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Subject: Finding a medical school with an accelerated curriculum
From: jr@ece.arizona.edu (Jerzy Rozenblit)
Date: 27 Jan 93 11:26:10 MST
Distribution: usa,local
Organization: U of Arizona Electrical and Computer Engineering


I am looking for information about medical schools 
which offer an accelerated program leading to the MD degree for 
someone with a PhD in Computer Science.

Any leads will be much appreciated.       
Please reply to   jr@ece.arizona.edu (internet) 

Thanks!


Jerzy Rozenblit
tel. (602) 621-6177
fax. (602) 621-8076
e-mail: jr@ece.arizona.edu
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Subject: more on Depression...
From: RGINZBERG@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Ruth Ginzberg)
Date: 24 Jan 93 15:45:26 EDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Philosophy Dept., Wesleyan University
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Re. the question of primary care physicians & diagnoses of Depression:

Wasn't it only fairly recently that psychiatrists stopped tying themselves into
knots trying to distinguish "exogenous" depression from "endogenous"
depression?  It seems to me that a compromise position has evolved ("the two
aren't distinct;  that distinction doesn't make sense;  there are physiologic
changes that occur in every depression, regardless of what precipitated it;
etc., etc., etc.").  But before such a compromise position evolved (which, as I
recall, seems pretty recent), one of the major diagnostic tasks of the
psychiatrist was taken to be determining whether the depression was of
bio-chemical or of situational origin (where treatment would be different in
each of these two cases).  Now, given how complicated this differential
diagnosis was, I can see quite easily WHY primary care physicians were
reluctant to diagnose depression.  But since this isn't thought to be a major
distinction any more, it seems as though a major barrier to making this
diagnosis has been removed.  (Wasn't this the acheivement of DSM-III/1980?)

For those interested, I will post DSM-III Diagnostic criteria for Major
Depression in a separate post, so those un-interested in it can 'n' past it.

------------------------
Ruth Ginzberg <rginzberg@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Philosophy Department;Wesleyan University;USA
From: lynn@elan.Elan.COM (Lynn Gazis)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Alzheimer's (sp?) in
Date: 20 Jan 93 00:24:05 GMT
Reply-To: lynn@elan (Lynn Gazis)
Organization: Elan Computer Group, Inc., Mountain View, CA

Ron Roth writes: 

> Normalizing the chemistry of patients in the BEGINNING stage of the
> disease was totally able to halt its progression, with no further
> recurrence perceptible within a span of several years.

How is this done?

Lynn Gazis-Sax
From: Simon.N.McRae@dartmouth.edu (Simon N McRae)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Thyroid info needed
Date: 22 Jan 93 00:59:15 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
X-Posted-From: InterNews1.0b3@newshost.dartmouth.edu

In article <1993Jan14.173149.20985@news.weeg.uiowa.edu>
broy@vaxa.weeg.uiowa.edu (Barbara Roy) writes:

> I have been experiencing extreme fatigue, irritability, weight gain, and
> depression for many months now and finally decided to get a complete
> physical. My sister is a nurse practitioner in California and told me that
> these symptoms often indicate a low thyroid condition. My thyroid T4
> reading was 7.2 which my doctor insists is well within the "normal range",
> but according to my sister this reading should be closer to 10 and that
> I am really "borderline normal" and might benefit from thyroxin treatment.
> My doctor does not concur. I am looking for personal experiences, articles,
> or physicians who have researched this area who can either support or
> refute the need for thyroid medication with a 7.2 T4 score. My doctor is
> suggesting anti-depressants which I am loath to try if a less drastic
> medication could possibly help me.

When you say "thyroid T4 reading", it's not clear whether you mean
"total T4" or "free T4 index."  The former measures total T4, the
latter measures amount of T4 that is available for use (loosely
speaking).  You could very well be normal in total T4, and depressed in
the more physiologically significant free T4 index.  

Let's assume that the value you gave was for total T4.  Get your free
T4 index checked, and if it is low, in light of your normal TSH level,
ask your doctor about the possibility of TSH or TRH deficiency.  This
is because, if your free T4 really is low, your TSH should be much
elevated.

FYI, the suggested approach to the patient with suspected
hypothyroidism includes the following:
1.  serum T4 level.
2.  free T4 index.
3.  TSH level.
The results of these three tests, along with the patient history of
course, are usually sufficient to get a good idea of the diagnosis.

It appears you may be missing one important piece of information.

Simon.   
Newsgroups: sci.med,talk.politics.medicine
From: gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare)
Subject: Re: Canadian healthcare system
Followup-To: talk.politics.medicine
Reply-To: gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare)
Organization: Deep Space Nine (DS9)
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 00:17:55 GMT

wright@duca.hi.com (David Wright) writes:
>
>(Figures herein are from the article in the September 1992 issue of 
>Consumer Reports.  I suggest that any American who hasn't read that
>article keep his/her trap shut until they do -- it explodes a lot
>of the myths about the Canadian system.)

Actually, some of the stuff in CR is old but as a first order look
at how we do things up north, it's adequate.  If anything, CR puts
too much credit on government when our so-called "system" involves
passive insurance facilitating the doctor-patient relationship, as
you have with real health insurance in the U.S. (my girlfriend gets
it from her dad, a major research exec with a Euro-American pharma-
ceutical firm; it's the closest thing I've seen to what I had in all
four provinces that I've lived in but -- oh! -- all those forms!!).

>>and it does not help defray the development costs, which US care does.
>
>It does?  This is news to me.

It means that if developments at U of Toronto, etc. are not reported
in your local paper, then they don't exist ... (-;

>>For another, one must find a primary care physician, and all else
>>must be referred through that doctor; I believe that changing such
>>is difficult.
>
>Why?  About half of Canadian physicians are family practioners.
>(As opposed to 13% in the US.)

Part of that is due to a tighter market for specialists due to a much
smaller population.  We only have four cities west of the Great Lakes
(Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg -- and only Vancouver has more
than 1 Million people (1.5M)) so market forces will dissuade you if
you can't get enough billings or even enough work to be worthy of
practicing.  CR was as braindead on geography as the propogandists.
Many family practioners have done residencies but can't find enough
business to practice that -- plus, we have the same doctors monopoly
controlling the issue of licences, and that's harder with fewer people.

>>Also, there are other cost-cutting limitations.
>
>Given that medical costs are exploding, what's wrong with limiting
>them?  Just saying "limitations" illustrates nothing and proves nothing.

You're supposed to believe that there is a Big Brother health
bureaucracy like you have in an HMO -- not a couple dozen data
entry droids running through bills from doctors and hospitals.

gld
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Je me souviens ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gary L. Dare
> gld@columbia.EDU 			GO  Winnipeg Jets  GO!!!
> gld@cunixc.BITNET			Selanne + Domi ==> Stanley
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: How do I get a large list of ENT specialists????
From: RGINZBERG@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Ruth Ginzberg)
Date: 23 Jan 93 17:10:14 EDT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Philosophy Dept., Wesleyan University
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In <1js4u9INNp0n@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> starfish@ucscb.UCSC.EDU writes:

> 
> I am intersted in acquiring a large list of ENT specialists. I'd say
> 100 or more. Are there any refereal services that don't charge an arm
> and a leg for such lists? I can't afford large amounts of my to get this.
> 
> Are there any places other than referal services that I can get this
> from? 

Phone Book, Yellow Pages.  If you don't find enough in Santa Cruz, go to the
UCSC library (a lovely place!) & check out the phone books for the Bay Area.


------------------------
Ruth Ginzberg <rginzberg@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Philosophy Department;Wesleyan University;USA
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: szikopou@alfred.carleton.ca (Steven Zikopoulos)
Subject: patriarchy on parade
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 09:12:29 GMT



Here's a message I received today. Please add your support to it and help  
others:


|>From POMONA.CLAREMONT.EDU!JRYCENGA Wed Jan 20 11:52:44 1993
|
|For political activists, or media watchdogs, or just concerned
|women, here's a quick something you can do to help prevent
|and stop domestic violence.
|
|Super Bowl Sunday - which this year is January 31, here in southern
|California at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena - is the single worst day
|for domestic violence in the USA.  There is an increase of as much as 40%  
in the volume handled by domestic violence shelters on this
|day.
|
|To try to stem this tide of violence, the Women's Action Coalition
(WAC) of Los Angeles is supporting the campaign by Fairness and Accuracy  
in Reporting (FAIR) to convince NBC (the network carrying the game) to  
carry two Public Service Announcements on domestic violence during the  
Super Bowl this year.  Anna Quindlen of the New York Times wrote a fine  
editorial in the 1/17/93 edition of the Times supporting this effort as  
well.
|
|What I am asking of you - and all your friends (please PLEASE
cross-post this to _any_ lists you can think of) - is to help us with a  
FAX/LETTER blitz on NBC, asking for these PSA's.  Here is a sample letter:
|
|Dick Ebersol
|President, NBC Sports
|NBC
|30 Rockefeller Plaza
|New York, NY  10112
|
|Dear Mr. Ebersol:
|
|We (I) support FAIR's request that you air two Public Service
Announcements on domestic violence during the Super Bowl game.  The Super  
Bowl is one of the most widely viewed television events of the year; it is  
also the day, according to women's shelters, when calls for help increase  
by as much as 40%.
|
|Your broadcast of the Super Bowl will reach a huge audience.  By your  
airing PSAs, NBC will be bringing to a national audience the critical and  
important issue of domestic violence.
|
|Sincerely,
|
|
|   You can rephrase or rewrite this letter to your liking, but please FAX  
or write them immediately.
|
|To reach NBC by FAX:  212-664-5835.
|
|   Thanks for helping - you may save someone's life, or skeletal
structure, or eyesight.
|
From: flatau@cs.utexas.edu (Arthur Flatau)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Hospital Santa Monica
Date: 23 Jan 1993 15:02:55 -0600
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: im4u.cs.utexas.edu

I have a friend who is interested in the getting information about:
   Hospital Santa Monica
   Old Mexico (Southern California -- Baja).

It is a Holistic/Alternative Care Hospital, run by Dr. Donsbach and
Dr. Asleben.  He would be interested in any information about the
cancer treatments they have.  Also if anyone has been there or knows
of someone who has been there, he would like to talk to them.

Please e-mail me.

Thanks,
Art
flatau@cli.com
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From: brendt@dip1.ee.uct.ac.za (Brendt Wohlberg)
Subject: Stethoscope prices?
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 13:15:24 GMT
Organization: University of Cape Town
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]

I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who has an idea of the US prices of the 
following stethoscopes:

Litman classic 2
Litman cardiology

Thanks,
Brendt

______________________________________
Brendt Wohlberg                       |
Electronic Engineering Department     |
University of Cape Town               |
e-mail: brendt@dip1.ee.uct.ac.za      |
        whlbre01@uctvax.uct.ac.za     |
        bwohlberg@eleceng.uct.ac.za   |
______________________________________|

Newsgroups: sci.med,sci.med.nutrition
From: dannyb@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Danny Bielik)
Subject: Naturopathic/Herbal Medicine SOftware
Organization: Sydney University Computing Service, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 05:00:55 GMT

I would like to know if anyone out there is aware of some software for DOS
that would assist with a Naturopathic practice, from all aspects.

A good example would be Materia Medica databases, herbal medicine databases
etc.

I would appreciate a mailed reply.


Danny Bielik                               dannyb@ucc.su.oz.au
The Right Byte Computer Services           Ph: (02) 552 1499
31 Bay Street, Broadway                    Fax:(02) 660 2047
PO Box 521, Broadway  NSW  2007            THE RIGHT PEOPLE, RIGHT HERE,
AUSTRALIA                                  RIGHT NOW
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From: gpmenos@firestone.Princeton.EDU (Gerard Philippe Menos)
Subject: SUBJECTS NEEDED FOR PSYCH. STUDY
Originator: news@nimaster
Reply-To: gpmenos@firestone.Princeton.EDU (Gerard Philippe Menos)
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:56:08 GMT

I am posting the following announcement for my sister.  She is looking  
for subjects, primarily in the New York City area (the closer to  
Manhattan, the better) or in the vicinty of Princeton, NJ, to  
participate as subjects in a study on the psychology of the postpartum  
period.

At this point, my sister is in greatest need of subjects for the  
control group --females between 18 to 40 years of age, with no  
children, who are not presently pregnant.  If you can participate or  
if you know people who can participate, please read on.  The telephone  
nunber to call is listed below.

Thanks,
Phil Menos

--------------------------------------------------------------
                      SUBJECTS NEEDED

I AM A Ph.D. CANDIDATE IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, CONDUCTING A
STUDY OF THE POSTPARTUM PERIOD, A LONG NEGLECTED AREA OF
RESEARCH.

                IF YOU ARE 18-40, FEMALE AND

O    EITHER RECENTLY GAVE BIRTH TO A CHILD (WITHIN THE LAST
     NINE MONTHS)

O    OR DO NOT HAVE CHILDREN AND ARE NOT CURRENTLY PREGNANT,

YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A STUDY THAT WILL TAKE 15
MINUTES OF YOUR TlME WITH ME.  AFTER THIS BRIEF MEETING, YOU
WILL BE GIVEN A PACKET OF PSYCHOLOGICAL INVENTORIES THAT WILL
TAKE 40 MINUTES TO 1 1/2 HOURS TO COMPLETE (DEPENDING ON
WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO DO THE ABBREVIATED VERSION OR NOT), AT
YOUR LEISURE.  THE PACKET WILL BE SELF-ADDRESSED AND STAMPED.
WHEN YOU ARE DONE, JUST PUT IT INTO THE MAILBOX.

AFTER THE REBULTS HAVE BEEN ANALYZED, IF YOU WISH, I WILL
CALL YOU TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT
THE 5TUDY AND TO GIVE YOU FEEDBACK REGARDING YDUR TYPICAL
MODES OF FUNCTIONING ALONG VARIOUS DIMENSIONS OF PERSONALITY,
YOUR TYPICAL SHIFTS IN PERSONALITY ORGANIZATION UNDER STRESS,
YOUR PERSONAL STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES AND OTHER PATTERNS OF
PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING SUGGESTED BY YOUR RESPONSES.

THE STUDY IS BEING CONDUCTED ALONG AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL
ASSOCIATION RESEARCH GUIDELINES.  ALL DATA IS STRICTLY
CONFIDENTIAL.  YOU WILL BE IDENTIFIED WITH A CODE NUMBER.
INFORMATION LINKING YOU WITH THIS CODE NUMBER WILL BE
DESTROYED ONCE WE HAVE HAD OUR TELEPHONE FEEDBACK SESSION.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING OR GETTING MORE
INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL:

                           Micka
                        (212) 666-2174.

              PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO A FRIEND.

                        THANK YOU.

--------------------------------------------------------------
-- 
-------------------------------------------------------------
G. Philippe Menos [gpmenos@firestone.princeton.edu]
Systems Administrator,   Princeton University Libraries
voice:  609-258-5183     fax:  609-258-5571
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From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
Subject: Re: DES vs. Dexatrim
Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:18:41 GMT

Well, PPA is commonly used to treat urinary incontinence in some
adults, usually women.  Ornade "spansules", PPA+chlorpheniramine
(an antihistamine), has been used also; both the adrenergic PPA
and the anticholinergic antihistamine reduce the tone of the bladder,
making it less able to contract.  I'd imagine one reason Dexatrim is so
"dangerous" in dogs is that its dose is for a 50kg human being.
-- 
Steve Dyer
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: res4w@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (Robert E. Schmieg)
Subject: Re: Help , cancer treatment
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:47:10 GMT

One center would be M.D. Anderson Cancer Center of the
University of Texas in Houston, Texas.  Dr. Jack A. Roth,
M.D., one of their prominent surgeons and researchers, was 
a speaker at last year's Society of Surgical
Oncologists, where he spoke about "Molecular Surgery for
Cancer", with particular emphasis on lung cancers.  

For other centers with experimental protocols, you could
contact the Society of Surgical Oncology at:
	13 Elm Street
	Manchester, MA 01944
	(508) 526-8330
	(508) 526-4018

The clinical stage of your relative's cancer, along with the
histological type of tumor and the extent of spread, would be
information you need to have up front.  This info will help
them decide whether your relative meets criteria for any of
the current protocols.  Good luck with all of this.
From: green@island.COM (Robert Greenstein)
Subject: Re: Getting the hustle  (was: Reynaud's Syndrome)
Organization: Strawman Incorporated
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 21:45:16 GMT

In article <18231@pitt.UUCP> geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks) writes:

>If the heart bypass, etc. were frauds, would that make it OK to do
>more fraud in the form of ginger farms?  There's no question
>that MDs are more sophisticated and able to pull off bigger

No it wouldn't. 
This is a momentous occasion. We actually agree on something.
-- 
******************************************************************************
Robert Greenstein           What the fool cannot learn he laughs at, thinking
green@srilanka.island.com   that by his laughter he shows superiority instead
                            of latent idiocy - M. Corelli
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: mmatusev@radford.vak12ed.edu (Melissa N. Matusevich)
Subject: Eye Glass Frames
Organization: Virginia's Public Education Network (Radford)
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 22:48:23 GMT

Does anyone know why eye glass frames are so expensive? They
are mostly plastic and surely, there's not as much technology
involved as in a calculator which costs $5.00. 

Most eye glass frames now cost well over $100!!! WHY?????


Melissa

---
                     Melissa Matusevich          
                 mmatusev@radford.vak12ed.edu               
               Margaret Beeks Elementary School
                        709 Airport Road
                  Blacksburg, Virginia  24060
                          703 552-5228
From: seanna@bnr.ca (Seanna Watson)
Subject: Re: Supplement program
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 03:35:31 GMT

In article <1993Jan22.033638.917898@locus.com> yazz@locus.com (Bob Yazz) writes:
>
>Nobody should take supplemental iron, unless she or he has been
>diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia.  For one thing, it interacts
>badly with Vitamin C.  There was an aritcle on this interaction in
>the New England Journal of Medicine a few years back.  I know that an
>anti-iron statement can sound like anti-motherhood or anti-apple pie,
>but it isn't good for most people.
>
I am taking supplemental iron to treat iron-deficiency anemia (or rather
to maintain a non-anemic state--I have very heavy menstrual periods).
I would be interested to know more about interactions with vitamin C.
I have read recently that excess iron in the blood increases heart
attack risk, and that iron loss through menstruation is one reason 
women have fewer heart attacks than men.  (I have no intention of 
stopping or decreasing the iron without blood tests and consultation
with my dr, but I am curious about these findings.)

-- 
Seanna Watson   Bell-Northern Research, 
(seanna@bnr.ca) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Opinions, what opinions?  Oh *these* opinions. | Occam's razor split 
No, they're not BNR's, they're mine.           | hairs so well, I bought 
I knew I'd left them somewhere.                | the whole argument.
From: kevinc@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca (Kevin Crocker)
Newsgroups: sci.med.nutrition
Subject: Medication and nutrition (specific question wrt colitis)
Date: 21 Jan 93 06:02:35 GMT

Hi all, this is my first posting to sci.med.nutrition.

I've suffered from ulcerative colitis (entire large intestine) for
almost twenty years.  I was on prednisone and sulfasalazine in the
early phases (for about 5 years) but then gradually reduced my need for
these drugs by changing a variety of thing, most notably my diet. It
took most of 10 years to get the effects of these drugs out of my
system.

About five years ago, I started to notice a significant change in my
dietary habits (I could eat more roughage, fibre, etc). At the time my
colitis was still fairly extensive but my blood chemistry was getting
better and so was my general health. I also started to use Barley Green
(tm).

My health has improved dramatically over the last two years (I've been
drug free for just over 7 years now). I can tolerate just about any
type of food, even hot spicy food. I've just finished going through a
series of GI exams (colonoscopy, lower GI , upper GI, full bloodwork,
full nutrition analysi --[whatever that really means]). The colonoscopy
was startling - although my doc could see evidence that I had had 
ulcerative colitis, it was not obviously present or active. In fact,
the colonoscopy showed that I had three distinct localized ulcers - one
at the terminal ileum, one in the ascending colon and one in the
decending colon. No other pertabations or exasperations either local or
endemic anywhere. The doc was a bit startled as he said he'd never seen
a case of UC that had disappeared (gone into remission yes but not
disappeared).

My doc wants me to go back on sulfasalzine (not asacol as I don't seem
to tolerate it very well) and I'm against going back to drug therapy
again. He claims that without being on this drug therapy my chances for
all kinds of ugly complications rises dramatically and (logaritmically)
quickly as time passes. I'm planning to go back to school (PH.D) in the
US (I'm in Canada) and one of his strongest arguments is that I won't
be admitted as soon as they see the UC on the medical chart.


I'm open to any and all ideas, suggestions, etc.

Kevin

--
Kevin "autark" Crocker (Athabasca University)
kevinc@cs.AthabascaU.CA  -or-  risk@cs.AthabascaU.CA
Newsgroups: sci.med.nutrition
From: tdlg9831@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Tracey Dianne Layng)
Subject: Re: Sugar in the Raw?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:30:58 GMT

raw sugar vs. brown sugar.

I am not sure of the exact difference, but raw sugar and brown sugar are not
the same. They don't look nor taste the same either. The granules of raw sugar
are much larger than white sugar granuales, even larger than salt. They are an
extremely light brown color and, to me, taste pretty much the same as refined
sugar. 

From reading various sources, some raw sugars come from beets or something, but
otherwise it is no healthier or less healthy than regular white sugar.

Tracey
UIUC

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