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Subject: Meniere's Disease
From: Vickie.Stone@p0.f9.n280.z1.fidonet.org (Vickie Stone)
Date: 24 Jul 92 04:30:16 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:280/9.0 - South Of The River , Overland Park KS

My husband has been suffering from Meniere's for the past 4 years.
It doesn't seem to be as severe as some cases we have heard about.
He can feel an episode coming on by a slight pressure buildup in his
ear.  It always seems to be the left ear.  He becomes extremely dizzy.
He says it feels like he is on a cheap merry-go-round ride that won't
stop.  When he gets one of these, he has to lie face down on the floor,
keeping his head completely still.  He gets violently ill.  These
will last anywhere from 1 to 6 hours.  We have been to a specialist
who  took him off the Antivert patch that seemed to help alot.  The
doctor wants him off further medication until we can pinpoint the
exact ear.  He went through a battery of tests but those did not indicate
either right or left ear.  We would like to know if there is anything
that could help this condition.  My husband is becoming very  frustrated
with all the continuing tests.  Thanks for any help out there.
Vickie Stone 
 

 

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From: kfree@fatcity.cts.com (Kenneth Freeman)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Prematurity and Depression Link?
Date: 27 Jul 92 04:05:11 GMT
Organization: Fat City Software, San Diego, California

Is there any correlation between being born too soon and 
a predisposition to depression later in life?

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From: Rick.Ellis@ofa123.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Xanax
X-Sender: newtout 0.01 Jul 13 1992
Date: 28 Jul 92  15:18:41

On <Jul 26 15:18> John Setel O'Donnell writes:

 JSO> The outlook for those taking Xanax or some similar drug for life is
 JSO> poor.  Beyond addiction, the rate of drug-induced problems such as
 JSO> tardive dyskinesia is high.  

Where did you come up with that one?  I've never heard of Xanax causing TD.
From: derion@VAX309.NOSC.MIL (Toni Derion)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: anovulatory cycts
Date: 21 Jul 92 23:23:34 GMT
Reply-To: derion@VAX309.NOSC.MIL
Organization: Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA

Come on!  Someone knowledgeable out there must be willing to
take a shot at my question(s):
1) why do anovulatory cysts form subsequent to stopping
ingestion of oral contraceptives?
2) what is the prognosis regarding fertility; do these things
go away eventually, thus allowing ovulation (and hence, pregnancy)
to occur?
Thanks for any insight!  :-)

TD
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From: bhjelle@vaxine.unm.edu (Brian Hjelle)
Subject: Re: Heredity of RH factor
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 22:36:31 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <1992Jul29.174057.16384@ttinews.tti.com> reid@metis.tti.com (Reid Kneeland) writes:
>I know this is a stupid question, but I know nothing about genetics.
>
>Can parents whose blood types are A+ and B+ have B- children?  Do the
>RH factors for the grandparents make a difference?
>
>Place cite a source if possible.
>
Yes. If (eg) dad is A/O (most common genotype corresponding to
"A" blood type), his child with a B mom can have B and lack A.
If both mom and dad are Rh D (+), and they are both D/-
heterozygotes they can have an Rh (-) child. It is slightly
unusual but completely possible by Mendelian genetics.

Testing the grandparents might be slightly helpful only
if one or more is Rh(-). This would make their Rh(+) offspring
obligate heterozygotes at the D locus. However, exclusively
Rh(+) grandparents would not exclude the possibility that
the parents are Rh D heterozygotes.

You can read up on this in most any textbook of medical
genetics or transfusion medicine.

Brian
From: geb@dsl.pitt.edu (gordon e. banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: "Traditional" Medicine v. Objective Proof
Date: 21 Jul 92 15:35:34 GMT
Organization: Decision Systems Laboratory, Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA.

In article <54479@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes:
>
>What do you think traditional medicine does?  It is not so rash, but
>it is still basically the same.  The chiropractors ignore everything
>but the nerves going through the spine.  The MDs largely ignore any
>nutritional information because they cannot accept that it could be
>an important factor if it is not known.  
>
Baloney!  There are scientific studies being done on nutrition all
the time.  Chiropractors do not base their theories of the spinal
roots on any research or empirical studies, but on the musings of
Palmer.  Until something is *known*, scientific medicine does
remain agnostic (or should) totally the inverse from quacks.  In
nutrition, the quacks maintain that this or that substance has
miraculous healing properties without any empirical evidence.
Science must wait for verification before making any claims.
You have a beef with that?




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From: darragh@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (John Darragh)
Subject: CCFP -- what is the offical title?  <something...> Family Practice??
Organization: U. of Calgary Computer Science
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 20:25:50 GMT

My sister has just received her family practice certification, designated CCFP. 
Does anyone know what CCFP actually stands for?  None of the official
documents she has spells it out.
 
We've guessed what it probably stands for, but would like to know the 
official meaning.
 
Thanks

John			darragh@cpsc.ucalgary.ca
From: ucapb6t@ucl.ac.uk (Mr T Phillips)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: enemas
Summary: "I *thought* it was Barium"
Keywords: enemas, barium
Date: 27 Jul 92 20:30:59 GMT
Organization: Bloomsbury Computing Consortium

From Tim;
        I have been following the Colonic irrigation thread and its offshoot
'Foreign Bodies up Fundamental Orifices' - fascinating ! :-)
There was an old story did the rounds about a person needing a Barium Enema
for a Colonic Radiograph. Because the plaster-room was right next to the
Radiography Suite, it came to pass that the Technician picked up the wrong
tin of white powder, mixed it with the approved amount of water and administered
it per anum. Fortunately the error was discovered immediately and the poor
person was instructed to "S**t as hard as you can, before this stuff sets "

 I know, it seems very unlikely; probably an Urban Myth :-) I agree with
Dr Banks in that maybe an 'alt.med.folklore' or 'alt.med.FOAF'
(FOAF = Friend Of A Friend) is desirable to keep some of the more anecdotal
stuff off 'sci.' Then there's the one about the Vibrator. ;-)

regards
From: amy@vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Amy McNulty)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Problem with some fruit juices and wines
Date: 22 Jul 92 15:27:32 GMT

In article <s1dm4hl.noring@netcom.com> noring@netcom.com (Jon Noring)  
writes:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a curious reaction to some fruit juices and some wines  
(primarily
> white wines).  About five to ten minutes after drinking, I get  
slightly
> nauseous, and the muscles around my shoulders and upper arms get  
stiff
> and very sore (like somebody beat them with a hammer).  This reaction
> lasts about 10 to 15 minutes and then disappears.  I don't recall any
> other symptoms.
> 
> What causes this?  It does not seem to be a protein allergy, since I  
have
> those (pollens, cats, some foods) and the symptoms there are entirely
> different (usually sinus related).

Could this be the symptoms of a sulfite allergy? I don't remember the  
details, but I know I've read that they can be present in wines (and  
maybe some juices, especially grape juices?)....

______________________________________________________________
amy_mcnulty@vos.stratus.com  OR  amy@vineland.pubs.stratus.com
Amy McNulty -- Stratus Computer, Marlboro, MA
Stratus pays me to write, but not to write this!
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: mdkline@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Mark D. Kline)
Subject: Re: Re: Elavil for Migraines?
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 09:01:01 EDT

In article <1992Jul28.102015@IASTATE.EDU> minkpup@IASTATE.EDU (Lisa E Peterson) writes:
>I've taken both Elavil and Pamelor for migraines with no significant effect and
>now I'm being put on Depakote (valproic acid) to control them.  My doctor tells
>me it's usually given to patients with seizures but is also used for migraine
>control.  Does any one out there have any info about it's effectiveness 
>for this and how it works to control headaches?

Depakote is presumed to exert its anticonvulsant activity through the GABA
neurotransmitter system.  GABA (gamma-amino butyric acid) is a small molecule
inhibitory neurotransmitter widespread in mammalian brains.  How depakote
benefits migraine is not at all clear.  Occasionally migraines do improve
with other anticonvulsants (e.g., phenytoin  (Dilantin), carbamazepine 
(Tegretol)).  These medications are not generally considered first line
therapy in migraine.

Depakote can cause liver damage and so sometimes liver monitoring with
blood tests is sometimes a good idea.  The medication is known to be a
teratogen, so pregnancy should be avoided while taking this medication.

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From: ingrid@wubios.wustl.edu (Ingrid Borecki)
Subject: Re: Heredity of RH factor
Organization: Division of Biostatistics, WUMS, St. Louis, MO
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 18:29:05 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.174057.16384@ttinews.tti.com> reid@metis.tti.com (Reid Kneeland) writes:
>
>Can parents whose blood types are A+ and B+ have B- children?  

Yes.

>Do the RH factors for the grandparents make a difference?

Only insofar as as grandparents genes are passed to the parents.
Once you know the parents' genotypes, knowing about the grandparents
doesn't add anything.


We are talking about two independent gene loci here:
ABO blood group system and the RhD system.

RE:  ABO system.  For simplicity, the ABO system has 3 alleles:
A, B, and O (the A can be subtyped as A1 or A2 but this is not
necessary to understand the basic blood types).  Each individual's
genotype is made up of 2 alleles -  so, you can have:

Genotype          Phenotype

AA or AO             A
BB or BO             B
AB                   AB
OO                   O

The phenotype is what can actually be seen or measured - like the
reports from the blood bank.  So, an A parent can be AA or AO 
genotypes, and likewise the B parent can be BB or BO.  We say
the A and B alleles are dominant over the O allele.  If these
parents actually were
                           AO  X  BO
the possible offspring (looking at pairwise combinations taking
1 allele from each parent) are AB, AO, OO, or BO which are
phenotypically, AB, A, O and B, respectively.  So, yes, one can
get a B child from and A by B mating.

RE:  RhD system - 2 alleles D and d.  D is dominant over d, and
to say that the individual is + means that the D antigen is
present.  We have 3 genotypes:

DD or Dd  -->  +
   dd     -->  -

So, a + by - mating is either:
DD X dd  (where all children will be + since the only possible genotype for the kids is Dd)  
OR
Dd X dd  (where the kids will be either Dd, ie +, or dd, ie -)
Again, yes it is possible to get a kid that is - from a mom and dad who are - and +.

Hope this helps . . . 

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From: george@ibmpcug.co.uk (Michael Veltman)
Subject: Re: Telephones and Doctors
X-Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those of the author
	alone and may not represent the views of the IBM PC User Group.
Organization: The IBM PC User Group, UK.
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 20:20:33 GMT

In article <1992Jul25.211255.7732@ux1.cts.eiu.edu> cfaks@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (Alice Sanders) writes:
->>-On the other hand, if people assume all doctors are rich, then
->>-doesn't telling people you are a doctor help you meet women?
->
->Only women with bad backs and period problems.
->
->Michael
-
-Michael, do you care to explain what you mean here?  It could sound like
-you were putting women who have back problems and period problems into a
-category of some kind.
-
-AKS
 
Yes, I suppose I am.  Telling people I'm a doctor helps me meet men, too.

They usually have bad backs and prostate problems.

Michael

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From: geb@dsl.pitt.edu (gordon e. banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: "'X' Days/Weeks/Months/Years To Live"
Date: 21 Jul 92 15:51:14 GMT
Organization: Decision Systems Laboratory, Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA.

In article <1992Jul18.190219.159@news.wesleyan.edu> RGINZBERG@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Ruth Ginzberg) writes:
>Funny thing:  I know lots of folks who claim to have been told by their doctors
>that they have "'X' days/weeks/months/years to live", but I know (or even know
>OF) absolutely no doctors who claim ever to have said any such thing to their
>patients.  What do you suppose accounts for this data discrepancy?
>
I don't know, but I think it is similar to all those who have been
told they would "never walk again".  People like to think of themselves
as somehow being the exception and beyond prediction.  



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From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Telephones and Doctors
Date: 24 Jul 92 20:52:59 -0500
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <1992Jul23.014813.27055@ux1.cts.eiu.edu>, cfaks@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (Alice Sanders) writes:
> But don't people also assume that doctors are smart?  And sometimes being
> called 'DR.' can be a benefit.  I had an experience where I was returning
> something to a merchant, and someone I knew came through and said hello to
> me, using the word 'Dr'.  The hassle was over.  Instead of
> 'Honey,...that's our policy', it was 'Dr...., I'm going to make an
> exception...'.  
> 
> Depending on the kind of women you want to meet, I would think that being
> considered smart would be more beneficial than being considered rich.

Another advantageous place is with an MD's office staff.  Dr. Klier's
calls are returned noticeably faster than Kay Klier's calls.

As to meeting women... some of us XX docs would prefer to meet XY types ;-)

Kay Klier  Ph.D.  (who still checks behind her when someone addresses her
                   as Dr. Klier)
From: geb@dsl.pitt.edu (gordon e. banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Inderal vs. Inderal LA
Date: 31 Jul 92 16:39:51 GMT
Organization: Decision Systems Laboratory, Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA.

In article <3358@unisql.UUCP> collene@unisql.UUCP (Collene Pearce) writes:

>
>So, the thing is - if you have any allergic reactions to
>bites/stings/etc., you probably shouldn't be taking a "beta blocker",
>because it exaggerates the reaction.
>
It exacerbates brochospasm and asthma, and prevents epinephrine from
helping.  It wouldn't hurt someone who has common allergy, such
as hay fever though, if they didn't wheeze.

>
>Knowing that Pamelor is an anti-depressant drug, I thought that
>it might have some other positive effects on me.  However, although
>my headaches are much improved, my disposition is the same.  ;-)
>Drivers who don't signal had still better stay out of my way. ;-)
>
The dose for depression is quite a bit higher than the dose for
migraine.



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From: geb@dsl.pitt.edu (gordon e. banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Obesity in the US is stress related.
Date: 21 Jul 92 14:43:36 GMT
Organization: Decision Systems Laboratory, Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA.

In article <6famg7h.analyst@netcom.com> analyst@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:

>I believe the latter. It's hard to believe most of the adult population has
>psychological and mental disorders, particularly those who test negative
>for same, and those who have been through a successful analysis.
>
Another outcome of Rena Wing's study was that the obese people in
the study were not psychological wrecks.  With the exception of
poor body image and sometimes low opinion of self because of this
(probably the result of obesity rather than the cause), they were
remarkably normal, psychologically, and were pretty healthy.
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From: mdkline@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Mark D. Kline)
Subject: Re: Colonic irrigations
Keywords: alt medicine
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 92 19:51:11 EDT

In article <1992Jul20.131133.24184@eng.umd.edu> georgec@eng.umd.edu (George B. Clark) writes:

>The only doctors involved in colon cleansing today are quack
>doctors. The colon cleansing stuff you see sold in
>health food stores is also worthless. It won't do you any
>harm, but it also won't do you any good.

Apparently "high colonic irrigation" has become fashionable
among some new age people ... there is a yoga institute in
pennsylvania somewhere that offers high colonic irrigation -
with coffee -- as a part of its regimen.  I saw a young man 
who had spent a summer there slowly degenerating into a 
thoroughly psychotic state; nobody there noticed. 

The psychotic state didn't have anything to do with the enemas;
(at least, not so far as I know! :)








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From: stone@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Glenn Stone)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: 60 Minutes-Heart Disease & The French
Date: 23 Jul 92 13:44:16 GMT
Reply-To: stone@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Glenn Stone)
Organization: Columbia University

young@serum.kodak.com writes:
>
>	Actually, The_Tufts_University_Diet_and_Nutrition_Letter did an
>	article on the "60 Minutes" presentation and pretty well shot it
>	in the proverbial heart.  It turns out that Morley Safer's report
>	left out a LOT of rather inconvenient contradictory information.
>	Check out Vol. 9, No. 12, February 1992 for further details...there's
>	quite a long critique entitled "'60 Minutes' - Not Enough Time to
>	Tell the Whole Story".

Be a mensch and give a few of the highlights.  I can't imagine when
I'd have time to track down the Tufts newsletter.  Thanks...



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From: geb@dsl.pitt.edu (gordon e. banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Sports medicine reference books
Date: 27 Jul 92 12:42:08 GMT
Organization: Decision Systems Laboratory, Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA.

In article <1992Jul24.124844.8698@eng.umd.edu> georgec@eng.umd.edu (George B. Clark) writes:
>
>I heard a guy named Fred Few (spelling?) at the University of Pittsburg is
>completing a new sports medicine text to be released in a couple months, but

That's Fu as in Fu Manchu.

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From: pnh@fcs260c2.ncifcrf.gov (Paul N Hengen)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Red Hot Chili Peppers...(was: Colonic irrigations)
Date: 30 Jul 92 18:49:00 GMT
Organization: Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center

In article <1992Jul28.160309.2789@pixel.kodak.com> young@serum.kodak.com writes:

>	I'm not an anthropologist (and I don't play one....well, you know
>	how it finishes), but I was under the impression that, by and large,
>	the use of spices became popular to hide the spoilage of the food
>	and the resulting off-tastes, in days when refrigeration was
>	unavailable and sterilization of food was unknown.


>Rich Young
>Eastman Kodak Company

Rich: The use of spices in the past was not meant to hide the bad taste of
spoilage, but as a means to prevent spoilage. Many of these have anti-
microbial activity used for food preservation. Food you buy at the
supermarket is rarely sterile.

BTW, I don't play a microbiologist, I am one.

Paul N. Hengen
National Cancer Institute
Frederick, Maryland
From: km@speedy.cs.pitt.edu (Ken Mitchum)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: CO poisoning and alcohol
Date: 24 Jul 92 21:11:04 GMT
Reply-To: km@cs.pitt.edu (Ken Mitchum)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Computer Science Dept., University of Pittsburgh

In article <1992Jul22.184811.16576@ttinews.tti.com> reid@metis.tti.com (Reid Kneeland) writes:
>A friend is writing a novel (murder mystery), and had this medical
>question: would a high percentage of blood alcohol acclerate death by
>carbon monoxide poisoning?  In more concrete terms, would a drunk
>person die faster in a locked garage in which a car was running than
>they would if they were sober?

I hope indeed this is for a novel and not for personal experimentation!
I know of no reason why the drunk person would die faster. Carbon
monoxide kills by causing tissue hypoxia - CO binds to hemoglobin
much more readily than O2 does. While alcohol can cause respiratory
depression, leading to hypoxia, this is really only in big (fatal)
doses. So I don't think being drunk would effect death by
carbon monoxide, but someone else here may know more about it.
Any forensic pathology types out there?

 -km
From: doyle+@pitt.edu (Howard R Doyle)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: mammogram
Date: 25 Jul 92 13:27:44 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Pittsburgh Transplant Institute

In article <1992Jul24.211820.22847@math.ucla.edu> gretsky@sonia.math.ucla.edu (Neil Edward Gretsky) writes:

>My wife who is 39 has been told by her physician that a routine 
>mammogram is advisable. 
>Do these detect more than what is found by hand?
>Are there dangers associated with the test itself, eg
>exposure to radiation, injury to breats tissue?
>


There is no question that mammograms can detect breast cancers long before
they are palpable.

For all the past controversy regarding radiation dangers associated with
mammography, modern X-ray equipment used for this delivers a very small
dose. Routine mammography is not a health risk.

--------------------
Howard Doyle
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