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From: pdsmith.mitre.org (Pat Smith)
Subject: Re: Question about Scoliosis and back pain
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 19:48:33 GMT

In article <01GNRLN7FK1U000KLO@udavxb.oca.udayton.edu>, FORTMAPL@UDAVXB.OCA.UDAYTON.EDU ("Paul Fortman : free spirit") writes:
> 
> 
> I have had constant back pain, mostly upper but some lower too, since
> I was a very young child.  Not too long ago I had a chest X-ray to 
> check for pneunomia.  The doctor informed me that I didn't have 
> pneumonia, but did ask me about my scoliosis.  Until that day I 
> didn't know that I had scoliosis.  Is there any effective treatment 
> for scoliosis for someone who is in their 30s.  Is the scoliosis the 
> cause of my back pain--back pain that is sometimes so severe that I 
> cannot function at all.  Also, since early childhood, I frequently 
> get severe aches and pains in my muscles and joints, which can also 
> keep me from functioning.  
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Paul Fortman
> 
> fortmapl@udavxb.oca.udayton.edu
> 
> 
Scoliosis typically doesn't worsen at your age.  It tends to worsen during the
puberty years when kids are growing a lot and probably as we get elderly.  
You might want to go to an orthopedic surgeon for an evaulation.  There are
some things that might help you - primarily exercise - especially swimming.  
Bracing isn't too advisable as you want the muscles to be active and support
the spine.  If your scoiosis was really bad, you would have known about it
years ago and then surgery is warranted in some cases.
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Blood types - Eye Co
From: Melissa.Dunning@f85.n123.z1.fidonet.org (Melissa Dunning)
Date: 19 Aug 92 12:33:02 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:123/85 - Bat Cave, Munford TN

LEP>From: minkpup@IASTATE.EDU (Lisa E Peterson)

LEP>In article <1992Aug7.165946.6551@kestrel.edu>, king@reasoning.com (Dick 
Kin
LEP>writes:
LEP>> In article <1992Aug06.225706.624935@locus.com> krissie@locus.com 
(Krissie
LEP>Griffiths) writes:
LEP>> >>
LEP>> >ellie states:
LEP>> >
LEP>> >>So, now I have blue eyes with certain moods and green eyes with other
LEP>moods.

Lisa, My eyes do the same thing.  They are green with some tint of brown
near the pupil.  When I get very mad or really upset they turn blue. My
husband says thats when he knows to leave me alone.  I however have no
idea what causes it.

/\/\elissa


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From: richard@adpgate.UUCP ( ADP OPuS)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: HairDye Cancer link??
Date: 12 Aug 92 17:53:25 GMT
Article-I.D.: outland.1487
Organization: ADP Dealer Services R&D, Portland, OR


   I recall recently hearing about a link from hair dye to cancer.
   Something about lymphoma being implicated??

   Anyone out there have any specific info on this??
From: geb@dsl.pitt.edu (gordon e. banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Epidural pump..what is it?
Date: 22 Aug 92 12:53:06 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Decision Systems Laboratory, Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA.

In article <Bt99nJ.6uB@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> graham@venus.iucf.indiana.edu writes:
>It seems that I am a candidate for either an epidural pump, or a
>surgical sympathectomy.
>
>Would someone please describe to me what an epidural pump is, how
>it is "installed", and how the medication is administered?
>
>Is it just a permanently implanted IV port, or is it really a "pump"?
>
There are different types.  You need to talk to your surgeon
and ask them these questions.



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From: sarahs@darce.sybase.com (Sarah Satterlee)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: arthritis info sought
Date: 19 Aug 92 23:50:03 GMT

Would like recommendations on books to read and info
on treatment/amelioration, particularly nonAMA-oriented.
From: joe@sybase.com (Joseph Weinstein)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Warning issued on herbal treatment for obesity
Date: 12 Aug 92 20:54:27 GMT
Organization: Sybase, Inc.

The comfort with which some people wield soap-opera analogies in
the description of well understood body parts is truly appalling.

In article <z-xm1al.avery@netcom.com> avery@netcom.com (Avery Ray Colter) writes:
>
>But what you say does make sense in the Chinese system,

With a permanent suspension of disbelief, everything can make 'sense'.

>since the Liver is always implicated in problems of stress, violent emotions,
>or an obsession with control, and is thus almost always implicated with any
>agent which suppresses appetite. In the Chinese system, the usual way
>appetite shuts down is because the Liver's angry, controlling, militaristic
>character (that's how the Liver as a conceptual member of the bodily quorum
>is anthropomorhized) invades, declares martial law in, and essentially
>arrests the Spleen, the organ in charge of digestion, and as it is
>anthropomorphized (or gynopomorphized may be classically more appropos in
>this case), in charge also of the nurturing, caring, compassionate emotions.
>

--
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		  joe@sybase.com   sun!sybase!joe   510-596-3620
Disclaimer:	  This might not even be *my* opinion! I may have
                  changed my mind.
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: van@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (valerie.thompson)
Subject: Re: Prolonged use of Ibuprofen
Summary: for lupus?
Organization: AT&T
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 16:40:53 GMT


I have severe joint
pain and no real diagnosis.  After a whole bunch of tests, the only positive
result was the ANA, which may doctor said might indicate lupus.  After 
running more tests, she said nothing else came out abnormal, and I could take
ibuprophen for the pain.  In order to get pain relief, I take 600-1000mg
two to three times a day (but not daily - maybe 3 or 4 times a week).  Is
this much ibuprophen safe?  Is my doctor's diagnosis (or lack of it) a
medically acceptable one?  Any information you can give me on side effects
of this kind of ibuprophen intake and and my doctor's treatment of my
symptoms would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Valerie Thompson
From: geb@dsl.pitt.edu (gordon e. banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Mercury in dental fillings?
Date: 14 Aug 92 16:48:18 GMT
Organization: Decision Systems Laboratory, Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA.

In article <BswGn5.CJL@wpg.com> russ@wpg.com (Russell Lawrence) writes:
>
>Of the 100,000 (plus/minus) dentists in north america, I'll bet that
>99% of them had prayed (literally or figuratively) at one time or
>another that amalgams really were toxic;  yet the scientific research
>demonstrated that this simply wasn't the case.  Both the ADA and 
>the AGD took a lot of flak after exposing the prevalence 
>and nature of this particular bit of quackery, and several 
>employees very nearly lost their jobs because they stood up for 
>the truth, rather than economic self-interest. 
>
Listen, this is really going too far, Russ.  Do you really
think 99% of dentists hope that they've really been hurting
people by putting fillings in their mouths?  Good thing there
are no dentists on this net.  I play basketball with some dentists
from our dental school, and they are just ordinary people, really,
not fiends out of hell.  They like to think what they do is making
people better off, not poisoning them.  I think you should
retract that statement.  I've never met a dentist that is
telling patients to get rid of their amalgams, and think it
is a small group of quacks that is doing it.
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From: pnh@fcsparc6.ncifcrf.gov (Paul N Hengen)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: HairDye Cancer link??
Summary: Poor research methods
Date: 14 Aug 92 16:09:51 GMT
Organization: Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center

In article <1992Aug12.220255.23350@eng.umd.edu>
  georgec@eng.umd.edu (George B. Clark) writes:

>Your refering to a study done by the National Cancer Institute that
>concluded hair dyeing increases lymphoma risks by 50%
>
>The study was done as follows. Researchers asked lymphoma patients
>if they used hair dyes...  That was their study.
>
>According to a health newsletter that I subscribe to, the study is
>nonsense, and people should continue using hair dyes without concern.

This could imply that your tax dollars are going to bogus research
done at the National Cancer Institute...I find it hard to believe
that any scientist would undertake such a poorly organized study.
Perhaps this was a misunderstanding by the public or even a
misrepresentation by the media, which are both quite likely.
Could you please tell me who did this study and where it was
published? Also, could you give me complete information regarding
the health newsletter you refer to? Thank You.

Dr. Paul N. Hengen
National Cancer Institute
Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center
Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201 USA
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: jrt@omega.kcr.uky.edu (J. Randall Thompson)
Subject: Re: Strange Cure For Burn?
Organization: Kentucky Cancer Registry, Univ. of Ky
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 17:03:29 GMT

>In article <1992Aug13.005931.12031@odin.corp.sgi.com>, sajid@jam.wpd.sgi.com (Sajid Zia) writes:
>> I have experienced a strange cure of burn ...
>> ... If you put kerosine on that part of the skin, it
>> gets cured immidiately, not even a sign is left. 

As the kerosene evaporates, it will reduce the local tissue temperature
and could potentially reduce the amount of thermal injury.
-- 
[]  J. Randall Thompson                                      jrt@kcr.uky.edu []
[]  University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky                              []
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX)
Subject: Re: New Adiposity 101 1/2
Organization: Omen Technology INC, Portland Rain Forest
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 03:06:23 GMT

In article <16064@pitt.UUCP> geb@dsl.pitt.edu (gordon e. banks) writes:
>Chuck, do you suppose you could post a file that has the new
>stuff in it or in some other way highlight the new stuff?
>I've read the thing several times now and I do want to see
>what you've added, but hate to read the old stuff again.
>I suppose I could try to use diff on it, but maybe you
>have a better idea.

Aside from that, AD101 has changed so much I gave up on change
markings shortly after the previous posting.  Organizing it has
been a bear - should the Weintraub study be discussed under
traditional technology because it decisively shows the failure
thereof, or under new technology because of the data on the
drug treatment?

The subchapter on Nutrasweet hasn't changed.

The part on Atkins is about the same as the draft I posted - I
still haven't found any reports of independent clinical trials
of the Atkins diet.  The attitude of one researcher I talked to
was that testing Atkins isn't worth risking one's carrer butting
heads with the AMA.  I added Atkins to Adiposity 101 because it
seems to be the only major diet type that hasn't been thoroughly
researched.

As you read the (mostly new) information on obesity/diabetes
aftereffects of gestational undernutrition, think about the
connection between low birthweight babies and smoking.

-- 
Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX          ...!tektronix!reed!omen!caf 
Author of YMODEM, ZMODEM, Professional-YAM, ZCOMM, and DSZ
  Omen Technology Inc    "The High Reliability Software"
17505-V NW Sauvie IS RD   Portland OR 97231   503-621-3406
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
Subject: Re: Prozac/sleeping/alternatives
Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 05:17:49 GMT

In article <dedmunds.714111700@sfu.ca> dedmunds@selkirk.sfu.ca (Darran Edward Edmundson) writes:
>What is "anorgasmia"?  I'm currently taking 20mg Prozac daily and have noticed
>(make that my wife has noticed) that it has greatly increased my staying
>power.  Is this a common side-effect?

About 15-30% of individuals taking fluoxetine develop some degree of
"anorgasmia"; that is, delayed or inhibited orgasm.  For some, it just
means you get to wait longer until you have an orgasm, for others, it
means that you had better not hold your breath waiting for it to happen.
On the high dose I was on, I went without an orgasm for about 6 weeks,
until I stopped the drug and things got better about a week or so later.
Please note that I'm not describing impotence; sexual desire and the
ability to have an erection are not usually impaired (or, better put,
such reactions are rarer, less common side effects of the drug.)

Frankly, I think it deserves to be tried in men with premature
ejaculation, not to mention seminarians trying to avoid temptation.

The incidence of this side effect is a fascinating window into
the neurochemical basis of sexual response.  It has also been
reported in other serotonergic drugs, such as clomimipramine
and MAO inhibitors such as phenelzine (Nardil).  The serotonin-
blocking antihistamine, cyproheptadine (Periactin), has been used
with some anecdotal success to temporarily overcome this side
effect in patients who are bothered by it.  Of course, _it_
tends to make you sleepy, which it its own drawback.

-- 
Steve Dyer
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
Xref: sparky sci.med:15836 misc.kids:21162
From: km@speedy.cs.pitt.edu (Ken Mitchum)
Newsgroups: sci.med,misc.kids
Subject: Re: Hepatitis vaccine
Date: 15 Aug 92 19:09:40 GMT
Reply-To: km@cs.pitt.edu (Ken Mitchum)
Followup-To: sci.med
Organization: Computer Science Dept., University of Pittsburgh

In article <1992Aug14.135306.7399@spdcc.com> dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer) writes:
>In article <1992Aug14.124727.15244@kodak.kodak.com> salvaggi@sunshine.Kodak.COM (Nanette Salvaggio) writes:
>>He has never had a child that lives a healthy CLEAN life style come
>>down with hepatitis, so therefore feels that until further testing
>>is performed that it is not worth the risk.  Just thought an opposing
>>opinion might be useful.
>
>Actually, I can understand why some people might argue that such
>prophylaxis should be reserved for high-risk groups (you know,
>DIRTY lifestyles like medical personnel have), though it might
>be interesting to hear from one of the MD's more familiar with
>this the rationale for universal childhood immunization against
>Hep B.  I'd imagine it would come down to issues of economics
>and the ability of infants and children to make protective
>antibodies, and the advantages of a population with "herd immunity"
>to control the overall spread of Hep B.  I am ignorant of any details.

I believe the latest recommendations are to vaccinate everyone against
Hepatitis-B, in the hope that it can eventually be erradicated. Herd
immunity sounds almost socialistic in 1992, but is a definite
phenomenon, and the one major reason to push for vaccinating as many
people as possible, although the very concept implies that not
everyone has to be immunized for herd immunity to take effect. This
pediatrician's opinion sounds very short-sighted to me. The leading
was of transmitting this disease worldwide has nothing to do with
drugs or needles - it is plain old heterosexual sex, which, last
time I checked, even people with CLEAN life styles occasionally
engaged in. However, I must state that I agree with Steve's offense
at the use of "CLEAN" in this context, and it's perjorative nature
reminds one of the leper status that people with HIV have in our
society.

Yet another reason to not go into private practice. Sigh.

 -km



Newsgroups: sci.med
From: glp@fig.citib.com (Greg Parkinson)
Subject: Re: Prozac/sleeping/alternatives
Originator: glp@merlin
Organization: Citibank IBISM
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 15:48:08 GMT


In article <dedmunds.714111700@sfu.ca>, dedmunds@selkirk.sfu.ca (Darran Edward Edmundson) writes:
|> dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer) writes:
|> 
|> >from me.  After about 3 weeks, this began to resolve.  I ultimately stopped
|> >the drug because of its sexual side effects (i.e, anorgasmia), which tended
|> >to make me a little grouchier than usual on the net. :-/
|> 
|> What is "anorgasmia"?  I'm currently taking 20mg Prozac daily and have noticed
|> (make that my wife has noticed) that it has greatly increased my staying
|> power.  Is this a common side-effect?

I would imagine it depends where on the scale you started.
I had the same problem Steve did - well, it wasn't quite
"an"-orgasmia, but to refer to it as "increased staying
power" would make it seem much more positive than it was.

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From: John.Willis@p123.f349.n109.z1.fidonet.org (John Willis)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Mercury in dental fillings?
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 10:23:00 -0500

A few years ago I had all of my amalgam fillings replaced with composite resin
fillings.  During the following month or so, I had small red blood spots all
over, just under the surface of my skin, and I itched a lot.

Is it possible there was a connection - purpura?

John
:-)

Newsgroups: sci.med
From: km@cs.pitt.edu (Ken Mitchum)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: UGH. (Was B12)
Date: 23 Aug 92 13:18:07 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept., University of Pittsburgh


People wonder why I get exasperated by this newsgroup: In response
to some thread on people taking B12, I posted a brief discussion
about B12 deficiency and its relative infrequency. My thoughts
echoed what has been taught for years in medical school. In response,
someone disputes the relative infrequency of B12 deficiency with a
factual-sounding statement that 40% of people in their 70s are
B12 deficient. The reference is a talk-radio show.

Now, I am unfamiliar with what research the man on the talk-radio
show is eluding to. For all I know, it could be correct, and what
I've been taught for the last 18 years could be wrong. That is
not the point of this posting. The point is that there is a clear
double standard here: if I tried to post something as factual data
with the reference being a talk-radio show, I would be laughed
off the net ("Hey, I know this doctor who gets his latest medical
information off of WXYZ."). Yet, it is fine for the responder to
post information obtained in this way as factual. Now, it is my
duty to go look through the standard medical literature to try to
find out just what research the man on the talk-radio show was
referring to. In other words, it is now my responsibility to do
the other poster's research for him. Otherwise, I cannot respond
to his posting, and his statements go unchallenged. My data is
supposed to come from standard medical sources, but his data can
come from anywhere. So I will spend about an hour tomorrow doing
literature searches on B12 to see where this stuff came from. UGH!



 -km



From: John.Willis@p123.f349.n109.z1.fidonet.org (John Willis)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Nutrition (Was FDA still at large)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 21:06:00 -0500

Recently, J. Randall Thompson replied to me:

 > What does an RD have to do with you not liking
 > hospital food? In most
 > institutions the clinical RD's have no more control
 > over the menu cycles
 > or food preparation than the patient.

Maybe (:->) I don't understand the terminology... I would not expect a
"clinical" RD to be a competent "meal planner". If dietitians do not have
control over diet planning in hospitals, then who does?

 > A Registered Dietitian has completed an undergraduate
 > degree program,
 > an internship, and has passed a national, formalized
 > exam.
 > While not all RD's are good at nutrition counseling,
 > they (as a group)
 > are your best resource for nutrition information.
 > Physicians (in general)
 > do not have very good training in nutrition.

Here, even though I support "nutritionists",  I agree.  To the extent there is a
more consistent standard of "care".  The nutritionists have something worthwhile
(in general) to offer, though.

John
From: young@serum.kodak.com
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: R: Hepatitis Vaccine
Date: 15 Aug 92 13:34:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: pixel.1992Aug15.133403.18785
Reply-To: young@serum.kodak.com
Organization: Clinical Products Division, Eastman Kodak Company
Originator: young@sasquatch

In article <1992Aug14.091548.49493@ccvax.ucd.ie> clissman@ccvax.ucd.ie writes:

>RE The new Hep Vaccine
>Is this the same product which has newly come on line in Ireland and the UK
>under the brand name HAVRIX ? The supplier claims that three injections are
>needed, after one month and after a year, to provide up to 10 years' cover.
>As a frequent traveller to Asia, I'd be interested to hear comments on the
>efficacy and duration of cover provided by this vaccine, especially compared to
>Gamma Globulin

   As far as I know, there is only one hepatitis vaccine: for hepatitis B,
   which is typically transmitted through blood and blood products and is
   often associated with male homosexual practices and IV drug abuse.
   Hepatitis A, on the other hand, is spread most commonly by oral-fecal
   contact, and is endemic in many third world countries.  There is NO
   vaccine for hepatitis A, and it is a completely different disease.

   Therefore, immunization against HBV will confer absolutely no protection
   from infection by HAV.  It is inportant that travellers understand the
   difference.  I have had the HBV immunizations, but must still watch what
   and where I eat when travelling to third world countries.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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Eastman Kodak Company                  | FAX: (716) 253-7254
Clinical Products Division             | Internet: young@serum.kodak.com
100 Carlson Road                       |
Rochester, New York, USA   14653-9122  | These are MY opinions, not Kodak's!!!
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Don't get angry, get accurate information.
From: geb@dsl.pitt.edu (gordon e. banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: CLINTON SPEECH TEXT: CRISIS IN HEALTH CARE REFORM
Date: 22 Aug 92 00:40:31 GMT
Organization: Decision Systems Laboratory, Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA.


I'd prefer to hear your own opinion about health care reform, Mary,
than to have you post Clinton's press releases in sci.med.
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