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From: km@speedy.cs.pitt.edu (Ken Mitchum)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Parkinson's/Dementia
Date: 13 Aug 92 13:41:56 GMT
Reply-To: km@cs.pitt.edu (Ken Mitchum)
Organization: Computer Science Dept., University of Pittsburgh

In article <7068.2a89388b@dcatla.uucp> cuegf@dcatla.uucp writes:

>... Maybe it was an overreaction, however, if you meant to say
>ANYONE who worked in a hospital, including doctors, why didn't you
>say ANYONE in the first post? 


Because the original poster said that "a nurse" stated the two
were related (Parksonism & dementia). If the original poster
had used "a doctor" I would reponded with "a doctor."

>
>Also, I have noticed many persons, including yourself, who have 
>responded to other people's posts in a emotional, defensive
>manner (I call them "Rubinsonian" responses- after you know who).
>That's O.K.. That's perfectly acceptable for this network, IMHO.

Not so much defensive as simply being irritated. A lot of the posts
seem to me to be nit-picking, particularly when they are by people
who never post any information themselves. You do not fall into
that category, however.

 -km


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From: vulcan@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (patricia.m.chmiel)
Subject: Are there blood thinners that don't aggravate internal bleeding?
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 14:08:55 GMT

A friend's mother (in Ireland) was recently hospitalized after
having 2 strokes and high blood pressure.  She also has recurring
kidney infections and gout, plus clots in her legs and blockages (?)
in her brain.  Now, she also has internal bleeding;  they discharged
her from the hospital saying "there was nothing they could do for her".
Because of the internal bleeding, the doctors took her off the blood
thinners.  Her doctors don't think she'll live much longer...

Her family (in USA) is concerned that she's not on the blood thinners;
my friend's husband insists that there are blood thinners available that
do not cause/exacerbate internal bleeding.  So, my question is:
is there such a drug and what company makes it?   (I will call the
company to find out if the drug is available in Ireland.)

Many thanks!
Pat Chmiel
AT&T-Bell Labs
Middletown, NJ
From: turpin@cs.utexas.edu (Russell Turpin)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Request for Information: CMV
Date: 18 Aug 1992 12:45:55 -0500
Organization: U Texas Dept of Computer Sciences, Austin TX
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu
Summary: Most people are "CMV survivors".


-*----
In article <Aug.18.10.46.20.1992.20712@pilot.njin.net> birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag) writes:
> Right now, as a 'CMV survivor' I have a good bit more general 
> knowledge of the critter than the average man on the street. ...

I doubt it, because you don't seem to realize that the "average
man on the street" is also a CMV survivor.  Cytomegalovirus is a
virus that *most* people encounter, usually in childhood.  Blood
banks screen for CMV, because it can cause dangerous infections
in infants.  If your blood is CMV positive, it will be transfused
to adults.  If it is CMV negative, it is reserved for infants.
There are probably other groups of patients for whom it is a risk
(immunosuppressed?), but for most people, it is one of the
viruses that they can acquire without even knowing it.  (Some
people will have some symptoms on initial infection.)

The last time I gave blood, I still had "baby's blood," i.e., I
was CMV negative.  Avoiding the CMV virus ranks *very* low on my
list of worries.

Russell
From: mdkline@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Mark D. Kline)
Subject: Don't moderate sci.med
Keywords: moderate sci.med not 
Organization: SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 21:12:33 EDT


It has been suggested that sci.med be moderated.  I oppose the idea;
sci.med works, imho, despite the occasional doctor-bashing and new
age/homeopathic crystals and apricot pits.  I would hate to see sci.med
become the electronic equivalent of the "Ask The Doctor" column in your
local newspaper.  Medical pros on the net can answer the technical
medical questions and nonmedical pros on the net can tell each other
what its like to undergo this or that procedure with or without
amnestic drugs.  Both kinds of exchanges are potentially valuable,
and would be slowed down by moderation.   People are entitled to
opinions, even in the absense of facts or logic to support them.
Such are usually obvious and may provide amusement.  

"If it ain't broke don't fix it."

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From: minkpup@IASTATE.EDU (Lisa E Peterson)
Subject: Question about SWAC test and triglycerides
Reply-To: minkpup@IASTATE.EDU (Lisa E Peterson)
Organization: Iowa State University
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 01:32:11 GMT


I was just double-checking a copy of my medical records to take to my new doctor
and noticed that the triglyceride levels on my SWAC test were a bit high 
(218 compared to usual upper limit of 150) but not enough that it concerned my
doctor.   I was just wondering what the significance of triglyceride levels are
in general. 

At any rate, I'm glad I double checked my records.  They left out a very
important letter from my neurologist who suggested I take valproic acid to
control migraines requiring the blood test in the first place.  Some people's
definition of "complete records" leaves a lot to be desired--grrrr.

Please reply by e-mail--i'm moving and don't have time to sift through the
group

Lisa Peterson
minkpup@iastate.edu


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From: cltsienc@athena.mit.edu (Christine L Tsien)
Subject: Hives??  Or Shingles??
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 04:59:49 GMT


Hi, I need a medical opinion..

  Could anyone tell me more about hives?  

Specifically:
  I've had a cough for the past 10 days; it hasn't been that bad
in general, but sometimes I get into coughing fits (for a minute 
or two).  Last Saturday night, I was taking a nap, and I felt really
itchy.  When I finally got up, I had tons of red bumps and red
patches all over.  (Oh, btw, before this, I've never had hives;
in general, I'm not allergic to anything that I know of, and the
allergy season doesn't affect me to my knowledge.)  I called the
MIT med center and was told that it was probably hives, probably 
from something I ate, and that they should disappear by morning.
So I went to sleep.

  Sunday I woke up itching around 5am b/c I couldn't sleep anymore.
I finally decided to go to the MIT med center when it opened at 8am.
The person there told me it was most definitely hives, an allergic
reaction to either something I ate or something in the air.  We went
thru the stuff I ate and nothing seemed to be the culprit.  She gave
me some benadryl-like pills and said it should help.  I took the pills,
the hives faded away an hour or two later, and I thought "Wow - miracle
pills".  Sunday night, I started feeling itchy; I looked at my body,
and the little bumps were coming back!  An hour or two later, I had
as many bumps and patches and the night before.  I called the med center,
was told that it could be linked to my virus (cough) so could easily
take 7-10 days to get out of my system, and that I shouldn't worry
unless I have difficulty breathing.

  Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday: every morning, the hives have pretty
much faded; every evening, they come back!  

Tonight is Day 5, and this is getting pretty old..  Should I be 
worried?  Should I not be worried?  I mentioned to a friend that 
I had red patches and he said "Maybe you have Shingles."  Is that
possible??  I do volunteer work at a hospital, and two weeks ago,
I was in the vicinity of a Chicken-Pox-exposed patient.  (I had 
Chicken Pox in 4th grade, but I hear one can still get them again..)

What should I do?
Any comments or advice would be greatly appreciated --

Please email me:  cltsienc@athena.mit.edu
  
Thanks!  
  Chris

  

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From: edremy@leland.Stanford.EDU (eric remy)
Subject: DU Ammo (Was: Phalanx Ammo)
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 20:42:53 GMT


From edremy@leland.Stanford.EDU (eric remy)




From edremy@leland.Stanford.EDU (eric remy)

In article <1992Jul29.130937.23116@lawday.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> billb@is.rice.edu (William Stenson Blackwell) writes:
>
>  Tanks, in general, AREN'T big du users.  The APDS rounds do have a
>tungsten (osmium ?) core.  I believe this is do more to the
>metallurgical properties of tungsten (easier to work with in a big
>dart), rather than as a slight against du.  (Again, same disclaimer as
>before, I'm at my terminal, not in the library cuddled up to Jane's).
 

Should'a checked the Janes... :^) All modern US sabot (KE-kill) tank
rounds are DU.  (I think from the M792 on, although I don't have my
17-12 (Who's going to correct me?) (Previous rounds used tungsten))
Has both the advantage of high density and it is pyrophoric (sp?)
-i.e., burns under pressure.  Thus, DU rounds have the additional
advantage of throwing burning chips of metal around the inside of the
target.  The big negative to DU is the difficulty of working a very
hard metal which has this tendency to burn....  I've heard rumors
that the new ammo for the Phalanx will be tungsten just for this reason.

Another, somewhat more somber advantage: since DU is slightly radioactive,
it's easy to determine if a US vehicle killed a given target: this is
one of the reasons why fratricide cases in Desert Storm are so well
documented.
 -- 
 
 Bill Blackwell             P H P <==me!   "A just request is to be met

 


-- 
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                        -1/2\nabla^2\psi_{T-72}

Newsgroups: sci.military
From: chuck@novus.com (Chuck Stern)
Subject: The Rosenbergs
Organization: NCR Corporation - Law Department
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 20:26:27 GMT


From chuck@novus.com (Chuck Stern)




From chuck@novus.com (Chuck Stern)


jac54@cas.org Posted:
>
>>[Original poster's name deleted; sorry!]
>>>
>>>I am under the impression that execution of spies generally only occurs in
>>>war.  (After all, no one is dying.)  During peace, opposing parties generally
>>>trade captured spies.
>>[deletions]
>>Some exceptions do exist:
>>(1) Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in 1953[?4?]
>>(2) Switzerland executed some spies during WWII (during which it was neutral)
>
>The Rosenbergs were unfortunate enough to be nailed at the height
>of the Red Terror and were made an example of.  Since then the
>Soviets in particular have been punctilious about trying to get
>anybody valuable out alive.  It's a very important incentive.
>
>Alec Chambers.

Not to quibble about the Soviets, but did I not read recently that the 
Rosenbergs, although card-carrying members, were NOT guilty of the charges 
against them, and that a German scientist named Fuchs, who was also a member
of the Communist party, set them up?  I believe this came out of some 
declassified KGB archives.

Chuck Stern
chuck@novusinc.novus.com
	


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From: merlin@neuro.usc.edu (merlin)
Subject: Re: making a radar decoy
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 20:07:42 GMT


From merlin@neuro.usc.edu (merlin)

>Would anyone care to comment on what will "fool" a radar?  Will
>papermache covered with aluminum foil pass as a real truck or plane?
>If not, what kind of reflective surface would be needed? ( I am
>assuming the size and shape of the decoy are exactly the same 
>as the real thing.)  Thanks.

When I was a child (back in the early '60's) we used to use old dry
cleaner's bags as hot air balloons and float lightweight aluminum
foil corner reflectors (go take a look at the design on oceangoing
sailboats in the harbor for a good design) off the end of Miramar's
runway.  While we could never get these objects to move very fast--
these slow moving faintly glowing objects certainly did generate a
lot of activity as reported by other kid's dads who worked on base.

As far as we could tell they never correctly identified these brief 
appearing highly radar reflective slow moving faint glowing targets.
Of course, I don't think anyone would be encouraged to try this kind
stunt today -- we did it mostly during really quiet weeks on base.
From: th2_oate@csd.brispoly.ac.uk (Tom Oates)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: TNT equivalent of Semtex
Date: 20 Aug 92 16:45:43 GMT
Organization: Bristol Polytechnic, England


From th2_oate@csd.brispoly.ac.uk (Tom Oates)

Semtex is a Czechoslovak explosive. Semtex is manufactured at a town 
called Semtin - hence the name. In fact there are several types of Semtex and
they're used for demolition etc. The one which the media trumpets about is 
a plastic explosive called Semtex H. For those who haven't seen it, Semtex H 
is light red in colour. It is not RDX based - the main component is PETN with
a plasticiser.

Semtex isn't radically worse/better than C4, it's just that Semtex grabs
the headlines because Irish and Arab terrorists use it to murder civilians
eg. the 747 over Lockerbie. That's much more newsworthy than a group
of US soldiers destroying captured Iraqi ammo stocks in Kuwait...

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From: barroux@licancabur.Corp.Sun.COM (Juan Carlos Barroux - CS Eng. - Latin America)
Subject: Re: depleted uranium
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 20:29:22 GMT


From barroux@licancabur.Corp.Sun.COM (Juan Carlos Barroux - CS Eng. - Latin America)




From barroux@licancabur.Corp.Sun.COM (Juan Carlos Barroux - CS Eng. - Latin America)

In article 22798@lawday.DaytonOH.NCR.COM, billb@is.rice.edu (William Stenson Blackwell) writes:
>
>
>1. Modern land tactics prescribe speed over "hitting" power.  The way our forces (U.S.)
>  are set up, they aren't equipped to handle a *long* war.  Only a short (>1 year [?])
>  one.

  Interesting to note that in 1914 the French and German armies did
really believe that with the power of "modern" weapons a long war was
imposible.

  I think this is dangerous mentality and that DS was not a good example
in this direction.

  We should design two kinds of weapons: 

  A) The most effectives ones but expensive and difficult to build, and

  B) The cheap ones and not so effective but easy to build in quantities,
     in case of a long war. Remember the 80-20 rule.

  Speaking for himself,

  Juan Carlos

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From: Charles.K.Scott@dartmouth.edu (Charles K. Scott)
Subject: Re: Good books on Jet age air combat
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 18:39:22 GMT


From Charles.K.Scott@dartmouth.edu (Charles K. Scott)

In article <Bsw0yK.J@lawday.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
asp+@pitt.edu (Anandeep Pannu) writes:

> I am looking for some good books on air combat in the jet age preferably 
> post Korean War. I am collecting them while I am in the US because good
> books like these are hard to come by back home in India. 

You might like this one, I did:

 Author: Nordeen, Lon O., 1953-
    Title: Air warfare in the missile age / Lon O. Nordeen.
  Imprint: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1985.

Corky Scott

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From: orpheus@reed.edu (P. Hawthorne)
Subject: Re: The Rosenbergs
Organization: Reed College, Portland, OR
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 12:39:50 GMT


From orpheus@reed.edu (P. Hawthorne)

  chuck@novus.com (Chuck Stern) purports:
: Not to quibble about the Soviets, but did I not read recently that the
: Rosenbergs, although card-carrying members, were NOT guilty of the charges
: against them, and that a German scientist named Fuchs, who was also a
: member of the Communist party, set them up?  I believe this came out of
: some declassified KGB archives.

  Gorbachev has said that Stalin thanked the Rosenbergs personally in his
private diary. They were guilty as sin, there is no doubt of that.
  The mind reels at the consequences, past and future, of their treachery.
If only there had been enough time to outlaw nukes and those countries
that would make them! 
  They let the cat out of the bag, and may have damned us all in the doing.
If there was ever justice in execution, it was in theirs.

  Theus (orpheus@reed.edu)


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From: grayt@Software.Mitel.COM (Tom Gray)
Subject: Origin of Strategic Orders
Organization: Mitel. Kanata (Ontario). Canada.
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 20:42:20 GMT


From grayt@Software.Mitel.COM (Tom Gray)


From grayt@Software.Mitel.COM (Tom Gray)



General Montogomery is supposed to have given the order:

"The Eighth Army will move in the direction of Tobruk".

Will someone please tell me if he did give this order
and in what context.

As a related question, how are strategic and tactical
plans derived from the strategic concepts of the
supreme commander. If General Montgomery did give the
order quoted above, it would not be physically possible
for him to consider the supply and movement of the
units which would carry out the order. How does a
supreme commander create a system which can translate
his necessarily conceptual orders into detailed 
action plans?

 
-- 
i.sinature
From: Tony.Buckland@mtsg.ubc.ca
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Use of snipers
Date: 19 Aug 92 13:35:54 GMT
Organization: NCR Corporation - Law Department


From Tony.Buckland@mtsg.ubc.ca


From Tony.Buckland@mtsg.ubc.ca

 Regarding the use of snipers in the current conflicts in the former
 Yugoslavia: is this the first time that sniping has formed such an
 important part of ongoing assaults and sieges?  I think of sniping
 as an auxiliary method, employing scarce experts, for keeping the
 opposition harassed and heads-down, but in this case it seems to vie
 with mortar fire as a primary method of inflicting casualties.
 Please, oh please, no political comments. 
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From: ai065@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Thomas Hill)
Subject: Where to buy nightvision goggles?
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 20:36:53 GMT


From ai065@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Thomas Hill)


From ai065@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Thomas Hill)


   Does anybody know anything about nightvision glasses, how much they cost,
and where to buy them. Just how good do they work?
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From: Neil A Kirby <nak@archie.att.com>
Subject: Re: depleted uranium
Organization: AT&T
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 20:21:12 GMT


From Neil A Kirby <nak@archie.att.com>




From Neil A Kirby <nak@archie.att.com>

In article <1992Jul30.123936.16542@lawday.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> rholmes@dhvx20.csudh.edu writes:
>
>From rholmes@dhvx20.csudh.edu
>
>In article <1992Jul28.130025.24034@lawday.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>, arw4@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Aaron R Wininger) writes:
>> 
>> From arw4@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Aaron R Wininger)
>> 
>> Question:what are the advantages to using depleted uranium in ammunition?
>
>Militaries make sabots out of depleted Uranium because it is a very dense 
>substance i.e. it weighs a lot for a given volume. A sabot is the part
>of a tank round that accutually penetrates the enemy tank. Most tank rounds
>are composed of a shell and the sabot. The two seperate after firing 
>thereby giving the sabot a higher velocity.

Nope.  Sabot (french for shoe) is the part that is discarded "discarding
sabot round."  The penetrator is DU or Tungsten.  I surprised this got past
the moderator.

Neil Kirby

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From: CMSgt Mike Bergman <bergman@afnews.pa.af.mil>
Subject: DoD News 08/06/92 (fwd)
Organization: Hq Air Force News Agency/SCC
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 20:33:36 GMT


From CMSgt Mike Bergman <bergman@afnews.pa.af.mil>


From CMSgt Mike Bergman <bergman@afnews.pa.af.mil>


  <<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>><>>
  <<>> Assistant Secretary Of Defense                                    <<>>
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  <<>>    Pentagon, Washington DC       Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat      <<>>
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  <<>>  DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NEWS       9  10  11  12  13  14  15       <<>>
  <<>>                                  16  17  18  19  20  21  22       <<>>
  <<>>  THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1992        23  24  25  26  27  28  29       <<>>
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                                                                      No. 
218-M

MEMORANDUM FOR CORRESPONDENTS                                    
August 5, 1992

     Congress has been notified of a proposed Letter of Offer from the 
Coordi- nation Council for North American Affairs for the purchase of 
207 Standard Missiles (SM-1), containers, spare and repair parts, 
publications, technical and logistics services, and other related 
elements required to provide full program support.  The estimated cost 
is $126 million.

     This sale is consistent with United States law and policy as 
expressed in Public Law 96-8.

     The purchaser will use these items to maintain its current naval 
sur- face-to-air defensive capability and will have no difficulty 
absorbing these items into its armed services.  The sale of this 
equipment and support will not affect the basic military balance in 
the region.

     The prime contractor will be General Dynamics, Air Defense 
Systems Division, Pomona, California.  Implementation of this sale 
will not require the assignment of any additional U.S. Government 
personnel or contractor represen- tatives overseas.

     There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a 
result of this sale.

     The Department of the Navy is responsible for all transactions 
related to this sale.

                                     -END-




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