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From: Ron Buckmire <buckmr@rpi.edu>
Subject: GALLO found *GUILTY* of scientific misconduct
Note: Copyright 1992, Dan R. Greening. Non-commercial reproduction allowed.
Archive-Number: 6705
Organization: unspecified
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 19:21:36 EST

	WASHINGTON -- The U.S. scientist credited with discovering the AIDS
virus and a colleague committed scientific misconduct by publishing
false and misleading statements in scientific papers describing their
groundbreaking work, a government investigation released Wednesday
charged. Based on the conclusion, the report from the Public Health
Service's Office of Research Integrity recommended that Dr. Robert Gallo
and his colleague, Dr. Mikulas Popovic, be supervised for three years to
ensure the accuracy of their work.
 
---
RON BUCKMIRE, 11 Colvin Circle, Troy, NY 12180-3735. `D.C. in 93!''
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"Making love and music are the only things worth fighting for..." - Prince.
Newsgroups: sci.med.aids
From: tftfm@acad3.alaska.edu (Tom McGrane)
Subject: Cold Condoms
Note: Copyright 1992, Dan R. Greening. Non-commercial reproduction allowed.
Archive-Number: 6683
Organization: University of Alaska Fairbanks
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 22:04:09 GMT

Does storage in extreme cold (-45 F or colder) hurt latex condoms?  
That happens regularly in Alaska in cars, cabins that don't have 
back-up heat, etc.

Spermicide instructions I've seen say to avoid freezing.  Does it 
actually affect the effectiveness?

Thanks, from -40 below!

Tom McGrane
TFTFM@ACAD3.ALASKA.EDU

Newsgroups: sci.med.aids
From: cholette@jsp.umontreal.ca (Cholette Martin)
Subject: ****INFO ON AIDS NEEDED **************************
Note: Copyright 1992, Dan R. Greening. Non-commercial reproduction allowed.
Archive-Number: 6661
Organization: Universite de Montreal
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 18:11:58 GMT

Hello everyone!

I am curious as to exactly what is dangerous behaviour and what is not whith
regards to the aids virus, I hear a lot of hear-say but I am never sure what
is real scientific knowledge and what is just junk. Last week some friends
and I had this discussion about AIDS, we are all fairly well educated
university students but to my amazement non of us could come to a consensus
as to what kind of behaviour is "dangerous" and which isn't. Here are some
questions that we came up with and we would appreciate it if some of you out
there who know more about the subject as we do would be kind enough to
send un some answers via e-mail, I will post the answer's to this group once
I get enough reply's.

Questions :

1) Can you catch AIDS (or HIV) from kissing (French style) where there is an
   exchange of saliva.?

2) A person *RECEIVING* oral sex : is this person in danger of contracting
   the virus?

3) A person *GIVING* oral sex : is this person in danger of contracting the
   virus?

--- We believe that if saliva is not contaminated, then there is a difference
    in risk for a person giving or a person receiving oral sex.  ------------

4) What are the differences in risk in giving or receiving anal sex ?
   ( with and without condom )

5) Clearly a woman is protected from HIV if her partner wears a condom during
   intercourse and they are careful to avoid spillage. But what about a man,
   some women seem to produce more vaginal fluids than others and this fluid
   might find it's way onto her male partner either in the pubic region or
   even on his legs in extreme cases, what is the risk for the man in these
   instances.

6) A lot of people practice what is called "fingering" which is the stimulation
   of a female vagina with a finger. What are the risks of contraction of the
   HIV virus for the person performing the act ( the on fingering )? And for
   the one receiving?

Also if there are some practices that I have forgotten to mention please feel
free to add anything at all.

******* REMARK : I am truly sorry if this post has offended anyone, it was
                 not intended to do so, but AIDS is a fact of life, and as
                 such, wee must be prepared to talk about it and it's means
                 of transmission, after all education is the best way to avoid
                  contamination.

Thank you all for you time and help!

Martin Cholette
cholette@jsp.umontreal.ca

Newsgroups: sci.med.aids
From: leeann.wentzell@acadiau.ca (LEEANN WENTZELL)
Subject: AIDS from punctured sores?
Note: Copyright 1992, Dan R. Greening. Non-commercial reproduction allowed.
Archive-Number: 6687
Organization: Acadia University
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 18:28:10 GMT

My husbands aunt is a surgical nurse. Last week she was prepping an HIV+ 
patient for surgery, but had forgotten to lower her faceguard. She 
accidentally touched a sore which subsequently exploded in her face and 
entered her eyes. The rest of the team rushed her out and cleaned her up, 
but this woman is beside herself with worry. Can anyone give me a risk 
estimate of her becoming HIV infected? It seems to me that the risk is quite 
low, but I'd like to hear some input from the net "experts".

Thanks

Lee Ann Wentzell                          "...foodless toads in 
Biology Department                        voluptuous chambers panting
Acadia University                         crawled..."
Wolfville, NS, CAN              P. B. Shelley - Prometheus Unbound
Newsgroups: sci.med.aids
From: newell@netcom.com (newell neal)
Subject: DNCB ???
Note: Copyright 1992, Dan R. Greening. Non-commercial reproduction allowed.
Archive-Number: 6691
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 15:55:02 GMT

I would like to get more info. on DNCD....how it works..etc.,.
I have tried on other systems without answers
Thank YOU
newell@netcom.com
From: pyuxf!tkdgw@uunet.UU.NET (25311-winters)
Newsgroups: sci.med.aids
Subject: Re: CDC Summary 12/23/92
Date: 23 Dec 92 19:30:44 GMT
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Note: Copyright 1992, Dan R. Greening. Non-commercial reproduction allowed.
Archive-Number: 6671

I have read all the articles for the last several months and have not see any 
reference to an article written in the Sep/Oct 92 issue of Natural Health
titled "Venus' Flytrap - Cancer and AIDS fighter of the Future" written
by Morton Walker, D.P.M. and mentions that a book on the subject will be
published by Avery Publishing Group in '93. The article states that even
though the extract called CARNIVORA has not been approved in the USA by
the FDA that Ronald Reagen has used it for his colon polyps. Carnivora
is derived from the plant Venus' Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) by Helmut
Keller, M.D. of the Chronic Disease Control ands treatment Center in 
Bad Steben, Germany, Phone 011-49-9288-51566, FAX 011-49-9288-7815 and is
available from Edgar Fischer of Carnivora-Forschungs_GmbH in Nordhalben,
Germany, phone 011-49-9267/1662, FAX 011-49-9267/1040. The article shows
a graph of 6 HIV patients with dramatic increases in T-helper cell counts
in trials lasting form 30 to 120 days. Counts increased from 100 to as high
as 400. Since this sounds to good to be true I inquired of my daughter's
Doctor who responded negatively. I am posting in the hope that I can find
more information about this new treatment before my daughter orders it 
on her own. After calling Germany my daughter found that a 3 months supply
will cost 680.00 dollars and have to be injected by herself. 
Newsgroups: sci.med.aids
From: bhjelle@carina.unm.edu ()
Subject: Re: plaque
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 13:01:24 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Distribution: sci

In article <1992Dec21.022239.5438@spdcc.com> dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer) writes:


>>In what ways is dental plaque different from the plaque that accumulates
>>in arteries?
>
>They're identical.  In fact, a common cause of early senility is
>atherosclerotic plaques which come from too infrequent brushing,
>hence the term "mental floss".
>
>I prefer a professional cleaning done twice a year by my favorite

Good... now that we have "Dr. Science" on line maybe he
can clear up the following for me:

What is the difference between "dia-bee-tis" and "dia-bee-teez"?

What is the difference between "an-gi-na" and "an-jy-na"?

How much longer (or shorter) is a "sont-i-meter" than a "cent-i-meter"?

How does "dilatation" differ from "dilation"?

Brian
From: RGINZBERG@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Ruth Ginzberg)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Human parthenogenesis
Date: 28 Dec 92 18:21:35 GMT
Organization: Philosophy Dept., Wesleyan University
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.20In-Reply-To: kfl@access.digex.com's message of 28 Dec 1992 17:17:54 GMTLines: 21

In <1hncs2INN31u@mirror.digex.com> kfl@access.digex.com writes:
> Simply start a pair of identical twins using in-vitro fertilization.
> Bring one to term.  Freeze the other, and bring it to term 20 years
> later by implanting it in the older twin.  You will have a mother and
> daughter with identical DNA.

Er, to do this one would have to (1) actually observe an in vitro instance of
monozygotic twinning as it occured; and (2) ascertain that the zygote(s) were
female; not to mention (3) successfully implant that particular embryo &
acheive a live delivery; as well as (4) successfully thaw & implant an embryo
frozen for 2 decades; & (5) bring it to full-term birth.

Since the techniques for human in vitro fertilization & implantation are only
about 12 or 13 years old, & human in vitro fertilizations & implantations have
nowhere near a 100% success rate, I guess this is still the stuff of s.f., eh?



------------------------
Ruth Ginzberg <rginzberg@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Philosophy Department;Wesleyan University;USA
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond)
Subject: Night blindness
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 05:56:08 GMT
Organization: Dixie Communications Public Access.  The Mouth of the South.

Is there any treatment for night blindness?  If so, can someone point me
toward the experts in the field?

Thanks
John
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Newsgroups: sci.med
From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg)
Subject: Re: Adiposity 101
Organization: Omen Technology INC, Portland Rain Forest
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 04:52:24 GMT

In article <0kgrdf-@lynx.unm.edu> bhjelle@carina.unm.edu () writes:
>In article <17878@pitt.UUCP> geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks) writes:
>>In article <1992Dec13.000934.28433@omen.UUCP> caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg) writes:
>>>>>
>>>
>>>The new methods are already far better for those with adipocyte
>>>hyperplasia.  At least they haven't been shown to increase the
>>>severity of adipocyte hyperplasia by 10 per cent per treatment.
>>
>>Excuse me?  What new method are you referring to in which
>>changes in adipocytes were measured?  I'm not familiar with
>>any such treatments.
>>
>"Adipocyte hyperplasia" is another politically-correct phrase
>for obesity. Chuck's diatribes are full of PC jargon, but
>you have to know what to look for in order to recognize it.

That's a modest statement.

"Adipocyte hyperplasia" is a common term in current obesity
research, except for diet wonks.  It is defined in Adiposity
101.  "Hyperplasia" is also defined in the Random House
Dictionary of the English Language.

"Adipocyte hyperplasia" may sound like politically correct
diatribe to individuals ignorant of current obesity research
topics.  It is in fact an scientific description of a specific
physiological condition.

-- 
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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
From: king@reasoning.com (Dick King)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Questions about Reynaud's Syndrome
Date: 23 Dec 92 22:25:55 GMT
Organization: Reasoning Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA

In article <1992Dec23.102647.12172@vms.eurokom.ie> mdebuitlear@vms.eurokom.ie writes:
>In article <17873@pitt.UUCP>, geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks) writes:
>> 
>> 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?
>
>If it obviously doesn't do any harm, it doesn't sound unreasonable to me.
>


Why is it so obvious that it doesn't do any harm?

You are hypothesizing that ginger, instead of being just a spice, has some
particular beneficial effect on the body, that scientific medicine hasn't
measured yet.  Why are you assuming that it has no harmful effect on the body,
that neither scientific medicine nor anyone else has measured yet.


This question is never far from my mind when an advocate of "traditional" or
herbal medicine types.


-dk
From: jmoulder@post.its.mcw.edu (John Moulder)
Newsgroups: sci.med.physics
Subject: Re: Radiation Oncology
Date: 28 Dec 92 14:35:43 GMT
Reply-To: jmoulder@post.its.mcw.edu (John Moulder)
Organization: Medical College of Wisconsin
NNTP-Posting-Host: moulder.radbio.mcw.edu

> Any folks out there in the field?
 
Do radiation biologists count? (-:

While this newsgroup is mostly medical physics, its also the 
only real forum I'm aware of for radiation biology and radiaiton 
oncology topics.

John Moulder (jmoulder@post.its.mcw.edu)      414-266-4672
Radiation Biology Group
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisc
From: bliss@adcalc.fnal.gov
Newsgroups: sci.med.physics
Subject: Fellowships for Medical Physics?
Date: 3 Jan 93 08:15:15 GMT
Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
NNTP-Posting-Host: adcalc.fnal.gov

Does anyone out there know of any Fellowships or other forms of financial aid
available for someone pursuing a Masters Degree in Medical Physics?  Any
information would be appreciated.

Kevin
From: cmdgac@mhvax.weeg.uiowa.edu (GREGG COHEN, MHCRC, DEPT OF PSYCHIATRY, U OF IOWA)
Newsgroups: sci.med.physics
Subject: radiation biologists
Date: 28 Dec 92 16:06:00 GMT
Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

Maybe we can get a subgroup going for us radiation biologists?  There aren't
alot of us (admittedly), however there are a lot of people exposing
biological systems to ionizing (and non-ionizing) radiations.

a thought

gregg
Newsgroups: sci.med.physics
From: cpsigd01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
Subject: Re: radiation biologists
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 14:43:55 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville

In article <28DEC199210064116@mhvax.weeg.uiowa.edu>, cmdgac@mhvax.weeg.uiowa.edu (GREGG COHEN, MHCRC, DEPT OF PSYCHIATRY, U OF IOWA) writes:
> Maybe we can get a subgroup going for us radiation biologists?  There aren't
> alot of us (admittedly), however there are a lot of people exposing
> biological systems to ionizing (and non-ionizing) radiations.
> gregg
> 
SCI.MED.PHYSICS is not so over populated with postings that it can't accept
a few from radiation biologists.  The field is so interdisciplinary that it 
should be of interest to other readers of the group.  I would, however, make
a suggestion to Societies which represent workers in radiation such as
AAPM, Radiation Research, Health Physics, ASTRO, RSNA etc. that they include
Bitnet or Internet addresses in their Membership Directories.
>
>  
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From: esrmm@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Denis Anthony)
Newsgroups: sci.med.physics
Subject: Ultrasound Tomography with Neural Nets
Date: 31 Dec 92 16:45:39 GMT
Organization: Warwick University, Great Britain
NNTP-Posting-Host: lily.csv.warwick.ac.uk

I have placed a paper on this in the ftp site ftp.warwick.ac.uk in
/pub/papers/us_tomo.ps for anyone who is interested. The paper refers
to industrial applications, but is relevant to medical work.

A paper of the medical use of neural nets is also there as
anthony.medical.ps.Z

Denis
From: x0x6117@zeus.tamu.edu (XU, XIE)
Newsgroups: sci.med.physics
Subject: Re: Fellowships for Medical Physics?
Date: 3 Jan 1993 15:00 CST
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: zeus.tamu.edu
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

In article <1993Jan3.021515.1@adcalc.fnal.gov>, bliss@adcalc.fnal.gov writes...
>Does anyone out there know of any Fellowships or other forms of financial aid
>available for someone pursuing a Masters Degree in Medical Physics?  Any
>information would be appreciated.
> 
>Kevin

There several fellowships available from Health Physics Society 
every year for students entering graduate program in Health Physics. 
The deadline is in  about March. Besides, DOE offers fellowships too,
through Oak Ridge National Lab. 

Good Luck!

George
From: Marc.Mlyn%bbs@jptcs.com (Marc Mlyn)
Newsgroups: sci.med.physics
Subject: Radiation Oncology
Date: 24 Dec 92 21:25:11 GMT
Reply-To: Marc.Mlyn%bbs@jptcs.com (Marc Mlyn)
X-Posting-Software: UniBoard 1.10a S/N 202921

Any folks out there in the field?
 
Regards,
Marc Mlyn
Medical Dosimetrist
From: weinhous@castor.hahnemann.edu (Martin S. Weinhous Ph.D.)
Newsgroups: sci.med.physics
Subject: Re: Radiation Oncology
Date: 24 Dec 1992 20:47:33 -0500
Organization: Hahnemann University
NNTP-Posting-Host: castor.hahnemann.edu

In article <101@jptcs.COM> Marc.Mlyn%bbs@jptcs.com (Marc Mlyn) writes:
:Any folks out there in the field?
: 
:Regards,
:Marc Mlyn
:Medical Dosimetrist

Yes, in fact this group was founded by a Radiation Oncology Physicist
(Jim Balter, Ph.D., now at U. Mich.).

There is also a fairly inactive Radiation Oncology mail burster maintained
by George Sherouse (newly Ph.D.) at Duke. You can be added to the burster
by mailing a request to medphys-request@radonc.duke.edu.

Otherwise, welcome.

-- 

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Radiation Oncology, MS-102
Hahnemann University 			office: (215) 762 - 8616
Broad & Vine				fax:    (215) 762 - 7683
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Newsgroups: sci.med.physics
From: ad198@yfn.ysu.edu (Carl Landis)
Subject: Re: radiation biologists
Reply-To: ad198@yfn.ysu.edu (Carl Landis)
Organization: St. Elizabeth Hospital, Youngstown, OH
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 16:54:11 GMT


In a previous article, cmdgac@mhvax.weeg.uiowa.edu (GREGG COHEN, MHCRC, DEPT OF PSYCHIATRY, U OF IOWA) says:

>Maybe we can get a subgroup going for us radiation biologists?  There aren't
>alot of us (admittedly), however there are a lot of people exposing
>biological systems to ionizing (and non-ionizing) radiations.

Since my training in medical physics included a lot of radiation
biology and I teach an elementary course in our school of radiological
(x-ray) technology, I would be interested in reading it.  It could be
a good forum on discussion of low-level exposure and possibly even
the politics of low-level radiation.

-Carl

--
From: x0x6117@zeus.tamu.edu
Newsgroups: sci.med.physics
Subject: Help needed! how to find a list of employers?
Date: 23 Dec 1992 16:50 CST
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: zeus.tamu.edu
Keywords: health physics;job;Ph.D
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

Hi, there,
I am finishing my Ph.d in Health Physics. I realize that there are not too many 
places I can go as a Ph.D ( there are very few employers who are seeking Ph.d
according to Health Physics Newsletter's placement ad.). Besides, my foreign 
citizenship may be not helpful for me to find a job in the U.S.  

Is there some one out there who can post or send e-mail to me, to provide some
hints as how to go about finding a job in this field, such as the name of 
employers who want to hire Ph.D student like me? By the way, I got Master of 
science degree in Physics in the states, and are getting the Ph.D in Nuclear 
engineering/Health physics at Texas A&M University. 

Thank you!----George

From: pabo@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Eric Pabo)
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 16:50:32 GMT
Subject: Bacterial Cause of Ulcers?
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO
Newsgroups: sci.med

	I would appreciate some references for articles, preferable in medical
journals, on the recent developments on duodenal ulcers being caused by an
infection by a bacteria (Helicobacter ?) and the treatment regimen of anti-
biotic and bismuth.  If anyone has information in an electronic format I would
also appreciate it.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Eric F Pabo
pabo@hpsmpa.lvld.hp.com
303-679-3947
From: labiche@bnr.ca (Maurice LaBiche)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Reliability in medicine and engineering  (was: ... incomes)
Date: 22 Dec 92 22:04:18 GMT
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Richardson, Tx.

I understand that many processes are put in place by Companies 
or Standards Associations to ensure the quality of a product
which may be involved in real life situations.  However, that
does not mean that all projects which get into the real world
as products go through these stringent processes to ensure
their dependability.  I think we're getting into a discussion 
about whether an Engineer can worry as much about a problem
and the possible solutions to it as a Doctor can about an 
individual patient. 

It is possible in any profession to become desensitized to the
reality of the situation.  Some doctors are very appropiately concerned
about their patients well-being and some aren't.
Hopefully most are concerned but I've seen many that don't appear to 
care once they're paid if they seemed to care at all. 
Maybe they just had terrible interpersonal skills.

If capitalism isn't affecting the cost of medical care why do
we pay so much for it?  Is it because we've got so many 
middle-men collecting processing fees?  Is it because of
socialized medicine in Canada?  


Oh no, that's right we don't have a free market here at all.

Sure,

Maurice
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"The world is a strange place."
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: plaque
Date: 21 Dec 92 03:29:34 -0600
Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

[reply to ara@zurich.ai.mit.edu]
 
>In what ways is dental plaque different from the plaque that
>accumulates in arteries?
 
The only thing they have in common is the name.  The first is formed
from bacteria, the second from cholesterol-laden macrophages.

David Nye
nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu