
understandably concerned. Before these tests I would have to stay 
concerned for sometime longer but today I go out and get the test and
do it as directed. Now if it's negative I'm relieved but then I read the
part where it says I maybe should repeat the test or see my doctor if I
have concerns. Well now I'm concerned again. If it's positive and 
tomorrow I start to bleed them I'm pregnant and bleeding and that can't
be good so I rush into the nearest ER or to see my doctor and am
subjecting myself to who knows what and costing myself or someone else
some money that might be better spent elsewhere (like on contraception).
If I hadn't done the test my period would just have come one day late
and I never would have been pregnant (well I wouldn't have known) and I
may have been happier for it. So what used to be late periods now 
become pregnancies and miscarriages and very stressful...

Or so I've heard one arguement go. The tests aren't free either and some
aren't that easy to interpret so one could be falsely reassured by a
false negative test. (A false negative more due to the interpreter of
the test than the test itself) In this situation the reassurance of a negative
test is very often gladly accepted and if the test happens to be in error
the consequences can be grave.

So more sensitive isn't always better but I think the arguement I hear more
often is making the test available over the counter where there is no room
for discussion surrounding the need for a test or the implications of the
results.

                                                        JR



Newsgroups: sci.med
From: bmdelane@quads.uchicago.edu (brian manning delaney)
Subject: Re: Triglycerides
Reply-To: bmdelane@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 20:08:38 GMT

Ron Roth said:
> [stuff deleted]
>There is more to Cholesterol an Triglycerides than controlling your
>fat intake.
> [....]
>To start with, regardless of your eating habits, the liver produces 
>about 3/4 of your TOTAL cholesterol, while your diet supplies the
>rest.
>Whether you use saturated or unsaturated oils, once they are heated 
>past a certain temperature, they'll create a low density lipoprotein 
>factor in your blood.

What is this temperature? (I assume it varies depending on the oil.)
I use Canola oil (a little more than half oleic and maybe 1/3 PUFAs)
in baking -- usually around 325F degrees.
Would this be a problem?

>2) Few people are aware of the fact that potassium, if high, raises 
>   TOTAL cholesterol LEVELS. If sodium is too low, the liver will
>   produce more of the LDL-type cholesterol, which is the reason why 
>   many times a diet will not work. I routinely make sodium-raising
>   recommendation in those instances with immediate success. 
>   Despite the raised eyebrows, I have used the same approach with
>   high blood pressure on a few occasions with excellent results.

This does raise my eyebrow. Is there anything published on this
relation between sodium levels and production of LDL-type cholesterol?

What would you say "too little" sodium amounts to?  I eat VERY little
sodium right now.  This is just a consequence of eating no processed
foods and having lost my love of saltly foods (I don't add any salt to
the foods that I eat -- and I don't eat out much at all).

As it happens, I recently got some blood tests done. My blood pressure
went down from 130/70 to 120/60, and my TOTAL cholesterol (they didn't
measure HDL/LDL ratio because that wasn't the point of the test) level
went from 160 to 105.

From what you're saying, I gather that it's possible that I could have
a bad HDL/LDL ratio, because I'm eating extremely little sodium,
right? (I know you're not claiming this is the only factor involved.)


-Brian Delaney.

Newsgroups: sci.med
From: IEI036G@tjuvm.tju.edu (Mark F. Miller)
Subject: IBM scheduling software for nursing?
Organization: Thomas Jefferson University
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 03:28:14 GMT

Greetings,
 
I'm looking for scheduling software specifically designed for emergency
nursing staff. I would appreciate any referals by email.
 
         Regards,
                  Mark F. Miller                 FAX: 215-464-3561
               iei036g@tjuvm.tju.edu             CIS: 76702, 1127
    Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Emergency Department/Trauma Center
From: romalley@nyx.cs.du.edu (Robert O'Malley)
Subject: Endocrinolgist needed
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 16:44:00 GMT


Hi everyone!

I'm posting this for a friend who asked me to ask you for advice.  (My
apolgies if this is the wrong group.  Anyways, here goes...)

Does anyone know of a good endocrinologist in the Delaware Valley
(PA, DE, South Jersey) who specializes in Thyroid Disease?  She
doesn't seem to be having much luck finding anyone.  Any help would
be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

BTW, please e-mail, as I can't get into the newsgroups every day.

Thanks again,

Bob
(romalley@nyx.cs.du.edu)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: DSM-IIIR Diagnostic Criteria: Major Depression (1987)
From: RGINZBERG@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Ruth Ginzberg)
Date: 24 Jan 93 16:10:32 EDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Philosophy Dept., Wesleyan University
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For diagnosis of "Major Depressive Episode", ALL FOUR criteria below (Roman I,
II, III, and IV) must be met.  "Major Depressive Syndrome" may be diagnosed by
criterion I (below) alone.

I. At least five (5) of the following symptoms have been present nearly every
day during the same two-week period and represent a change from previous
functioning;  at least one (1) of the symptoms is either (a) depressed mood; or
(b) loss of interest or pleasure:
     a. depressed or irritable mood most of the day
     b. markedly diminished interest or pleasure in all, or almost all,
     activities of the day
     c. significant weight loss when not dieting or weight gain, or
     decrease or increase in appetite ...
     d. insomnia or hypersomnia
     e. psychomotor agitation or retardation
     f. fatigue or loss of energy
     g. feelings of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt
     (which may be delusional) and is not merely self-reproach or guilt
     about being sick
     h. diminished ability to think or concentrate, or indecisiveness
     i. recurrent thoughts of death (not just fear of dying), recurrent
     suicidal ideation without a specific plan, or a suicide attempt or
     a specific plan for committing suicide

II.  a. It cannot be established that an organic factor initiated and
	maintained the disturbance.

[RG's note:  This would seem to indicate that depression cannot be diagnosed
according to DSM-IIIR criteria until other organic causes have been ruled out.]

     b. The disturbance is not a normal reaction to the death of a loved one
	(Uncomplicated Bereavement).

III. At no time during the disturbance have there been delusions or
     hallucinations for as long as two weeks in the absence of prominent mood
     symptoms.

IV.  Not superimposed on Schizophrenia, Schizophreniform Disorder, Delusional
     Disorder, or Psychotic Disorder.


------------------------
Ruth Ginzberg <rginzberg@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Philosophy Department;Wesleyan University;USA