HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: an725@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Paul L. Fortman, Jr.)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Centigrade (was: What body temp for cardiac surgery?)
Date: 9 Oct 1992 15:30:27 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: an725@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Paul L. Fortman, Jr.)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, M20614@mwvm.mitre.org (Hugh Pritchard) says:
>In article <BvrzH5.I3M@news.fai.com>
>luisg@hadar.fai.com (Luis Galleguillos) writes:
> 
>>... The normal body temperature is
>>around 28.7 I think. I am assuming that by C we mean Celsius orCentigrades.

Mine is 97 F.  I don't know what it is in C.

>  F      C
> ---    ---
> 212    100    Water boils
>  98.6   37    Human body temp
>  68     20    Room temperature
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Not my room.  I would freeze in a room that cold.  I keep mine at 80 F.

>  32      0    Water freezes
>   0    -17.8  Sea water freezes
> -40    -40    Temperature where degrees F is the same number as degrees C

*Pooh Bare (Paul Fortman)
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From: adf1@jaguar.uofs.edu
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Cervical Caps (birth-control)
Date: 10 Oct 92 02:16:57 GMT
Organization: University of Scranton

I am trying to find some information on the use of a Cervical Cap
as a method of birth control.  I do know that they are manufactured
in England, and one type has been cleared by the F.D.A. for use in
U.S.A.. I would appreciate any/all information or experiences that
anyone has had with/on Cervical Caps.

Thankyou
Carole
 
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: tim@maths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy)
Subject: Amyl nitrate
Summary: Is amyl nitrate legal?
Keywords: Amyl Nitrate Legality
Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 02:53:49 GMT

I'd be grateful if someone could tell me
(preferably by e-mail)_

1) Is the use of amyl nitrate restricted to gays?

2) Is it legal to own amyl nitrate in most countries?

3) Is its use generally legal or illegal?

4) Is its use dangerous? Has anyone died from it?

-- 
Timothy Murphy  
e-mail: tim@maths.tcd.ie
tel: +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: brein@gpvax.jpl.nasa.gov (Barry Rein)
Subject: My wife drank during her pregnancy and the baby lived!!
Followup-To: sci.med
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 22:56:42 GMT

It seems to me that the hysteria about drinking during pregnancy is just
that.

I am aware of fetal alcohol syndrome, and the more dubious fetal alcohol
effect.  But is there any medical evidence that light drinking, say two or
three ounces of ethanol a week, will harm the fetus?

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Newsgroups: sci.med
From: luisg@hadar.fai.com (Luis Galleguillos)
Subject: Medical Felowship Wanted
Originator: luisg@lugano
Organization: Fujitsu NTS
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 00:26:14 GMT


My cousin, a US Resident who comes from South America, is a medical resident
in a hospital in  Chicago ILL. He was not able to secure a fellowship
anywhere. This is worrying  him a lot since he has recently married with 
many hopes of being able to practice medicine somewhere in the USA for a
few years before going to South America.

His difficulty comes as a surprise to me, I thought there was a tremendous
shortage of MDs who can communicate in Spanish and English as 
evidenced by my late fathers' difficulties in trying to communicate with his 
physician in Spanish. In California for example an estimated five million
people speak spanish and Hyspanic Americans are the largest minority after 
Afro Americans.

Does anybody have any suggestions as to how he can get a felloship?
How are the position assignments determined? Is it now too late for
next year positions?

You can't imagine what a relief it is to be able to communicate your
health problems in the language one knows!
 
I can not allow our communities to be deprived of his services.

Thanks in advance. 

Luis

luisg@hadar.fai.com

FUJITSU NTS
3099 North First Street
San Jose, CA 95134
USA
408/456-7853
408/954-1088
From: lsnow@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM (Linda Snow)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Allergic to heat condition
Date: 8 Oct 92 16:55:20 GMT
Reply-To: lsnow@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM (Linda Snow)
Organization: NCR E&M CLEMSON Liberty, SC

Do you sweat?  I once met a woman whose child couldn't sweat (born without
sweat glands, maybe) and the girl had to be very careful about getting 
when doing something strenuous.
Newsgroups: sci.med,sci.electronics
From: adw3345@ultb.isc.rit.edu (A.D. Williams)
Subject: Heart rate monitor
Followup-To: poster
Originator: adw3345@ultb
Reply-To: adw3345@ultb.rit.edu ()
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 14:40:57 GMT


 As part of a psychology experiment, I would like to build a heart rate
monitor that can be worn by a subject. The idea is
to have a gadget that shows the heart rate of a subject to everyone else
in a group, and by watching the heart rate, other group members can
gauge answers to given questions. For example, a subject may be told
to lie on three out of ten questions, and the other group members
will try to determine which ones the subject lied on based on the
increase and decrease of the heart rate as well as other factors such
as body language, voice inflections, etc. A different group will
do the same thing but without the heart monitor, and so on. There are lots
of other variations to this theme.

 I would like to find out if there is a way to measure heart rate using
simple electronics. It doesn't need to be the world's most accurate
heartbeat monitor, but it does need to be cheap and use parts from
Radio Shack if possible.

 My fantasty hearbeat monitor is a box with two electrodes that attach
to the subject's chest (it should be unobstructive as possible), and
a readout that is pinned to the subject's shirt. The box may have a
simple microprocessor. If there are alternative ways to measure
heartbeats such as a wrist cuff or a finger cuff I would like to know
about them too. 

 I'm familiar with building 8051 projects, but I would like to know what
would be the best way to get heartbeat data into a digital format.

 Any responses would be appreciated. Even a "Don't bother, it's much
more complicated than you think" response would be helpful if it will
save me much frustration.

                                       Thanks very much!

                                                   Derrick


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From: nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David A. Nye MD)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Selling the net to physicians
Date: 10 Oct 92 01:58:28 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire


        A couple of physicians asked me the other day in the doctor's
        lounge how the net could be of use to them professionally.  This
        gave me the idea that a medical resource list would make a good
        FAQ.  Does this already exist somewhere?  If not, perhaps we
        could put one together as a group effort.  Its purpose should be
        to attract new physicians and other allied health professionals
        to the net and to make the net more useful to those already
        using it.

        What are some other ways we could make the net more useful to
        this group?  Obviously the more useful it is, the more people
        will use it, and vice-versa.  For starters:

        -- Ask your medical societies to include email addresses in
        their directories.  I'm told AMIA is now doing this.  I've
        contacted the American Academy of Neurology and the American
        Sleep Disorders Association.  Journals should be encouraged to
        list authors' email addresses.  An online white pages for
        medicine would be very useful.

        -- Eventually it would be good to have separate groups for each
        specialty (once we have enough participants).  This would make
        the net useful for quality curbside consults.

        -- Possibly discussion groups for CME could be developed.
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: fgn@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (frank.g.neves)
Subject: Re: MRI
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 11:12:08 GMT

In article <bcm.tmc.edu>, pburch@roc.mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu (Paula Burch) writes:
> 
> |> 	I've performed MRI's since 1987 and have performed thousands of
> |> exams.  While I'm no doctor I may be able to shed some light on your
> |> questions.  The easy ones first, The cost is quite likely to vary within a
> |> few hundred dollars.  I would guess that 90% of all MRI's will fall in the
> |> range of $900 to $1200, depending on your location and some protocol
> |> dependent charges like extra series or IV contrast. 
> 
I had an MRI done about two months ago in order to pinpoint a herniated
cervical disk.  The fee was $850 (which my insurance company, Travelers,
picked up).  About a month after that, Travelers sent me a copy of another
payment they had made for $300, to a different company but in connection
with my MRI.  After some investigating, I found out that the $300 was to
cover the cost of having my MRI results READ!  Wow...good work, if you
can get it.

Frank
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 Discl: No wife, no horse, no moustache  |    "Credo Quia Absurdum"
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From: pburch@roc.mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu (Paula Burch)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: MRI
Date: 7 Oct 1992 17:54:05 GMT
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
Distribution: world
Reply-To: pburch@roc.mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu (Paula Burch)
NNTP-Posting-Host: roc.mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu
Originator: pburch@roc.mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu


In article <1992Oct5.003329.18393@samba.oit.unc.edu>, Michael.Bohl@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Michael Bohl) writes:
|> In article <1992Oct2.025320.21757@news.columbia.edu> stone@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Glenn Stone) writes:
|> >
|> >Is there very much variation in the cost of an MRI (I'm in Manhattan)?
|> >
|> >
|> 	I've performed MRI's since 1987 and have performed thousands of
|> exams.  While I'm no doctor I may be able to shed some light on your
|> questions.  The easy ones first, The cost is quite likely to vary within a
|> few hundred dollars.  I would guess that 90% of all MRI's will fall in the
|> range of $900 to $1200, depending on your location and some protocol
|> dependent charges like extra series or IV contrast. 

I had an MRI scan of my brain at Methodist in Houston after hitting 
my head on the street in 1990, and the charge was $500. 

My insurance, Alta, refused to pay on the absurd grounds that all 
MRIs are still experimental!

Paula Burch
pburch@bcm.tmc.edu
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: bhjelle@carina.unm.edu ()
Subject: Re: Cystic Fibrosis Research?
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 14:17:33 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <1992Oct16.020824.1792@cnsvax.uwec.edu> nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye) writes:
>In article <1992Oct16.024900.134824@watson.ibm.com>, yozzo@watson.ibm.com (Ralph Yozzo) writes:
>> A twelve year old neighbor of mine has a deep voice for a girl and
>> coughs a lot.  I asked if she had been yelling a game or something
>> like that.  But no, it turns out that she has Cystic Fibrosis (CF).
>> 
>> Does anyone know the state of the current research on CF?
>> I read that CF is a genetic disorder.  Is it possible to 
>> cure a genetic disorder?   What is the life expectancy of a  CF
>> patient nowadays?  (that is, assuming that she follows the instructions of the 
>> physician.)
>
>There have been some incredible breakthroughs in CF this year.
>A medication commonly used for an unrelated condition (somebody
>help me out -- I'm blocking on the name here) is quite halpful
>for symptomatic treatment, and a retrovirus has been made to
>replace the defective gene.  I believe this is now in the human
>testing stage.  Very exciting work.

I'm not sure whether gene therapy for humans has started yet, but
there was some very promising work using an adenovirus vector to
deliver the human CFTR (protein missing in CF patients) to rat
airway epithelium (one of the tissues that needs to express
CFTR to remain healthy).

There are lots of drugs being examined now that something is known
about the CF gene product, but the one you are probably thinking of
is DNAse. DNA is very viscous and is released by all of the
dying cells (bacteria and PMNs) in the mucus. Lysing the DNA
with DNAse cuts down on the viscosity and makes it easier to
breathe. This idea is not the product of any high-tech research,
but it works.

For more info see Science 1992 vol 256 page 774.
Or contact the CF society.

Brian
From: das@canctr.mc.duke.edu
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Zoloft used in Panic Disorder?
Date: 7 Oct 92 14:09:14 GMT
Reply-To: das@canctr.mc.duke.edu
Organization: Duke U. Med. Ctr., Durham, NC

I have just been prescribed Zoloft to help control panic attacks and general
anxiety.  A search through MEDLINE gives an abundance of information on
clinical trials and comparisons with other drugs for depression but panic
disorder is not mention at all in relation to the drug.

I only have a few questions, if anybody out there can help.

1)  What side effects are associated with Zoloft?

2)  If you have taken Zoloft for Panic Attacks, does it work?

3)  Is Zoloft safer than or more effective than Klonopin?  (i.e.  why is my
    doctor so insistent upon changing drugs?)

Thank you!

Lora LeMosy
das@canctr.mc.duke.edu
//
From: oneil@cwis.unomaha.edu (Sharon O'Neil)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Ibuprofen (one last time)
Date: 16 Oct 92 11:46:35 GMT
Article-I.D.: cwis.oneil.719235995
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha

noring@netcom.com (Jon Noring) writes:

>I have not received any feedback whatsoever on my last post on Ibuprofen,
>so if you have *any* information to share, please let me know (you might not
>have replied thinking that somebody else had already done so for such a
>simple request.)  Don't worry, I won't repost this request again.  Much
>thanks.


>In article noring@netcom.com (Jon Noring) writes:
>>Hello,
>>
>>I'd like to know about any adverse effects from taking Ibuprofen for an
>>extended period of time.  A related question is at what dosage can one 
>>take Ibuprofen on a long-term basis and not suffer any adverse effects.

I am definitely not a doctor.  I just used Ibuprofen for about ten years or
so, even before it came out on the over-the-counter market.

I have found that over time, it seems to work less and less effectively.
I started taking Rufen and Ponstel when I was fourteen.  Later, when 
Ibuprofen came out on the market and was readily available, I switched to
the over the counter product and doubled the dosage as my doctor prescribed.
It was something like 800 milligrams the day before my period started and
400 milligrams ever four to six hours thereafter.  I usually did this for
two days each month.

Over time, it seemed like I was having to take them more like every four
hours instead of six.  

I've since given up on Ibuprofen for dysmenorrhea.  I now take birth control
pills which prevent me from even really cramping at all. If I'd known that 
I'd feel this good on them, I'd have started taking them a lot sooner.  Even
on Ibuprofen, I still had pretty serious pain.

Sharon O'Neil
oneil@cwis.unomaha.edu
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: jrt@omega.kcr.uky.edu (J. Randall Thompson)
Subject: Re: Flu Shot While Pregnant?
    <1992Oct8.152005.1882@ms.uky.edu>
Organization: Kentucky Cancer Registry, Univ. of Ky
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 15:27:26 GMT

In article <1992Oct8.152005.1882@ms.uky.edu> jrt@omega.kcr.uky.edu (J. Randall Thompson) writes:
>In article <1992Oct8.131339.21053@nynexst.com> clare@nynexst.com (Clare Chu) writes:
>>
>>  Does anyone know if it is okay for me to get
>>  a flu shot while pregnant?  The flu shot is
>>  made of chicken egg and I had one last year
>>  with no side effects.  Neither my husband nor
>>  midwife knew the answer and said that since
>>  they didn't know they thought I shouldn't
>>  get one.  So I'm asking to see if anyone
>>  knows why I shouldn't get one.  I have until
>>  tomorrow (Friday) to get a free flu shot from
>>  my work.  Please get back to me soon.
>>
>>  Thanks, Clare
>>  clare@nynexst.com
>
>According to the package insert, no large-scale studies have been performed
>to determine the saftey of the flu shot in pregnant women. It should only
>be used if medically indicated; which probably means that you fit into
>one of the categories of individuals who have a clear indication for the
>immunization. Most pregnant women would not fit into one of these categories,
>because they are usually healty. I do not recommend the flu shot for my
>pregnant asthmatic patients.
>
>recommended
 ^^^^^^^^^^^ OOPS! How the hell did that get in there?? It is probably
*not* recommended!! Sorry!

-- 
[]  J. Randall Thompson                                      jrt@kcr.uky.edu []
[]  University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky                              []
From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Giving Blood! "Gimme that thing, I'll do it myself"
Date: 9 Oct 92 07:59:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: iscsvax.1992Oct9.125900.7449
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <1992Oct09.140552.89850@watson.ibm.com>, yozzo@watson.ibm.com (Ralph Yozzo) writes:
> In article <1992Oct8.212844.7439@iscsvax.uni.edu> klier@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
>>Collene Pearce writes:
>>My mother has veins that are apparently easy to hit, but they roll and
>>collapse.  This time, when she was in the hospital, I persuaded her to
>>_tell_ the phlebotomists she didn't know that her veins rolled.  
>>Result: many fewer failed attempts, many fewer bruises.
> 
> Okay, I'll bite.  How does lying to the phlebotomist about
> rolling veins help?

Ok, ok... sleepy brain and sleepier fingers...   ;-)

I asked her to tell the phlebotomists, particularly the ones she
hadn't seen before, that her veins rolled.   No prevariacation. ;-)

Kay
From: nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David A. Nye MD)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: ADD/Tourett's synd/Ritalin
Date: 11 Oct 92 21:21:47 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

In article <1992Oct9.174802.28152@hellgate.utah.edu>, rfrazier%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Robert Frazier) writes:
> 
> 
> 	I have been reading the add thread, but have some more questions.
> My brother has been "diagnosed" with add.  Here is some background info.
> He is 22 years old, and never been on any medications or treatments.
> Up until the age of 2 years, he was allergic to everything but meat based
> formula, and white rice.  At 2 years, his stomach no longer rejected a 
> normal diet, but he will not drink milk, or eat fruits or vegetables, he 
> does not like them. He is a "underachiever", short attention span,  has 
> violent outbreaks. He mostly gets angry when confronted about anything.
> He can't seem to concentrate on a single task for too long. 
> 
> 	I get the impression that Ritalin is a very good medication for
> add. The doctor won't prescribe it because my brother has had a recurring
> 'tick'.  He has small spasms in his neck and shoulder muscles, that cause
> him to twitch, and he is unable to hold his head still.  He knows the 
> degree of his tick is related to his stress level.  I even experienced 
> the same thing when I was really stressed out one day.  But his lasted 
> about 6 months (twitching every day).  It still comes and goes, but he 
> mostly doesn't have the twitch now.  His doctor says that people with
> ticks that use Ritalin have developed Tourett's syndrome.  I do not know
> much about Tourett's syndrome, except the behavior it causes.  Tourett's 
> syndrome behavior seems like a way exaggerated limb and verbal tick.
> Does anybody have any info about this?

Physicians, as you may have noted while reading through this thread,
don't think allergy has much to do with ADD.  Ritalin is a commonly
used and effective treatment, but it does exacerbate Tourette's and
so isn't very useful in patients who have both.  These seem to occur
together more often than one would expect from the individual
frequencies of the diseases.  Various tricyclic antidepressants may
be useful alternatives and won't exacerbate Tourette's.  I don't
know of any advantages of the more expensive, newer ones over older
ones like imipramine.  Tourette's is a syndrome of multiple tics of
unknown cause.  The evidence suggests to me that Ritalin does not
cause it but only accentuates it and may bring it to medical
attention for the first time.  It generally settles back down to its
baseline level after the drug is stopped.

The other thing I would add is that behavioral approaches and
counselling also have a place here, particularly in older patients
who may have developed some dysfunctional ways of coping with their
disability, so consultation with a psychiatrist as well as a
neurologist may be necessary.  A good place to look for help is
at an ADD clinic run by a university or large multispecialty clinic.
From: nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Sinus Headaches
Date: 13 Oct 92 00:30:32 -0600
Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

In article <BvxK4q.5L1@CAM.ORG>, dunn@CAM.ORG (Ray Dunn) writes:
> I don't understand this comparison between "migraine" and "cluster".
> 
> Aren't cluster headaches one of the two main forms of migraine, i.e.
> classical migraine and cluster migraine?
> 
> Doesn't "cluster" describe the pattern of occurrence of the headaches
> more than any particular symptoms?

No.  Cluster headaches are not migraines.  The two types of migraines
are migraine with aura (neurologic symptoms that precede or accompany
the headache, like zig-zag lines) and migraine without aura.  While
some patients may have migraine headaches that are cyclical, I don't
think it is useful to call these cluster headaches.  Cluster HAs
usually occur every day, are intense but brief, usually an hour or
less in duration, and often come on every night an hour or two after
going to bed.  They are usually behind one eye and boring in quality.
They come in clusters lasting for up to several weeks at a time.
Tension-type headaches, migraines, and clusters are all probably on
a continuum, so that it is possible to have headaches that are a
blend of two types.  The reason it is important to differentiate
between them is that treatment is different for each (with some
overlap).