HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: 8 glasses of water a day?
Date: 10 Nov 92 17:22:06 GMT
Reply-To: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh Computer Science

In article <1992Nov4.003518.25990@spdcc.com> dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer) writes:

>
>If you can believe it, about 6 months ago in alt.support.diet, I said that
>this canard was a load of BS and to read the responses I received, you'd
>have thought that I suggested that broiled infant livers made for a good
>low-calorie meal.
>
><Burp>

Broiled infant livers are unacceptably high in cholesterol.


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From: jude@solhaven.Eng.Sun.COM (Judy Potzler)
Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational
Subject: Re: seeking pointing devices to replace mouse
Date: 7 Nov 1992 00:41:31 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Distribution: world
Reply-To: jude@solhaven.Eng.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: solhaven


Jerry --

I've been suffering some of the same hand/wrist/forearm
problems for months.  Switching from the standard Sun
3-button mouse helped a lot (I'm using the ITAC mouse-trak
trackball mouse and like it very much).  Some other solutions:

- Boring as it is, regular breaks!  Essential to get the
	breaks in BEFORE the pain revs up.  I bought a
	digital watch with a countdown timer, which helps
	me remember just how fast 20 minutes goes by when
	I'm absorbed in my work.  There are also various
	e-mail programs and other software to remind you
	to take breaks.  Very very boring answer; seems
	like one of the ultimate solutions for me, though.

- Adjustable keyboard tray.  This allows me to change the
	angle of presentation often, and also provides a
	"spongier" surface, thus absorbing more impact than
	if my fingers were hitting bottom on a hard surface
	such as a desk or table.  Originally, I didn't like
	the adjustable tray BECAUSE it felt spongy; now I
	use the degree to which it is wobbling as a key
	indicator that I'm pounding too hard.  I learned to
	type on a manual typewriter, which is probably the
	reason...

- Again, boring as it is, getting regular physical exercise.
	The more desk-bound I am, the more my tendonitis
	flares up.  

- I began charting various factors, such as stress, workload,
	degree of physical activity and (being a woman) the
	point of my monthly cycle.  One thing that cropped
	up during this charting was that extra sodium in my
	daily diet caused enough tissue swelling to be a
	significant aggravation for tendonitis for me.  Having
	been made aware of this factor, and changing it, is
	making a big difference.

- Icing up (even using a bag of frozen peas) on the bad days
	is useful for me.

- There are also voice-activated solutions out there, but I've
	not explored them in depth yet.

Hope some of this helps...

Judy
Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational
Subject: MYO-ELECTRIC TREATMENT
From: <CURBB@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Date: Thursday, 12 Nov 1992 09:33:24 EST
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center


I am curious. Can someone tell me about myo-electric and what it is
  used for.
Thanx,
Curtis
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: med50003@nusunix1.nus.sg (WANSAICHEONG KHIN-LIN)
Subject: Re: neurofibromatosis..please help
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 13:59:58 GMT

I hope this will be useful to you and anyone else interested :

Neurofibromatosis 1 (Recklinghausen Disease) and
Neurofibromatosis 2 (Bilateral acoustic Neurofibromatosis)

(NIH update)
Annals of Internal Medicine 1990;113:39 -  52

Recent developments in the diagnosis and management of neurofibromatosis

Huson

Archives of Disease in Childhood 1989; 64, 745 - 749

The first article provides a good overview of the condition and is
fairly in-depth about what is currently known. Additionally, the 2nd
article mentions multi-disciplinary clinics in NF. This is not a fatal
condition and is not a crippling diease in all patients. Hope this
helps.

gervais

Xref: sparky sci.med:20718 sci.med.occupational:138 news.answers:3907
From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Those darn antihistamine/decongestants
Date: 13 Nov 92 03:38:29 GMT
Article-I.D.: spdcc.1992Nov13.033829.28030
Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA

In article <12NOV92.16335461@alcvax.pfc.mit.edu> mrl@alcvax.pfc.mit.edu writes:
>My wife also uses Seldane for allergy attacks.  However, she also has been
>using Vitamin C AND an equal amount of bioflivanoids, and that has greatly
>reduced her allergy symptoms so she no longer gets allergy shots.Lately, I've
>been hearing that the bioflivanoid Quercitin is supposed to be extremely good
>for allergies and asthma.  You can buy that seperately at health food stores.

Bioflavonoids.  They make a good placebo, I guess.

-- 
Steve Dyer
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
Xref: sparky sci.med:20820 soc.veterans:1269
From: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med,soc.veterans
Subject: Re: post-Vietnam mental illness and suicide
Date: 11 Nov 92 14:56:07 GMT
Reply-To: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Followup-To: sci.med
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh Computer Science

In article <Bx7GD0.4rJ@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk> jack@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin) writes:
>
>I've heard the more-than-50,000-suicides figure many times but have no idea
>how it was arrived at or what exactly it means.  One confusing factor:
>unlike WW2 soldiers, US soldiers in Vietnam were disproportionately
>working-class, and working-class people have higher rates of every major
>illness, including mental ones.  But the rest of Mark and Ruth's postings
>make sense.

Last week I heard a report (I think it was NPR, but maybe I read it
in Time) that contradicted the notion that there was a disproportion
among the classes in Vietnam troops and casualties.  In fact, those
coming from the top quartile in family income suffered more casualties,
due to the fact that most of their sons were either pilots or leuitenants
which groups had the highest rates of casualties among the military of
that war.  

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Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Inoculation aggro
From: RGINZBERG@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Ruth Ginzberg)
Date: 13 Nov 92 07:28:54 EDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Philosophy Dept., Wesleyan University
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In <2199@snap> paj@uk.co.gec-mrc writes:

> A more interesting problem is as follows:

 [interesting problem about maximizing one's outcome given certain
probabilities]

<*heh,heh*>  This was about the best version of the game-theoretic puzzle, known
to philosophers as the Prisoners' Dilemma, as I've ever seen!  I think I'll use
it in for my intro ethics classes...

BTW, the usual point of such examples is exactly to point out the differences
in strategies when one takes one's desired outcome to be "maximizing OUR
chances for survival" rather than "maximizing MY chances for survival".

Interesting, huh?

------------------------
Ruth Ginzberg <rginzberg@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Philosophy Department;Wesleyan University;USA
Newsgroups: sci.med,sci.med.nutrition
From: drand@spinner.osf.org (Douglas S. Rand)
Subject: Re: Eating spoiled food reduces lifetime?
Organization: Open Software Foundation
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 19:34:20 GMT

In article <BxnuDI.32M@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk>, jack@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin) writes:
|> 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.

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
is my understanding.  I prefer olive oil myself (and we can eat
the fruit too).

-- 
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Xref: sparky sci.med:20934 misc.kids:28398
From: vrs0@bunny.gte.com (V. Stern)
Newsgroups: sci.med,misc.kids
Subject: Mono in small children
Date: 12 Nov 92 13:52:57 GMT
Followup-To: sci.med
Distribution: usa
Organization: GTEL

I was just informed this morning that one of the little girls in my son's 
home daycare has mono.  I don't have a lot of details, but I do know that 
they thought she had a cold for awhile and she kept getting sicker until 
they finally diagnosed the mono a few days ago.  Obviously, my sone, who 
is almost 2, has had contact with this child.  I have no way of knowing 
how close contact they have - whether she hugs or kisses him, etc.  He has 
had a cold and cough, but nothing out of the ordinary.

I am trying to determine how worried I should be about this.  I am 
concerned at this point.  The little girl is obviously not now coming to 
daycare, and what's done is done.  Should I  be overly concerned?  How 
contagious is mono and what should I be on the alert for?  What is the 
typical treatment and how long does it take to get over.  The little girl 
is on antibiotics to combat any side infections, but, since mono is a 
virus, I assume nothing can be done to treat it.

Please e-mail replies, if possible.

Thank you.

Vanessa R. Stern
vrs0@bunny.gte.com
From: garyn@hprpcd.rose.hp.com (Gary Nichols)
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1992 16:58:04 GMT
Subject: disposable contacts
Organization: HP Roseville Site
Newsgroups: sci.med



Say.... anybody know a mail-order source for disposable contact lenses?

I use 'em. They work great! They're expensive!


Gary (My prescription hasn't changed for five years) Nichols
garyn@hprpcd.rose.hp.com
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: kja@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (krista.j.anderson)
Subject: Re: Those darn antihistamine/decongestants
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 20:35:10 GMT

In article <jac1.721411275@Isis.MsState.Edu>, jac1@ra.msstate.edu (Jennifer Cox) writes:
> 
> 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.

In addition to the suggestions given by others, another thing to
try might be to take half the dosage.
-- 
Krista Anderson
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Newsgroups: sci.med
From: n3022@cray.com (Jim Knoll)
Subject: Pos/Neg Benefits of CO2 in pop (soda)
Keywords: pop
Reply-To: n3022@cray.com
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 13 Nov 92 12:01:02 CST

I am wondering if there are any positive or negative effects of having carbon
dioxide in pop or soda.  Specifically, it seems that if the body gives off CO2
when we exhale, it makes sense that to drink carbonated beverages with
CO2 could be less than beneficial to the human body.

In place of the CO2, I am wondering if putting oxygen into the pop would
be better for the body as it could maybe use the O2 in a beneficial way.

I'm sure it is cheaper and probably safer to inject CO2 into the pop as
opposed to O2, but O2 might be better for us.

Yes, part of my interest in seeing if O2 in pop is beneficial is as a result
of seeing the Oxygen Cocktail informercial on TV.  For those who have
not seen this informercial, they say that the (I think) Soviets had greater
strength/indurance at the last Olympics because of drinking these
Oxygen Cocktails.  The Cocktails involve oxygenating a special protein 
drink with a canaster of compressed oxygen.

What do you experts out there say?
Is there anything to this Oxygen Cocktail?
Will pop (soda) bottlers come into millions in the 1990s by marketing
new products with oxygen replacing carbon dioxide?

Jim Knoll



Newsgroups: sci.med
From: lindae@netcom.com
Subject: Arms & Legs "Falling Asleep" 
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 06:13:36 GMT



For the past several years, I have noticed a problem that seems to 
come sporadically, for weeks or months at a time and then goes away for
many months.  When it happens, here's what I experience.

I'll wake up in the middle of the night, finding one or more of my
limbs are asleep.  Usually it's just one arm or one leg, but often
it will be both arms or both legs.

It seems that this happens for a period of weeks or months and then
doesn't happen again for many months.  I've tried to pay attention
when I wake up to see if I've been laying on my arm in a funny way
or sleeping in a strange position.  Although that is sometimes the
case, it usually is not.  most of the time, it seems that I'm 
sleeping in quite a normal position and my arms or legs just fall
asleep for no apparent reason.

My question is, does this happen to anyone else and is it cause
for any concern?  I'm also curious as to why this wakes me up.

It doesn't happen very often during the day unless I'm sitting on
my leg or leaning back on my arm in an awkard position.  It's mostly
a nighttime problem.

Any insight would be appreciated.
Thanks,
lindae@netcom.com


Newsgroups: sci.med
From: yazz@locus.com (Bob Yazz)
Subject: Re: Seasonal Affective Disorder - Light Treatments
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 01:55:50 GMT

Yes, there are some people whose Seasonal Affective Disorder causes
them to be depressed in the Summer and not the Winter, or at other
particular times of the year.

== Bob Yazz ==
-- 

Welcome to Sci.med -- where-school-of-thought bashing is as old as
sickness itself.
From: mazur@inmet.camb.inmet.com (Beth Mazur)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: depo provera LONG
Date: 5 Nov 92 19:01:51 GMT
Organization: Intermetrics Inc, Cambridge MA

The original poster thought she was prescribed depo provera "unofficially"
because she heard that the FDA had just approved the drug.  I'm a bit 
surprised that someone who "knows" (hey Steve!) hasn't responded, but here 
is my two cents.  I vaguely recall that the announcement last week was not
that the FDA had approved the drug, but that they were issuing warnings
about potential side-effects (which I assumed meant the drug had already
been approved for contraceptive purposes).  However, this is just my 
recollection based on a news blurb on the radio.  I wasn't paying attention, 
so I may be wrong :-).

Beth Mazur                   "...life is more than a vision.  The sweetest
mazur@inmet.inmet.com         part is acting after making a decision."
...!uunet!inmet!mazur                                  -- The Indigo Girls
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: kamus@lorika.b8.ingr.com (Lori Kamus)
Subject: Re: Transdermal Nicotine Patches/Dreams!
Reply-To: kamus@lorika.b8.ingr.com
Organization: Intergraph Corporation
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 15:59:00 GMT

> Rick Hoffman at rghoff@bb1t.monsanto.com said:
>
> Just wanted to post an interesting experience I've been having with
> my Habatrol Nictotine patches.
     [...]
> We're talking the most increadable/real/vivid/detail/etc dreams I've
> ever had.
     [...]
> I suppose when people say they are having out of body experiences, it's
> dreams like these.
     [...]
> (But I'm doing excellent on them, not one smoke since I started
> three weeks ago - I'm going to make it this time).

Here's some completely anecdotal information that wasn't available
to me when I quit (no one I knew had tried the patches):

During the first three weeks that I used transdermal nicotine patches, 
my dreams were so vivid that I woke up exhausted every morning from the
physical exertion required by the "adventure movies"!

The test sample results printed in the advertisements for the patches 
(I'd saved one torn from a magazine, since it had _all_ the fine print)
stated that...uhhh...can't remember now if it was 1-2% or 2-4%...of 
test subjects reported "abnormal dreams". Despite this number, I 
decided I'd blame my dreams on the patches, too. ;-)

In my small sample (six people who tried patches after I did), 100% 
reported the same incredibly intense dreams you just described. Four said
it lasted about two weeks; one said it passed in a week. I think the
duration is possibly related to body weight: the one-week guy was
pretty heavy, and I weighed 97 pounds. _Then_.

Patches contain a fixed dosage of nicotine, so it made sense to
me that I had slightly more acute "side effects" than others. For 
example, I could taste the nicotine within 10 minutes of putting on a
fresh patch, and was very slightly nauseous for the first two days I
used them. I also had a definite increase in perceived body temperature --
I no longer needed extra blankets at night in summer. Chalked that up
to improved circulation, knowing nicotine has a vasoconstrictor effect
sometimes.

It was definitely worth it! I've been smoke-free for almost eight
months now. Good luck with your effort -- if it helps, there are
actually days that I _don't_ think of cigarettes at all. ;-)

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Newsgroups: sci.med,sci.med.nutrition
From: noring@netcom.com (Jon Noring)
Subject: Where to Buy Nutritional Supplements at Low Prices
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 23:28:52 GMT

Hello,

For treatment of allergy, I've found that a combination of several
nutritional supplements has worked quite well in addition to my
desensitization program.  The two primary nutrients in the program are
calcium gluconate and methionene (an essential amino acid).

They are expensive, however (especially the methionene).  I'd like to find
a mail order place where I can purchase them at reasonable prices (I live
in the Bay Area of California, so if you know of any local stores that sell
at below retail, I'd like to know that, too).

Thanks.

Jon Noring

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Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: sores in the mouth
From: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Date: 12 Nov 92 19:05:21 GMT
Reply-To: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh Computer Science

In article <1992Nov5.021634.2144@cnsvax.uwec.edu> nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye) writes:
>In article <40494@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>, wsun@jeeves.ucsd.edu (Fiberman) writes:
>> My question is this.  What is the pathological agent for these
>> sores and is there a way to prevent them from forming in my
>> mouth in the first place.
>
>Those are most likely herpetic vessicles (are they initially fluid-
>filled bumps that rupture and leave a little crater?), caused by
>the herpes simplex virus.  I believe acyclovir is helpful for these
>but I doubt you could talk someone into prescribing this to be taken
>prophylactically.
>

Dave, we're both out of our specialties here, but I've investigated
this (due to the fact that I get these little buggers) and most
apthous stomatitis is not Herpetic.  The Herpes lesions are almost
always found outside the of the mouth on the lips.  The ones on the
inside of the cheeks and gums are far more common and are not herpetic.
The exact cause is not known.  They may be viral.  Stress and trauma
precipitates them.  I've tried cauterizing them chemically and
using Gly-oxide (peroxide in glycerine) but those methods are
almost worse the than the ulcers.  Fortunateley they seem to get
less prominent with age.
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Newsgroups: sci.med
From: TXK025@maccvm.corp.mot.com (Eddie Chandler)
Subject: Abdominal pains & frequent re-occurrence of loose bowel movements
Organization: Motorola
Date: 5 Nov 1992 08:36:37 CST

After having read various topics on this usergroup,
I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on
some repetitive problems that I have.

These being :
a) Discomfort, tightness & throbbing in the lower-left
   hand-side of the abdomen;

b) Repetitive (but intermittent) loose bowel movements
   (sometime of what would appear to be *very* undigested
    food)

c) Intermittent cloudiness of urine (especially late @ night)

I have had this problem for nearly 2 years now, and, after
*repeatedly* going to see my ex-doctor, I was referred to
a consultant who asked me about my diet,
(which is reasonably balanced - LOTS of fibre, average amounts
 of fruit), and got me to make a list of what I ate over the next
six weeks - and what effects the food had.
Well, I ate things like chicken Kiev, chilli, curry
- as normal - and noted that it didn't 'upset' my stomach/guts
whatsoever.
I went back to the consultant and showed him my notes and was
booked in to have a sigmoidoscopy - most enjoyable I DON'T THINK!!!
The doctor who examined me during this process, told me after that
he couldn't see/find anything wrong and that at least some of it
could be due to stress/anxiety.

Since then - one year ago - I have still recurrences, and was
given recently a course of Propranolol (Half-Inderal LA)
and was told that this was supposed to help someone with
Irritable Bowel Syndrome - but this hasn't had any real effect.

With regards to the cloudy urine, I have donated a number of
specimens to the MicroBiology department,
I may have named the wrong one here, but they have not found
anything wrong.

The net result of all of this is that I am still experiencing
these problems - as well as another unfortunate development
of piles due to the loose movements
(which for a 25yr old male bisexual is even harder to cope with)
- oh, and sleepness nights due to reading/hearing of people
who have had similar problems end up having a colostomy
or ileostomy.

If anyone can shed some light on this - or maybe a cure?
- please e-mail me, as I would be VERY GREATFUL for some help.

Thanks in anticipation,
Eddie Chandler.
Organization: Psychology, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA