HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: lee@soda.berkeley.edu (Lee Thompson-Herbert)
Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational
Subject: Re: programming and sitting up straight
Date: 7 Oct 1992 11:36:16 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley, CS Undergraduate Association
NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.berkeley.edu

In article <1atomiINNng9@agate.berkeley.edu> dwallach@zonker.cs.berkeley.edu (Dan Wallach) writes:
>Hmm... Learning to sit up straight was a pain for me, too.  A good chair
>is almost a prerequisite.  You might try looking with your eyes, but keeping
>your head still.  You might also try pulling your chin in to look down,
>rather than moving your head out.
>

No.  If you start looking down by pulling your chin in, you'll develop 
a problem in the cervical vertebrae.  It's also a good way for making you 
tense up your shoulders and getting tendonitis.  Believe me, pinched neck
and back nerves are *no* fun.  And the likelihood of irritated ulnar and
radial nerves goes up.

When you change the FAQ Dan, make sure that you address the following points:

Wrist pads mainly proctect one from tendonitis caused by tension in the
elbows and shoulders.  They should be used with caution, since supporting
the weight of one's arms on the pad puts pressure on the carpal tunnel and
may help cause nerve damage there.
However, failure to rest one's arms *somewhere* is a sure way of contracting
tendonitis and upper back problems.  The shoulders should be kept loose
and the elbows rested on chair arms, if possible.  In all cases, the wrists
should be held in a neutral position, bending neither up nor down.


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From: dwallach@zonker.cs.berkeley.edu (Dan Wallach)
Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational
Subject: Re: programming and sitting up straight
Date: 13 Oct 1992 23:23:04 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: zonker.cs.berkeley.edu

In article <1b3fv7INNocr@agate.berkeley.edu> lee@soda.berkeley.edu (Lee Thompson-Herbert) writes:
>
>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]

I just got a new gif installed in the archive on soda.berkeley.edu:
~ftp/pub/typing-injury-faq/gifs/howtosit.gif -- it's a simple picture
of what your posture should look like when you're using a computer.

Check it out!

(Thanks to T. Kim Nguyen <kim@jts.com> for digitizing it...)


Dan
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Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational
From: whs4c@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (William H. Smith)
Subject: PC Magazine, PC-related health problems
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 16:15:30 GMT

There is an article in PC Magazine, November 26, 1991 (the
printer issue) entitled "Does Your PC - Or How You Use It -
Cause Health Problems?".  Topics covered include eye problems,
RSI, posture, VDTs.  There is an excellent diagram of the
carpal tunnel included.
--
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			| Nuclear Cardiology, University of Virginia
From: obrien@hri.com (Jim Obrien)
Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational
Subject: MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY SOFTWARE
Date: 9 Oct 92 14:18:19 GMT
Reply-To: obrien@bigbird.hri.com
Organization: Horizon Research, Inc.

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.

If anyone could help me, or would like for me to
forward to you my findings, Please reply.

                              Thankx Jimm..


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Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational
From: gavin@csis.dit.csiro.au (Gavin Walker)
Subject: Re: programming and sitting up straight
Organization: CSIRO Division of Information Technology
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 03:23:29 GMT


The alternative is to have what's called a Dynamic Seating posture.  That is
change your seating position every half hour or so, get up and down, stretch
or stretch at frequent intervals.  This is based on the principle that no
position is the best if it's held for too long.
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From: dwallach@zonker.cs.berkeley.edu (Dan Wallach)
Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational
Subject: Re: programming and sitting up straight
Date: 9 Oct 1992 04:11:13 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: zonker.cs.berkeley.edu

In article <1aui3gINNqn5@agate.berkeley.edu> lee@soda.berkeley.edu (Lee Thompson-Herbert) writes:
>
>No.  If you start looking down by pulling your chin in, you'll develop 
>a problem in the cervical vertebrae.  It's also a good way for making you 
>tense up your shoulders and getting tendonitis.  Believe me, pinched neck
>and back nerves are *no* fun.  And the likelihood of irritated ulnar and
>radial nerves goes up.

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.

>Wrist pads mainly proctect one from tendonitis caused by tension in the
>elbows and shoulders.  They should be used with caution, since supporting
>the weight of one's arms on the pad puts pressure on the carpal tunnel and
>may help cause nerve damage there.
>However, failure to rest one's arms *somewhere* is a sure way of contracting
>tendonitis and upper back problems.  The shoulders should be kept loose
>and the elbows rested on chair arms, if possible.  In all cases, the wrists
>should be held in a neutral position, bending neither up nor down.

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.

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.

Dan
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dwallach@cs.berkeley.edu  Machine is the array of blinking lights on the faces
Office#: 510-642-9585     of its cabinet." -- CM Paris Ref. Manual, v6.0, p48.
From: acs_belscamp@rivers.acc.uwrf.edu
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Info would be appreciated.
Date: 16 Oct 92 05:48:17 GMT
Article-I.D.: rivers.1992Oct16.114817.95
Organization: University of Wisconsin - River Falls



Does anyone know of any good doctors in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. 
I guess I"m looking for probably an allergist or some other sort of doctor
that handles asthma and related sorts of things.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Jill
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: luisg@hadar.fai.com (Luis Galleguillos)
Subject: Re: What body temp for cardiac surgery?
Originator: luisg@lugano
Organization: Fujitsu NTS
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 03:50:45 GMT


In article <23854@alice.att.com>, ark@alice.att.com (Andrew Koenig) writes:
|> In article <1992Oct9.142228.20739@csrd.uiuc.edu> saarinen@sp1.csrd.uiuc.edu (Sirpa Saarinen) writes:
|> 
|> > Not being a medical expert, I can still reveal that normal body temperature
|> > is 36-37 Celsius. If your body temperature is 28.7 C, I suggest seeing
|> > a doctor immediately, if you still can get to one.
|> 
|> Naah.  The probability of being able to get to a doctor with a body temperature
|> of 28.7 C is much less than the probability of having a defective thermometer.
|> -- 
|> 				

Yes, Yes, you are correct. The normal body temperature is  36-37 C. Also we can
all convert from Centigrades to F and back given the formulas. BUT You all
miss my point -The original article mentions body TEMPERATURES for CARDIAC SURGERY
that I believe are incorrect- Any comments on this in particular? Does any
body know the correct body temperature for cardiac surgery?

Thanks

Luis
luisg@hadar.fai.com
From: gbono@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (George Bono)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: FAQ (was Re: Homeopathy)
Date: 16 Oct 92 19:51:17 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA

From dyer@spdcc.com Mon Oct 12 22:48:28 1992

>>And what about the previous standard medical practice of treating tuberculosis
>>by collapsing the patient's infected lung?  

>What about it?  It was useless.  That's why it's not done anymore.
                        ^^^^^^^

From km@cs.pitt.edu Thu Oct 15 12:38:52 1992

>>And what about the previous standard medical practice of treating tuberculosis
>>by collapsing the patient's infected lung?  

>This practice had a good scientific basis - mycobacterium require an
>environment high in oxygen to grow (that is why TB typically affects
>the upper lobes of the lung, where there is more oxygen). Collapsing
>the lung leads to an environment very low in oxygen. This practice
>became obsolete when effective drugs to fight TB were developed,
	>not because the practice didn't make sense.
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >-km 
 
 Interesting, two experts give their answer to the same question.  Dyer calls
 it useless and km states that the procedure was rooted in good scientific
 basis?   
From: zornow@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Claudia Zornow)
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 18:33:30 GMT
Subject: Re: Peroxide and the bubbling reaction?
Organization: HP SSD R & D
Newsgroups: sci.med

Is there any consensus on the appropriate treatment for
cat scratches?  Peroxide?  Neosporin?  Other?

Claudia
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: sloan@cis.uab.edu (Kenneth Sloan)
Subject: Twit (was Re: Starting an alternative medicine newsgroup)
Organization: CIS, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 05:46:17 GMT

In article <1992Oct9.080239.22236@spdcc.com> dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer) writes:
>... I'll let off steam as (well-deserved) sarcasm if I wish;
>goodness knows I provide enough of value that people will just have to
>be satisfied with the whole package.

At one time, this might have been true.  It isn't now.




-- 
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From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Cervical Caps (birth-control)
Date: 14 Oct 92 17:52:47 GMT
Article-I.D.: spdcc.1992Oct14.175247.24014
Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA

In article <1992Oct13.165510.2431@aoa.aoa.utc.com> carl@aoa.aoa.utc.com (Carl Witthoft) writes:
>>I am trying to find some information on the use of a Cervical Cap
>>as a method of birth control...I would appreciate any/all information
>>or experiences that anyone has had with/on Cervical Caps.
>This is exactly the type of question that should never be posed to
>the net.  Do you really want to risk your health and risk pregnancy
>based on random responses from anonymous people?

Um, Carl, she wasn't asking to be fitted for one by email.
What's the matter with someone relating their personal
experience in reply?

-- 
Steve Dyer
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
From: nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David A. Nye MD)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Whither sci.med?
Date: 11 Oct 92 03:40:18 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

In article <DLB.92Oct9113359@fanny.wash.inmet.com>, dlb@fanny.wash.inmet.com (David Barton) writes:
> From experience, I suspect that a mailing list is the best way to go
> for this.  Even moderated newsgroups can get a lot of readers, who can
> flame via email and the like.  The nice thing about a mailing list is
> that you can control, to an extent, who receives and sends what.  Of
> course, you need a volunteer to get the thing up.

The problem with doing it as a mailing list is that you want it to
be easily accessible to physicians who use the net casually and
want to get an occasional curbside consult without reading the
group on a regular basis.
Newsgroups: sci.med,sci.skeptic
From: med50003@nusunix1.nus.sg (WANSAICHEONG KHIN-LIN)
Subject: Re: The best way to treat Hyperthyroidism ?
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 14:37:20 GMT

A thyroid scan show the uptake of iodine by the thyroid gland. It is
useful in checking if a thyroid nodule contains functioning tissue or
not. It is not useful in determining the degree of function of the
thyroid gland. That is assessed by the use of TSH assays, T4 levels and
(less commonly) T3.

Hyperthyroidism (specifically Graves disease) is really a clinical
diagnosis combined with a T4 level and additional autoantibody tests. It
does not require a scan.

gervais

Newsgroups: sci.med
From: rmorales@dit.upm.es (Rodolfo Morales Gonzalez)
Subject: Coeliac Disease
Organization: UUES, Asociacion de Usuarios de UNIX, Spain
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 17:52:01 GMT
From: km@cs.pitt.edu (Ken Mitchum)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Pt 1, RADIOACTIVE MEAT, MILK & PRODUCE
Date: 9 Oct 92 20:17:54 GMT
Reply-To: km@cs.pitt.edu (Ken Mitchum)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh Computer Science

In article <".7-Oct-92..9:53:45.EDT".*.James_S._Bright.wbst129@Xerox.com> JBright.Wbst129@xerox.com writes:

>Anedote: I've lived within 5 miles of a nuclear power plant most of my life.
>Never seen or heard of a two headed anything in Lake Ontario or around this
>area yet.

I never thought about that before. If a significant percentage of sci.med
posters live near a nuclear power plant, that might explain a lot of
things...

 -km
From: zornow@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Claudia Zornow)
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 19:10:59 GMT
Subject: Re: Herpies I/II
Organization: HP SSD R & D
Newsgroups: sci.med

> What is a good source of information about the disease and how do I go about
> find out what is currently known about it?  The library is a big place and 
> I get lost when researching subjects not know to me intimately.

A good source of information about herpes (and also HPV) is the
Herpes Resource Center (HRC), part of the American Social Health 
Association.  For more information, write to:

    HRC
    P.O. Box 13827
    Research Triangle Park, NC  27709

Claudia
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: mdkline@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Mark D. Kline)
Subject: Re: Need info on Wellbutrin and Somatostatin
Organization: Syracuse University
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 92 12:59:21 EDT

In article <ldeecmINNd9u@news.bbn.com> cjross@bbn.com (Chris Ross) writes:
>These have been recommended to me by a gastroenterologist attempting
>to treat a condition which has resisted conventional approaches.  (In
>brief, I'm starving to death because of a continuously upset stomach.)
>
>For Wellbutrin: what reasons exist for choosing it over the tricyclics
>or MAO inhibitors, besides adverse reactions to the latter two?  Does
>anyone have experience with long-term use?

There often seems a link between depression and functional
gastrointestinal disorders, including nausea and decreased appetite.
Weight loss in depressive illness - whether or not the blue mood is
overt - can be dramatic.   Tricyclic antidepressants are the most
commonly used in the setting of functional GI disorders since they are
rather anticholinergic, and this has an antispasmodic (and
constipating) effect on the GI tract which can sometimes be very
helpful (e.g., for irritable bowell or peptic ulcer).  Tricyclics can
also increase appetite and induce craving for sweets and carbos.

Wellbutrin generally does not promote appetite (its related to
diethylpropion, a weight loss drug).  GI side effects -- including
nausea and loss of appetite -- are common.  I suppose if the GI
symptoms were related to depressive illness and the Wellbutrin helped
the depression, the GI symptoms might improve (like the sleep disturbance
in depression, which is improved by Wellbutrin as the depression clears).
Wellbutrin has been out on the market only a couple of years, so experience
with long term use is limited; no problems known to be associated with
use of Wellbutrin over a few months to a year or so.

>For Somatostatin: what is it, and what are its side effects?  My PDR
>doesn't list it, and my pharmacist couldn't dig up anything on it.

Sorry - can't tell you much about somatostatin (aside from the fact that
its a hormone with anti-insulin effects, I think).


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From: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Giving Blood! "Gimme that thing, I'll do it myself"
Date: 13 Oct 92 17:00:27 GMT
Reply-To: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh Computer Science

In article <1992Oct8.155453.26803@netcom.com> sue@netcom.com (Sue Miller) writes:
>
>Yep - in my experience, they *never* call a doctor in to place
>a needle in a vein.

Except in teaching hospitals.  Then it is the poor intern that always
gets called.  Often, the nurses in these hospitals even forget how
to put in IVs, since the intern can always be called.  Maybe things
are changing now, but that was certainly the case 15 years ago, when
I was an intern.  At that time, there was no question in my mind
that I could get needles into veins that no phlebotomist could.
One problem is the phlebotomists aren't really allowed to be resourceful
in most hospitals.  They are given a set of tools and are to use those.
We could use butterflies or needles of whatever gauge and we could
put them into a vein anywhere, not just the obvious arm veins.  
Ancillary personnel have to follow a cook-book procedure.  The very
best vein stickers are the pediatric residents.  Babies have very
delicate veins.

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From: awatt@trentu.ca (Alison Watt)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Hepatitis C
Date: 13 Oct 92 00:31:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: trentu.12OCT199219313983
Organization: Trent University Computer Services Department
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

I am a lay person looking for any information about Hepatitis C.  
Particularly, I would like to know the symptoms and affects, the usual 
prognosis, is it fatal and if so is it always fatal, and what is the usual 
life expectancy after diagnosis?
Anything that anyone can tell me about this would be appreciated.  Thanks 
to all inadvance.

Alison
From: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Giving Blood: "Gimme that thing, I'll do it myself!"
Date: 14 Oct 92 22:35:05 GMT
Reply-To: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh Computer Science

In article <1992Oct09.220047.124311@zeus.calpoly.edu> dfield@zeus.calpoly.edu (Dan Field (InfoSpunj)) writes:
>
>     I'm a phlebotomist at my university's health center.  I'v been joking
>around that the next time I need blood drawn, I'm going to do it myself...
>Has anyone ever actually done this?  I think the hardest part would be the
>tourniquette.  Any stories?         
>
I have, and I know a lot of people who have.  If you have done
any research using blood and are the best person at doing it,
you don't have much choice.  If you get one of those velcro
touriquets the drug companies give out free to residents and
interns, it is pretty easy.  Also, you can choose a smaller
needle (although watch out you don't lyse the cells if that
matters to your purpose for the blood) by drawing too fast
through a small needle.  I've never actually done it in a medical
situation where the phlebotomist missed, but I've felt like
it.  The worst thing to do is announce you are a doctor or
hint that you know how to draw blood.  Just makes them nervous
and more likely to mess you up.
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From: axeman@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (Samir Chopra)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Bladder Infections/UTIs/Cystitis
Date: 7 Oct 92 16:27:58 GMT
Article-I.D.: cbnewsk.1992Oct7.162758.19709
Organization: AT&T


Could anyone here direct me to sources of information for people suffering 
from acute cystitis (caused by stricture of the urethera).

Sources of information could be as follows:

1. Groups/Agencies i.e American Heart Foundation etc
2. Guidebooks
3. Unconventional methods of treatment
4. Tips from fellow sufferers

Thanks,

take care,

Samir Chopra
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From: nanook@eskimo.celestial.com (Robert Dinse)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Excess Of Vitamin C?
Summary: Vitamin C and colds...
Date: 11 Oct 92 04:49:44 GMT
Organization: -> ESKIMO NORTH (206) For-Ever <-

In article <1992Oct02.055228.0904712@locus.com>, yazz@locus.com (Bob Yazz) writes:
> Gordon and I don't always see eye to eye, but Linus Pauling has claimed
> that Vitamin C will help prevent colds.  Not to mention cure cancer.  The
> research I recall said it made colds briefer and less severe rather than
> fewer in number, which is more consistent with an improved immune response.

     I've been taking 1 gram per day for several years now and I've noticed a
marked decrease in the number of colds that I experience.  It may be that I
still have as many and they just don't reach a noticable level, and if that's
the case, well that's ok too.  I feel better, vitamin C is cheap, and if I
corode a comode but miss a cold, it's worth it to me!