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From: barlow@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu (Rebel)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Cranberry Juice Antidote
Date: 22 Dec 92 02:01:17 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

In <1992Dec22.004206.5183@eng.umd.edu> georgec@eng.umd.edu (George B. Clark) writes:


>I heard on TV a long time ago that cranberry juice is also an antidote
>for a drug used by veterinarians, perhaps the same drug.

>This drug prevents you from remembering anything you do, while you are on it,
>and it makes you immobile.

>Two rapist were putting the drug into the drinks of women they met at
>bars. Then they'd take the women to their vehicles, and rape them.

>They finally got caught because one woman drank lots of cranberry juice
>before the attack, enabling her to remember sufficient detail to make an
>arrest.

>Anyway, the TV show said the drug is so effective for criminal abuse,
>they wouldn't even reveal its name, except to say it's a white powder
>used by veterinarians.

Not being a veterinarian I am not sure but does anyone know if the drug they
are talking about is ketamine? Trade name is Ketlar. I do know that it is used
as an anesthetic for animals and that it has a "dissociative effect" meaning
that it does not make you lose consciousness but that it makes you really
spacy so you don't know what's happening to you. I do know that this drug has
been being used by addicts on the street recently because it's easy to
acquire...I have never seen it in powder form, when it's used it comes
pre-mixed in solution. I don't know anything about the cranberry juice thing
however...although I have been told it helps prevent yeast infections.

Jen
From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Peter Breggin, _Toxic Psychiatry_ (Q)
Date: 22 Dec 92 18:29:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: spdcc.1992Dec22.182948.24814
Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA

In article <17879@pitt.UUCP> geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks) writes:
>Kurt Vonnegut's son, Mark, wrote an interesting book about
>his psychotic break which does give a flavor of what being
>psychotic is like.  I forgot the title.

Yeah, I read it ages ago.

	AUTHOR: Vonnegut, Mark.
         TITLE: The Eden express / Mark Vonnegut.
     PUB. INFO: New York : Praeger, 1975.

Although there's no doubt he suffered a kind of "psychotic break",
I might mention that there is some controversy about Vonnegut's
self-diagnosis of schizophrenia, with some psychiatric professionals
who have read the book expressing the opinion that he was actually
suffering from major depression with psychotic features, or some other
affective variant distinct from classical schizophrenia.  Certainly,
his "treatment" (large doses of niacin as recommended by an "ortho-
molecular psychiatrist"), the self-limited nature of his disease,
and his eventual recovery would argue against a diagnosis of schizo-
phrenia.  Certainly, he seemed completely normal and unexceptional
in 1976-77 when we were both taking a weekly pro-seminar in behavioral
pharmacology at Harvard Medical School.

-- 
Steve Dyer
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
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From: kaminski@netcom.com (Peter Kaminski)
Subject: Re: Computerizing Homoeopathic Prescribing
Organization: The Information Deli - via Netcom / San Jose, California
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 18:42:08 GMT

In <memo.832183@cix.compulink.co.uk> dbailey@cix.compulink.co.uk
(Diane Bailey) writes:

>That would be fine, but for the prices. I cannot justify that for
>personal use and for those friends who pop in to consult my
>Repertory and Materia Medica.  Perhaps I should scan in the 1929
>Repertory and deposit it in PD on the net...

I'm sure people would love you for it. :)  Is the 1929 edition out
of copyright already?  Email me if I can help -- I've got access to
a scanner, sheet feeder, and high-quality OCR.

HES also lists a laypeople's prescriber with 59 remedies for $150, but
I'm dubious....

There is also a (pay) computer network specifically for homepaths called
HomeoNet.  It's one of the IGC networks, based here in San Francisco.  I
don't subscribe, so I don't know much about it, but I can get you contact
information if you're interested.

Good luck!

Pete

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From: gasman1@netcom.com (David A. Silva)
Subject: Re: Physician's Incomes
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
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Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 19:06:46 GMT

Gary Davis (gdavis@griffin.uvm.edu) wrote:
: Also I noted the data appear to be from 1986. This being true,MDs must
: be reaping even bigger salaries by now.
*NOT* Heavily decreased Medicare-Medicaid and 3rd party insurance
payments have decreased physician salaries. e.g. the average
anesthesiologist salry has decreased 90% from 1982-1992.
From: keg@strathspey.llnl.gov (Keith Grant)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Occupational injuries of musicians
Date: 3 Jan 93 00:03:58 GMT
Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Originator: keg@strathspey.llnl.gov



I just happened to have a reference to a recent article on this topic.  I 
hadn't gotten around to actually getting the article so I can't say how
useful it is.

 Mandel S.
      Overuse syndrome in musicians. When playing an instrument hurts.
      Postgraduate Medicine, 1990 Aug, 88(2):111-4.
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From: barsky@lisboa.ks.uiuc.edu (Daniel Barsky)
Subject: genetic therapy for lymphoma
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:21:53 GMT

I recall reading a month (or perhaps a few months) ago about a genetic  
therapy for Non-Hodgkin's type lymphoma (a cancer of the lymph nodes). I  
believe that trials have already been proposed and that the research was  
being done at Stanford University.

I read a variety of journals and papers, so I'm having trouble re-locating  
the article(s). If anyone knows where I can read about this work, I would  
really appreciate hearing from him or her. Thanks!

Daniel Barsky, Beckman Institute, Univ. Illinois
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From: tas@pegasus.com (Len Howard)
Subject: Re: Norplant side effects
Followup-To: sci.med  
Summary: Irregular bleeding is most common side effect  
Organization: Pegasus,  Honolulu
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 08:10:08 GMT

In article <1992Dec29.100313.1@sscvx1.ssc.gov> abraham@sscvx1.ssc.gov writes:
>Norplant side effects
>
>Is anybody know,
>What are the side effects of using 'Norplant' for birth control ?
>
 The most common side effect of Norplan is irregular menstrual
bleeding.  About 40% of women will have this.  It is important to
counsel the woman that she may have totally irregular menstrual
bleeding one the Norplant system is inserted.  This bleeding, however,
does not reduce the effectiveness of the system as a contraceptive.
It may, however, make it unacceptable to the woman and result in its
premature removal.

Len Howard
From: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Peter Breggin, _Toxic Psychiatry_ (Q)
Date: 22 Dec 92 17:43:42 GMT
Reply-To: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh Computer Science

You know, I think one of the problems here is that many of the
compiler designers and other laymen just have no experience with
psychotics.  They think we are talking about people who are
eccentric or socially deviant.  It would do them a world of
good to take a field trip to a mental ward and talk to some
of these people.  People who eat their own feces, who think
they are being controlled by wires implanted into their heads
by aliens, who think their baby's head has been put on backwards
and are trying to turn it around.  People who cut themselves
with razor blades.  I'd recommend a visit 
especially to an acute ward, so a couple of months
later, after these people have been treated they can return and
see the difference the treatment has made.  Because psychotic
patients are not something you encounter every day at the typical
software firm, I think such people don't have the faintest idea
about how sick and crazy these diseases can make a person, and 
neither how much better they get with treatment.

Kurt Vonnegut's son, Mark, wrote an interesting book about
his psychotic break which does give a flavor of what being
psychotic is like.  I forgot the title.



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From: jimkent@well.sf.ca.us (Jim Kent)
Subject: Re: post-Prozac reactions
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 15:55:20 GMT


The symptoms of late reactions to Prozac do fit those we saw when we gave
patients with bipolar disease tricyclics in the early days of their usage.
Most people like that seem to respond well to lithium, sometimes with
Tegretol added. ( Some line noise is slipping in here )

?
From: Stefan.M.Gorsch@dartmouth.edu (Stefan M. Gorsch)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Deodorants Harmful?
Date: 29 Dec 92 01:07:27 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
X-Posted-From: InterNews1.0a5@newshost.dartmouth.edu

In article <1992Dec28.095352.8870@visual.spk.wa.us>
pwageman@visual.spk.wa.us (Peggy Wageman) writes:

> Are deodorants that contain aluminum harmful?  And what would be the long
> term effects of using them?  Thanks,  Peggy Wageman

If you are concerned about the much publicized and probably incorrect
association between aluminum and alzheimers, fear not. A study in the
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology in 1990 failed to find any
statistically relevant association between aluminum containing
antiperspirants and alzheimers. 

stefan.m.gorsch@dartmouth.edu
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From: ruegg@med.unc.edu (Robert G. Ruegg)
Subject: Re: Deodorants Harmful?
Keywords: aluminum  Alzheimer
Organization: UNC-CH School of Medicine
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 04:50:10 GMT

An interesting light is shed on the aluminum - Alzheimer question by the
experience of renal dialysis patients.  Something about the dialysis
process loads them up with aluminum.  Most patients handle this without a
problem.  Their levels are above normal but they are getting rid of some
of the excess somehow.  They don't get Alzheimer disease.  A very
occasional patient does NOT get rid of the excess well enough.  They get
sick, but they don't get Alzheimer disease.  Aluminum poisoning, unlike
Alzheimer disease, is rapidly fatal if not recognized and treated promptly
with chelation.  It is reversible if treated, unlike Alzheimer disease. 
The patient goes on with high but not dangerous levels of aluminum and no
Alzheimer disease for years, with occasional courses of chelation to keep
the aluminum from getting TOO high.

Bob (ruegg@med.unc.edu)   -:- Help Stamp Out Mental Health -:-




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From: drand@spinner.osf.org (Douglas S. Rand)
Subject: Re: Deodorants Harmful?
Organization: Open Software Foundation
	<1hpvfpINN1gb@network.ucsd.edu>
Date: 29 Dec 92 12:46:00

In article <1hpvfpINN1gb@network.ucsd.edu> brian@ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor) writes:

   There is no aluminum in ordinary solder.  Solder is a mixture of lead
   and tin, with occasionally small amounts of other materials (copper,
   silver, etc) incorporated to alter the working properties of the solder.

   Of course lead and tin can contain contaminants such as cadmium,
   arsenic, and the like, and the less-critical solders such as those used
   in plumbing will not have the high purity of precision electronic solders.

Not precisely correct.  Plumbing solder,  at least in Mass,  is
virtually pure tin,  lead being banned for use in soldering 
water feed pipes.  
--
Douglas S. Rand <drand@osf.org>		OSF/Motif Dev.
Snail:         11 Cambridge Center,  Cambridge,  MA  02142
Disclaimer:    I don't know if OSF agrees with me... let's vote on it.
Amateur Radio: KC1KJ
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From: med50003@nusunix1.nus.sg (WANSAICHEONG KHIN-LIN)
Subject: Re: Bashing, truth, etc.
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 08:11:54 GMT

I would disagree with Dr. Rubin's statement about credentials and thier
relavance to competancy. As a general guide, they do serve a purpose.
The point abou accredition is ensure a minimum level of competancy in
the chosen field. Of course there will be individuals who do not have
that level of competance despite having said degree. 

Still, I would hesitate to discard the system on the basis that only
competance is the final arbiter for how then is competance to be
assessed?

gervais

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From: kps2@ellis.uchicago.edu (kenneth paul scholz)
Subject: Re: Infantile spasms
Reply-To: kps2@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 19:29:50 GMT

I don't know if this condition falls under the clasification of 
epilepsy but you might try calling the Epilepsy Foundation of America
at their toll-free information and referral number 1-800-efa-1000.  They
operate an extensive program of everything from research grants and an 
epilepsy library to community outreach and support groups.  
Best wishes

-- 
Ken Scholz                    Department of Pharm. and Physiology
kps2@midway.uchicago.edu      Univ. of Chicago
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From: bron@iastate.edu (bronwyn)
Subject: Re: Nicotine Withdrawal Help Needed
Originator: bron@tbird.cc.iastate.edu
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 11:23:12 GMT

In article <8283@news.duke.edu> das@canctr.mc.duke.edu writes:
>I am trying to quit smoking for health reasons (what other reasons are
>there? :-)  ).  

*Applaud*
Been there.  Biggest help to me? Two things.

1)  I was not *trying to quit* smoking.  I AM a Non-Smoker.
2)  I am a Non-Smoker *between cigarettes*, but I choose *not* to have
one right now.  I'm putting it off.  Maybe I'll have one at 1:00.  When
1:00 rolls around, I'll put it off till 1:15. 

Cold-turkey, although a great idea, didn't work for me.  I depended on
cigarettes psychologically.  *smile*

>So...  the doctor wants me to go cold turkey.  So, I'm trying.  I've gone
>24 hours without a cigarette 

Great! You've quit.  What's this trying crap? :)

>(I cheated 2 hrs ago and had a 0.2 mg ultra light cigarette, durn it) 

Okay, we all backslide sometimes.  

>2)  What are your worst horror stories about what smoking does to a persons
>    lungs, general health, etc.  Can anybody out there SCARE me into
>    quitting?

Fill a bottle with cigarette butts.  Fill to line with water.  Put on cap.
Smell frequently.  Ew.

You know you can do this.  I know you know.  So do it.

--
Bronwyn J Scrutton                                          bron@iastate.edu
Project Vincent                                               (515) 294-4994
                    If it's not one thing, it's Bronwyn.
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Subject: Colds & toothbrushes
From: RGINZBERG@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Ruth Ginzberg)
Date: 29 Dec 92 08:49:57 EDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Philosophy Dept., Wesleyan University
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.20Lines: 28

Well, since nearly everyone in my family had colds during the holidays  :^(
we had the following discussion endlessly:

Should one discard one's old toothbrush upon contracting a cold in order to
avoid reinfecting oneself?

"Pro-" faction:  The toothbrush is a repository for germs and mouth flora; it
is never sterilized;  thus it is a likely source of reinfection & (especially
when ill) it should be thrown out & a new one obtained immediately.  Continuing
to use the same toothbrush is like eating over & over again with the same
unwashed silverware. (yuk)

"Con-" faction:  Unless you share your toothbrush (yech), the only bugs on it
are the ones already in/on your own body, to which you either (a) already have,
or (b) are in the process of developing, immunity.  Besides that, you can't
"reinfect" yourself with your own cold virus, because the very thing that is
making it go away is the fact that your body is developing antibodies to it. 
You won't catch the same virus again unless your immune system is compromised,
though you might catch one of the other cold viruses, to which you have not
developed antibodies.  But you won't very likely get this from your own
toothbrush; you'll get it from airborne droplets or skin contact with someone
else who already has it. (My view; I was in the minority.)

Anyone else spend the holidays debating this?  What's the right answer?

------------------------
Ruth Ginzberg <rginzberg@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Philosophy Department;Wesleyan University;USA
From: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Questions about Reynaud's Syndrome
Date: 22 Dec 92 16:48:16 GMT
Reply-To: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh Computer Science

In article <dcox-101292102806@dcoxmac.nswc.navy.mil> dcox@relay.nswc.navy.mil (David Cox) writes:

>Adding fresh grated ginger to my food (easy, and tasty) is a definite
>help to avoiding the problem in the first place. A doctor friend told me
>once, offhand, that there was no treatment, and some herbalist later
>told me about ginger. Here is, for me, a key example of very useful
>information that I think a doctor should provide people who suffer from
>this condition. Do you doctors out there doubt the efficacy of ginger as
>a preventative treatment for mild cases of this condition? Do any of you
>tell your patients about it? This would be an example in an essay I would 
>like to write some day about what is lacking in conventional
>medicine, while still allowing creedence and importance to the prevalence
>of quacks in the alternative field. In the postings I have read in this
>group,

Before prescribing Ginger, scientific medicine would have to see
some experiments showing that it works.  It is not enough for you
to say "hey, it seems to help me, so all doctors from now on should
be telling their patients to take ginger."  That doesn't sound very
reasonable, now does it?





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From: amirza@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Anmar Caves)
Subject: Re: Health hazard in halogen lights?
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 16:50:20 GMT

In article <habersch.725072568@husc.harvard.edu> habersch@husc9.harvard.edu (Oren Haber-Schaim) writes:
><ICBAL@ASUACAD.BITNET> writes:
>
>>My wife was looking for a small powerful light for her make-up table and
>>finally settled on one of those halogen desk lamps; the light it gives
>>is very strong. But someone said they heard somewhere that the light from
>>these lamps is not good for the eyes when viewed directly--you should use
>>them for reflected light only (reading, etc.).  Does anyone have any
>>information either way?
>
>>Bruce Long
>
>I wasn't aware that women apply makeup by looking directly at
>halogen, or any other, lamps.  That would seem to be counterproductive.
>Perhaps you have not observed your wife very carefully?
>
>As I pointed out recently, most halogen incandescents have hotter
>filaments than most nonhalogen incandescents, and thus produce
>more UV.  But the difference in temperature is only a few percent,
>typically, compared to the sun's radiation temperature which is
>double that of either (6000K vs. 3000K);   the UV output of the
>lamp is piddling compared to that of the sun. 
>
>Anyway, look at the bright side (npi):  your wife is guaranteed
>not to get vitamin D deficiency in the winter!

This is somewhat incorrect.  Without a UV filter, the UVA and UVB
output of a 50 watt QH (quartz-halogen) desk lamp at 1 foot 
can be greater than noontime sun on the earths surface.  This may not
be so much of a problem for your skin, but your eyes will be affected.
UV tends to reduce the opacity of the cornea over time, and much of
the damage is not reversible.  All of this is moot, however, if a
simple glass lens is used with the lamp, as the glass will filter much
of the UV. 

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From: sue@netcom.com (Sue Miller)
Subject: Re: Adiposity 101
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 22:33:23 GMT

In article <DLB.92Dec30155641@fanny.wash.inmet.com> dlb@fanny.wash.inmet.com (David Barton) writes:
>I can't resist one tidbit.
>
>After being diagnosed as diabetic in August, I went on a *VERY* strict
>low-fat diet.  Now, it has controlled my blood sugar famously, which
>is what it was supposed to do.
>
>On the other hand, I have not lost a damn pound.  Nor have I gained.
>Rock steady.
>
>My wife just informed me that through *sometimes* eating my low fat
>diet, she has dropped eight pounds.  She often eats what she wants,
>rather than what I am eating.  About half of our dinners together, she
>eats what I am cooking (I have gotten very good at low-fat cooking, if
>I do say so myself).  The rest of the time, she gorges on lasanga,
>quiche, and ice cream bars.
>
>And she loses eight pounds.  Do I lose squat?  No.
>
>Life really sucks, sometimes.
>

Yeah, it's weird.  When I was living in England, I drank fresh
milk (straight from the cow, via the cooling tank), lots of butter,
cheese, and beef beef beef.  I also had sausage & chips
(& peas & beans), fish & chips, doner kebabs, you get the picture.
Salad?  I ate some, but not much.  Pies and cakes!  Fried food,
bacon butties.  Yummm.

I lost ~10 pounds.  I'm back in Healthful California, sitting on my
butt many hours a day in front of my workstation, but eating less
fattening food (by a mile).  The weight is right back on.
I guess I'm going to have to try to make myself exercise.  And
get my cholesterol checked.  :-)

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