HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: des@helix.nih.gov (David E. Scheim)
Subject: Re: Treatment for Brain Tumor
Organization: NIH
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 12:34:44 GMT

In article <dcox-161092153645@dcoxmac.nswc.navy.mil> dcox@relay.nswc.navy.mil  (David Cox) writes:

>I am posting this for a friend at work whose husband has
>"glioblastoma," apparently an inoperable form of brain
>tumor. He is undergoing radiation treatment, but the
>prognosis is not good, and, naturally enough, as happens
>when one becomes desparate, she is wondering if there
>are *ANY* other possible treatments that may help save
>her husbands life. 

>This is actually a friend of a friend, I do not know much about
>the situation, and feel a little bad about posting this question
>without more knowledge. However, in the unlikely case that I
>may be able to forward some useful information to this person,
>I ask for any ideas that anyone may have. Thanks in advance.
> 
>David Cox
>dcox@relay.nswc.navy.mil

There is a center in Houston, run by Dr. Burzynski, that has achieved some 
documented cures of brain tumors that are not curable by standard 
therapies.  His antineoplastin therapy is unconventional and its mechanism 
is not well understood, but his medical track record is carefully documented 
and does include several cures of intractable brain tumors.  An NCI-
sponsored clinical trial to evaluate his therapy is now in progress.  There 
has been much discussion of his treatment recently on the CompuServe GO 
CANCER forum.  Two patients in that forum are currently trying the 
therapy -- one with results as yet unknown, and another without any apparent 
result.  One of these patients kept in touch with another brain tumor 
patient who recently had a scan negative for tumor after undertaking the 
therapy.  It appears that there's no good handle on the percentage of good 
results achieved in that clinic, but some cures are achieved, and standard 
therapies offer no hope for most types of inoperable brain malignancies.

If you want to explore this, either check out GO CANCER in CompuServe or 
contact me by EMail and I'll try to find a contact telephone number.  
Understand that I'm only passing on second hand what I've been following, 
and if one were to consider this option, it should be checked out carefully 
along with any other new treatment options that you may learn of.

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From: kja@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (krista.j.anderson)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Thanks to the pros
Date: 15 Oct 92 22:31:58 GMT
Organization: AT&T

Yeah, I want to echo Kay's sentiments.  In my case, I like sci.med
because I'm sometimes shy about asking questions in person and my
physicians always seem so busy with other patients waiting.  On the
net, nobody is obligated to listen or answer, so I don't feel that
I'm being a pest.
So, to Gordon, Ken, Mark, Steve, David, David, other professionals
and some laypeople too, THANKS.
-- 
Krista Anderson, att!ihlpf!krista
From: nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Stomach problems
Date: 15 Oct 92 19:45:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: cnsvax.1992Oct16.014550.1790
Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

In article <1992Oct15.140804.24530@bcars6a8.bnr.ca>, muradia@bcarh1ed.bnr.ca (Rajiv Muradia) writes:
> I seem to be suffering from some stomach problems for a while now. I have seen
> a gastroentologist (sp?) he could not find anything serious (no ulcer). My 
> problem is that I have acidity build up almost all the time, which requires me to take Malox. I have been on Zantac, it helps but I do not want to be dependent on it. Is there anything that can be done? Has anyone else experienced similar
> symptoms?

If you haven't already, give up alcohol, caffeine and smoking and
avoid acidic foods.  Also try to avoid stress as much as possible.
You aren't on any other medications that could cause stomach upset,
are you?
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: Pat.Churchill@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Subject: Re: Sinus Headaches/Migraines
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 23:41:09 GMT

In article <1b1g4aINNt7q@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> an725@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Paul L. Fortman, Jr.) writes:
> 
> In a previous article, geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks) says:
> 
> >In article <1992Oct5.150000.14535@genie.slhs.udel.edu> nancy@genie.slhs.udel.edu (Nancy Lebovitz) writes:
> >>
> >>It's my impression that migraines make people want to hide in dimly
> >>lit, quiet rooms with no other people, whereas sound, light, and
> >>company (within reason) have no effect on sinus headaches. 
> 
> I find this true with minor sinus headaches, but when I get major sinus
> headaches, the ones I call "sinus migraines", then any sound, light, etc,
> bothers me.

I find I am often sensitive to certain aromas and odours when I have a
migraine.  The smell of certain strong perfumes (those really heavy
smelling ones), frying donuts (this smell really nauseates me, though
I can eat the sugared donuts as long as I don't have to smell them
cooking), the scent of jasmine.  In fact I have a theory that having
jasmine in the house gives me a headache.  Totally unscientific, I guess.

-- 
| The floggings will continue until morale improves
| Pat.Churchill@bbs.actrix.gen.nz (Pat Churchill, Wellington, New Zealand)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Thanks to the pros (was CLL/flame wars/don't leave)
Date: 14 Oct 92 13:50:52 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <16945@pitt.UUCP>, km@cs.pitt.edu (Ken Mitchum) writes:
> CLL is a much different disease than what most people think of when they
> hear the word leukemia. It is often discovered as an incidental finding
> from a blood count on an asymptomatic patient. People with CLL typically
> live for years and die of something other than the CLL. It is a disease
> of middle age and the elderly.

This is a great example of the sort of service the professionals on 
this net do for the rest of us.  Information to supplement the initial
information given by an MD, but which you didn't take in adequately
at the time.

Having had some experiences with mis-translating/mis-hearing
information when I was pretty sick or scared, please let me reiterate
that you do all of us a service when you post some basic information
like this and give us pointers on questions to ask, things to read,
people to talk with...

Thanks.

Kay Klier
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: best cure for staph-aureus??
From: timothy@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Tim Bates)
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 08:06:01 GMT
Organization: University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Hi,

I am wondering if anyone has a ggod cure for chronic staph aureus
infection of the scalp hair follicles?

Any suggestions welcome.

tim bates


Newsgroups: sci.med
From: DONAHOE@acsnovell1.uta.edu (Sean Donahoe)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Forwarded message
Date: 12 Oct 1992 13:23:17 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

Forwarded message:
To: donahoe
From:     Sean Donahoe <ACSNOVELL1/DONAHOE>
Date:     12 Oct 92 13:16:48 CST
Subject:
From: DONAHOE@acsnovell1.uta.edu (Sean Donahoe)
Newsgroups: alt.psychoactives
Subject: Zoloft?
Date: 12 Oct 1992 12:52:49 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
Reply-To: donahoe@acsnovell1.uta.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

    I have a friend who was prescribed an anti-depressant (she
thinks), and all that is marked on the prescription bottle, (besides
the doctor's name, dosage, and her name) is the word ZOLOFT.  I have
tried to find this in the 1992 editions of the PDR, Merck's, USAN,
AHFS, and other guides.  There seems to be no entry as either a
product name or generic name.  Also, no phychotropic listings that
are even closely spelled or phonectically close to ZOLOFT.  Anyone
know what this stuff is?  It really alters her mood (makes her horny
as a mink).  Really like some info on contraindications and
interactions.
Sean Donahoe              | The opinions expressed here represent
donahoe@acsnovell1.uta.edu| a portion of the opinions of the UTA
University of TX@Arlington| student body.
--"My farmer died." H. Ross Perot--
From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: cats (was Re: Attention Deficit Disorder Resources)
Date: 7 Oct 92 18:08:14 GMT
Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA

In article <1av584INNfhe@network.ucsd.edu> brian@ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor) writes:
>>	a pill or an antedote.  I mean if you are allergic to cats
>>	do you keep cats and take antihistimines, or get rid of the cats.
>You take antihistimines and keep the cats, obviously.

I'd feel the entire box of antihistamines to the cats and be done with them
once and for all.

>Imagine, a household without cats.  What a dreary place.
>Is such a life worth living?

I have two dear, dear friends whom I stay with when I'm in their
respective cities.  One of them has three cats (actually 2 1/2--one of
them stays under the bed for the entire time I'm around), the other
just has one.  I am resigned to showering or brushing my teeth in a
bathroom in a household where the inhabitants can no longer smell a
ripe cat box.  I am resigned to taking a glass from the cupboard and
rinsing cat hair from it first.  I am resigned to taking my Canadian
antihistamines (ob. sci.med: Claritin--loratadine, great stuff) a day
before, during, and a day after I leave.  I am resigned to rushing over
to the thermostat or ceiling fan switches before someone can turn them
on, causing blast of dander-filled forced air, or starting the fur-laden
fan blades from spinning their dander centrifugally throughout the room.

Perhaps I need some new dear, dear friends.  Agape conquers all, it seems.

-- 
Steve Dyer
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
From: lindae@netcom.com
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: ken mitchum, please don't leave sci.med
Date: 14 Oct 92 19:28:31 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

In article <16943@pitt.UUCP> km@cs.pitt.edu (Ken Mitchum) writes:
>In article <KPC.92Oct10152014@zog.arc.nasa.gov> kpc@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov writes:
>
>>i gain more knowledge per apparent unit of energy expended by you (ken
>>mitchum, steve dyer, et al.)  in your advice- or question-answering
>>modes than in your anti-flake modes.
>
>little factual material that I have posted that a reasonable physician
>would not have already told the patient. It bothers me that people
>have to seek this information from a newsgroup.
>
> -km


That's a very interesting comment, Ken.  You know, I've found that
more and more, patients have to do their own research and that really
disturbs me.  Although I think it's good that patients take some  
responsibility in getting informed (for example, using this newsgroup)
it's also becoming more accepted by physicians that the patient will
do his/her own research.

Just an example... I suffered almost 8 years with disabling vertigo
and balance problems.  I've been to specialists all over the country
and for the most part, I had to do my own research.  I've spent 
many hours in Stanford's medical library and have a collection of
literature that you would not believe.  My own doctor here in
California, a neuro-otologist, refers his patients to ME (a lowly patient)
and tells them that "You should call Linda... she has more information
on this subject than I do!"  This guy is supposed to be a TOP specialist
in this area!!!

Over the past 8 years, I have spoken to many patients all over the
country (patients with vertigo and balance problems) and MOST of them
have found that they get more information doing their own research and taking
that information to their doctor.  I don't think that's the way things
should be.

The medical programs that you hear on the radio are another PERFECT 
example.  Listen to the Dr. Dean Edell show, for example, and you'll
hear people calling in from all over asking questions that their own
doctors haven't answered for them.  

What does all of this mean for the future?  Does it mean that 
patients will be recommended to subscribe to sci.med for answers?
"Check sci.med and call me in the morning."  :-)

Quite a pessimistic thought I think....

lindae@netcom.com
Xref: sparky sci.med:18771 sci.med.nutrition:811
From: bsimon@elvis.stsci.edu (Bernie Simon)
Newsgroups: sci.med,sci.med.nutrition
Subject: Re: Homeopathy
Date: 8 Oct 92 18:27:15 GMT
	<1992Oct5.171627.19783@spdcc.com> <1992Oct6.221857.14985@octel.com>
	<1992Oct7.153026.27491@spdcc.com>
Organization: None. This saves me from writing a disclaimer.

For your information, there are double blind studies which show the
effectiveness of homeopathic treatment. One that I remember was
published in Lancet. Sorry, but I don't have the reference, but I can
get it if anyone is interested. It compared the effectiveness of
homeopathic treatment of rheumatoid arthritis against a placebo. 80%
of those receiving homeopathic treatment reported reduced pain, while
only 20% who took the placebo reported reduced pain. There are also
other clinical studies showing the effectiveness of homeopathy and
microdoses. A good source of information is "Homeopathy: Medicine for
the 21st Century" by Dana Ullman. I can summarize these studies for
the net if there is sufficient interest.
 
--
Bernie Simon	(bsimon@stsci.edu)		poetry, crime, and culture
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: luisg@hadar.fai.com (Luis Galleguillos)
Subject: Re: Med. Fellowships and specialists surplus
Originator: luisg@lugano
Organization: Fujitsu NTS
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 21:42:19 GMT


In article <16929@pitt.UUCP>, geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks) writes
in answer to:
|> In article <Bvs17q.I8x@news.fai.com> luisg@hadar.fai.com (Luis Galleguillos) writes:
|> >
|> >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 
|>
| Did he look for a fellowship in something like geriatrics or
| community medicine, or was he looking for a high-paying specialty
| such as cardiology or plastic surgery?  I think the language
| ability would count for much more in one of the low paying specialities
| that serves poor hispanics.  ALso, you don't need a subspecialty
| to practice.  If he has a license, why not go out and deliver primary
| care to the people who need it?  There is no need for more specialist
| anyhow.
|> 
|> 

Thanks for your reply;

Is primary care a job that he can get at a hospital or does he have to 
start a private practice? What level of salary is considered low paying
in the medical profession?  

On another subject,
what makes you say that there is no need for more specialists? Is this 
because of the ratio of doctors to patients or some other reason? I always
read, for example, that in New York you have to wait hours to be treated
if you arrive to the emergency room. (emergency treatment is an
specialty, I believe)
 
I remember only a few months ago I had to wait 
four hours to be seen by a cardiolgist in Santa Clara 
California, and five years ago I could not get one opthalmologist to see 
me in an aye institute in San Francisco, CA. Were these freak cases
and they should not have happened? 


Luis
luisg@hadar.fai.com
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY SOFTWARE
From: RGINZBERG@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Ruth Ginzberg)
Date: 9 Oct 92 11:51:16 EDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Philosophy Dept., Wesleyan University
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.20In-Reply-To: obrien@hri.com's message of 9 Oct 92 14:20:18 GMTLines: 19

In <7337@bigbird.hri.com.hri.com> obrien@hri.com writes:

> I am looking for a software package that will
> provide me with medical definitions and terms
> used for Medical definitions. 
> 
> Maybe there is an on-line database somewhere on
> the NET where I could obtain definitions of various
> medical terms.

I don't know, but I think Oxford U. Press just started marketing the O.E.D.
(Oxford English Dictionary) on floppy disc for PCs & clones (& will have it
available for Mac's early next year).  I suspect if it hasn't been done already
that there's a good "market slot" for some entrepreneur to do the same w.
online medical & legal dictionaries.

------------------------
Ruth Ginzberg <rginzberg@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Philosophy Department;Wesleyan University;USA
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: kja@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (krista.j.anderson)
Subject: Re: Using the net for Curbside Consults
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 22:52:59 GMT

In article <1992Oct12.091919.335@news.wesleyan.edu>, RGINZBERG@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Ruth Ginzberg) writes:
> The idea of physicians' using the net for curbside consults makes me just a tad
> nervous.  I mean, if my doc consults with someone (formally or informally) I
> HOPE its because either (1) she knows the person professionally & knows that
> this person is knowledgeable, wise, savvy, an expert, etc.; or (2) the person
> she consults with is involved in current research on the subject; or (3) she
> has some other way of ascertaining that she ought to take that particular
> person's opinions, ideas, etc. about the topic seriously.

So that might be a reason for doctors who know one another to do
that kind of consulting by email rather than on the net.
I'm all for that in addition to the net, but hope that at least
some professionals do stay in sci.med as well.
-- 
Krista Anderson, att!ihlpf!krista
From: lee@soda.berkeley.edu (Lee Thompson-Herbert)
Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational
Subject: Re: programming and sitting up straight
Date: 9 Oct 1992 08:30:31 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley, CS Undergraduate Association
NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.berkeley.edu

In article <1b30p1INNlrj@agate.berkeley.edu> dwallach@zonker.cs.berkeley.edu (Dan Wallach) writes:
>
>Curious.  I guess you just shouldn't look down at all, or maybe mix up
>how you do it.  You can hurt yourself by repeating just about *any* motion.
>
Actually, you should just get in the practice of getting up and stretching
occasionally.  It'll help *all* the problems.  While ducking your chin
in will do less damage than throwing your head forward every time you need
to look down, it'll still do damage after a while.  Touch typing is a real
boon.  [Hell, you can get screwed up neck muscles from looking down at a
book, if you do it for hours every day]

>Well, as far as I can tell, there is no consensus opinion on wrist pads or
>support devices.  About all that I can say for a fact: one of the later
>stages of physical/occupational therapy is often weight training, to build
>up all your muscles.  If you've got strong enough arms, you should be just
>fine without any supports, GIVEN PROPER POSTURE, rest breaks, etc..  Chair
>arms are another one of those weird things.  The majority of chair arms
>are all wrong for typing.  Some of the really expensive chairs have
>height-adjustable arms with nice squishy padding.  I personally can't
>stand any hard-plastic or metal chair arms.
>
You're right.  Proper posture works much better than supports.  
When I was talking about chairs, I was actually thinking about the typical
architect's chair, which usually has an adjustable footrest, adjustable
height, adjustable back [both height and tilt] and adjustable arms.
Granted, they're expensive, but after trying to do graphics and paste-up
from a regular chair, I decided it's worth the money.  [My computer desk
is also adjustable.  Advantages of building your own custom furniture]

>Also, you mention "a neutral position" for your wrists.  I hope you realize
>that a truly neutral position would have your thumb significantly higher
>than your pinky -- a handshake is a neutral position!  Remember: wrists
>bend in more than one direction.

The "neutral position" shown in the literature given to me by Kaiser Permanente
refers to the bend of the wrist, not the twist of the forarm.  Radial movement
is a whole nother can of worms.

Suggestion: add a GIF of a *good* illustration from an anatomy book to 
the archive at soda.  It makes constriction points much more obvious if
you can look at where the nerves run in relation to tendons, joints, 
muscles, etc.  I'd offer to draw one, but that currently causes me more
pain than typing. [gotta love pinched nerves :p]


-- 
>>>>____ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>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!"           >>>>
Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational
From: u734120@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au (John Lamp)
Subject: Causes of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 02:21:10 GMT


DOES WORK OR WEIGHT CAUSE CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
------------------------------------------------

In a study of the cause of CTS in industry, median nerve conduction was
measured in both hands of 429 male and female workers in 1984.  In 1989
630 hands of 315 of the same workers were re-studied.  Body mass index
(BMI) was recorded on each occasion.

Obese workers (BMI>30) were 3.5 times and 4.2 times more likely to have
abnormal nerve conduction than slender workers (BMI 21 or less) in the
1984 and 1989 results respectively.

Using stepwise regression analysis to predict the 1989 results from the
1984 data, BMI was the first factor selected.  Not one of the 1984
job-related factors (industry, duration of employment or type of hand use)
was an independent predictor of 1989 nerve conduction abnormality.

Individual characteristics seem more likely than job factors to predispose
to carpal tunnel syndrome.

Nathan P Kensiton RC, Myers LD, Meadewski KD. Obesity as a risk factor for
slowing of sensory conduction of the median nerve in industry. Journal of
Occupational Medicine, 1992; 34(4): 379-383

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
This was reported in the Occupational Health Newsletter, No 283, 1/10/92
and is certainly food for thought.  I would want to know more about
changes in work practices in the organisations surveyed.  Certainly in
Australia, the period 1984 - 1989 has seen massive work reorganisation and
almost total job redesign as a result of technological changes and
economic imperatives.

Cheers
John



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  /      \                 Phone: 002 23 1366 - Fax: 002 34 5685
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From: whs4c@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (William H. Smith)
Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational
Subject: RSI article in Time magazine.
Date: 8 Oct 92 17:46:19 GMT
Article-I.D.: murdoch.1992Oct8.174619.728
Organization: University of Virginia

The October 12 issue of Time magazine has an article on
repetitive stress syndrome with some interesting pictures of
hand exercies, correct posture, and the DataHand keyboard.
Worth a look.
--
			| Bill Smith (whs4c@virginia.edu) 
			| Nuclear Cardiology, University of Virginia