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From: des@helix.nih.gov (David E. Scheim)
Subject: Re: On pre-scientific traditions of medicine (was: Use of term allopath)
Organization: NIH
Distribution: sci
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 20:40:17 GMT

>In fact, we find that
>all of the cells from a single cancer exhibit the same mutations in
>the 40 or so oncogenes that we have identified.  Typically, in benign
>tumors, one to three oncogenes are found mutated; in lymphomas, about
>four, in advanced metastatic carcinomas and sarcomas, about six....

Your summary of the evidence for a primary genetic effect in cancer presents 
a good case and I'll certainly consider it if I ever do a serious foray into 
the causes and dynamics of cancer.  My concrete interest right now centers 
around a particular treatment methodology in which the well-established 
Warburg observation on elevated glycolysis in malignancy (versus his 
controversial interpretation of this effect) is significant.
  To elaborate, it has been shown in dozens of studies that cancer cells 
have a highly elevated rate of glycolysis and consequently much higher 
glucose utilization and lactic acid production than normal tissue.  This 
results in a sharp, selective depression of pH in tumors under glucose 
loading.  Warburg argued quite adamantly that this effect was fundamental to 
the cause of cancer and a primal event in carcinogensis.  This 
interpretation has been highly controversial, but the effect itself is not 
in question.  --ds

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From: geb@dsl.pitt.edu (gordon e. banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Hepatitis vaccine
Date: 22 Aug 92 00:41:59 GMT
Organization: Decision Systems Laboratory, Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA.

In article <1992Aug20.052052.1847@techbook.com> kim@techbook.com (Kim Larsen) writes:

>
>Do medical students/residents routinely get the hep B vaccine?
>
Yes.  They get it free, usually.
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From: tordm@vana (Tord Malmgren)
Subject: far- and narrowsight operations?
Reply-To: TordM@VanD.PhySto.SE
Organization: Department of Physics, University of Stockholm -- Sweden
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 22:30:54 GMT


 hello! I just read that far- and narrowsighted persons could have an
operation in which you cut the eye with a laser, so that a small scar
builds to make a refraction to compensate. Does anybody have any info
on this?? anything will be appreciated beyond horizons!





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               | BITNet  : TordM@SESUF51        | and NOT of this department!
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 Department of Physics, University of Stockholm 
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From: jcp@islay.dco.dec.com (Jolly C. Pancakes)
Subject: Re: Leaving Trazadone
Organization: Electric Otter Eel Emporium
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 01:28:37 GMT

In article <1992Aug18.201238.10162@Warren.MENTORG.COM> tal@Warren.MENTORG.COM (Tom Limoncelli) writes:
>My best friend in the world is on trazadone for her depression.  She
>knows she can't stay on it forever, but is terrified of leaving it.
>Before she was on it she suffered from angoraphobia (sp?) and severe
                                         ^^^^^^^^^^

	Is this a fear of large furry rabbits or of soft furry sweaters?



	
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From: plebrun@vub.UUCP (Philippe Lebrun)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: R: Hepatitis Vaccine
Date: 18 Aug 92 12:48:08 GMT
Organization: Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels
Summary: Hep A,too!

In article <1992Aug14.091548.49493@ccvax.ucd.ie>, clissman@ccvax.ucd.ie writes:VR
> 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
> 
> Thanks
> Ciaran

HAVRIX is a trade name, so you'll have to find out which type of
hepatitis it is directed against. Hepatitis B vaccine has been
around in
Europe for about 10 years now, however a new hep A vaccine has
just come out, and this may be what HAVRIX is. This is definitely
interesting for travellers in underdeveloped countries, as
hep A is often endemic. It has been proved to work, but I don't
know how long it is effective.  
 
I hear a C vaccine is in the works...

-philippe
From: russ@wpg.com (Russell Lawrence)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Don't laugh, I am having trouble opening my mouth.
Date: 21 Aug 92 22:25:29 GMT
Organization: WP Group

From article <1992Aug21.081345.29094@praxis.co.uk>, by woody@praxis.co.uk (Paul Woodman):
> Well, 5 days on and it hasn't. I now have a dull ache in my jaw
> and pain from the left side jaw hinge when I chew anything. I still
> can't open my mouth any wider and every day things are getting tricky
> like cleaning teeth etc.
> 
> If I feel where I presume my jaw hinges around the ear area, it feels
> to me that there is more of a gap between the upper and lower jaw
> (where they hinge) on the left side than on the right. I also now get
> clicking noises coming from the right side of my jaw when I open my
> mouth. 
> 
> In all other respects, I am in good health with no ongoing medical
> problems and no history of any problems.

It sounds like a TMJ problem.  85% of such problems go away with no
treatment whatsoever, but you can speed things up a bit by:

1) avoiding hard or chewing foods for a few days
2) applying hot, most heat to the facial muscles.
3) stretching the facial muscles... thereby helping them to relax.

   a) Open mouth moderately wide ten times.
   b) Place fist under chin and open wide against pressure of the fist
      three times.
   c) Repeat a and b.
   d) Do the whole series four times a day.

The sort of TMJ pain you're describing, BTW, comes not from the
joint itself, but from involuntary isotonic contractions of facial 
muscles, possibly the massiter.  

--
Russell Lawrence, WP Group, New Orleans (504) 443-5000
russ@wpg.com   uunet!wpg!russ
-- 
Russell Lawrence, WP Group, New Orleans (504) 443-5000
russ@wpg.com   uunet!wpg!russ
From: mchadwick@galaxy.gov.bc.ca
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Don't moderate sci.med
Date: 20 Aug 92 16:54:35 -0700
Organization: BC Systems Corporation

In article <BtAJLs.Dry@world.std.com>, jelia@world.std.com (Joe J Elia) writes:
> In article <1992Aug19.211233.18467@newstand.syr.edu> mdkline@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Mark D. Kline) writes:
>>
>>It has been suggested that sci.med be moderated.  I oppose the idea;


I also oppose the idea - it works very well the way it is.
From: rg@msel.unh.edu (Roger Gonzalez)
Subject: Re: Eye strain among programmers
Organization: UNH Marine Systems Engineering Lab
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 00:16:16 GMT


I've become a rabid anti-flourescent-light programmer.  I actually see beat
frequencies when the stupid 60Hz lights are reflecting off my 72Hz monitor.
It gives me a massive headache.  I don't know why, but I can also "see" the
60Hz flicker in the lights themselves when I look at them.  A lot of other
people can't.

I've started shutting off all flourescents, and using several arm incandescent
desk lamps pointing at specific spots I need light.  Other people call my
office and the machine room "the cave".

I also am very sensitive to "monitor whine".  Another thing that other people
don't seem to hear.  It gives me a massive headache.

Its really annoying to have to explain to other people that the computer
monitor is attempting to kill me.

:-)

-Roger
--
"The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting
 than the question of whether a submarine can swim" - Edsger W. Dijkstra 

Roger Gonzalez   -  rg@msel.unh.edu
Division of Bit Banging and Reluctant Robotics
UNH Marine Systems Engineering Laboratory, Durham, NH  03824-3525
(603) 862-4600 -4399 (fax)

Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational
From: jdc3538@ultb.isc.rit.edu (J.D. Cronin )
Subject: Progressive nearsightness from CRT use
Originator: jdc3538@ultb
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 01:00:15 GMT

Have any of you folks noticed progressively worse nearsightness
working on CRT's?  

Jim
From: tertium@milton.u.washington.edu (l boyd)
Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational
Subject: Eye strain among programmers
Date: 20 Aug 92 17:56:11 GMT
Article-I.D.: milton.tertium.714333371
Organization: University of Washington


Anyone els have a problem with eye strain?  A few weeks ago, a light went out
in my office, which, btw, is a 10x10 former closet with *8* flourescent
lights in the office.

Maintenance came and fixed the light, and another that was out, and suddenly
I couldn't stand to be in here.  Flicker was *everywhere*, and after a couple
of hours, I was at risk for vertigo or a headache.

Well, they turned out 4 of the lights, and now it's too dim, and I still
detect the flicker.  Does anyone know ways of measuring light levels and
making an objective assessment of a situation?

Lauren
Xref: sparky sci.med.occupational:15 sci.med:16240
From: n9020351@henson.cc.wwu.edu (James Douglas Del-Vecchio)
Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational,sci.med
Subject: Re: Progressive nearsightness from CRT use
Date: 23 Aug 92 01:33:18 GMT
Article-I.D.: henson.1992Aug23.013318.29787
Organization: Western Washington University

jdc3538@ultb.isc.rit.edu (J.D. Cronin ) writes:

>Have any of you folks noticed progressively worse nearsightness
>working on CRT's?  

	Yes.  I had perfect vision until I got a job using CRTs for 
8-10hrs/day.  A few months later I needed glasses (age 20 then)

It gets worse, but never better, to my knowledge.

	I wish now, that I could get a job staring at _far away_ 
things for 8-10hrs/day, maybe that would fix them (^8.

Is there anything?   I doubt it.

Jim Del Vecchio
From: birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag)
Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational
Subject: Re: Progressive nearsightness from CRT use
Date: 23 Aug 92 02:15:47 GMT
Organization: Screaming in Digital, the Queensryche Net Digest

jdc3538@ultb.isc.rit.edu (J.D. Cronin ) writes:

>Have any of you folks noticed progressively worse nearsightness
>working on CRT's?  

Surprisingly, I really haven't.  I've been computing for about 10 years, and
from late 1989 to mid 1992 worked full time as a programmer [with a horrid
amber 12" screen], in addition to spending about 8 hours a day on the net
from home.  I am also an avid reader, and spend a lot of time engaged in
_those_ activities.

I read somewhere that as long as the eyes are frequently refocused, they will
not become "stuck" in up-close or far-off mode.  In reaction to this, I have
always placed my CRT adjacent to a window, so that I could look at a distant
object whenever I pleased.

As my family has a history of poor sight [my father, mother, and sister were
all wearing glasses by the time they reached adulthood], I suspect eventually
I will end up running into problems.  I don't think computers will be to blame
for them, though.

I currently use my computer for at least 8 hours on the average day, and 
aside from the looking-out-the-window trick, I can recommend using a VGA
monitor, as large as possible, with dark letters on a light background.  In
theory, brown letters on white strain your eyes the least.  I am currently
using a nice GUI on a VGA/greyscale monitor, so I have dark grey letters on
a white background, which is also nice.  My screen is only 14" diagonally,
so the letters aren't too big, but I can vary their size, and they're very
well-defined.

-Shag
-- 

     Freedom belongs to only those without video screens for eyes and mouth.
		- Queensryche
Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational
From: anthropo@carina.unm.edu (Dominick V. Zurlo)
Subject: Re: Health Care Advocate _ HELP
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 16:38:40 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <Bt9E3p.9z8@acsu.buffalo.edu> AXLEROD@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu (Harvey Axlerod) writes:
>
>    A good friend of mine is interested in pursuing a career in health care
>advocacy. Questions:
> 
>    1. Is there a degree program for this new field ? and
> 
>    2. If not, any suggestions as to how one prepares for such a career ?
> 
>  Thanks in advance for any help.
> 
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>Harvey Axlerod                   Voice:    716-645-3570
>University at Buffalo            FAX:      716-645-3734
>University Computing Services    BITNET :  axLErod@ubvm
>224 Computing Center             Internet: axLErod@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu
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Well, I don't know of any particular degree program in this area, but there
are several agencies that provide small-scale training programs.  Here
in Alb. and at UNM in particular, we have some programs on advocacy at
our Rape Crisis center, and a couple of workshops at our health center.
But none of them are degree programs, and are only volunteer training.
There may be similar programs up there in Buffalo.  If I do come across 
anything, I will post it though.  ANd I'd appreciate the same, (I work
in our Staff Development office at the Center on Alcoholism, Sub. Abuse a
and Addictions.)  Thanks and good luck.

DOminick


Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational
From: dwallach@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Dan Wallach)
Subject: Re: Wrist abuse -- what will the doctor do?
Organization: NAS Program, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 15:38:06 GMT

fms@sw.stratus.com (Faith Senie) writes:

>What should we have expected from our doctors?  Does it look like either 
>of us got it?  And why do I feel like my husband's doctor has more of a
>clue on this than mine does?  :-)

General doctors seem to only know the basics: ibuprofen as an anti-inflamatory,
and wrist-braces, to help prevent more injury.  I went to an occupational
therapy clinic at a local hospital, and they did all sorts of strange things:
they measured my grip strength, my nerve sensitivity (with a little pokey 
thing -- they touch, then you say where they touched...), and all this
other fun stuff.  They made me custom-fitting wrist-braces (in which I
had far more use from my hands than the generic off-the-shelf version),
proscribed me a better anti-inflamatory when the ibuprofen was messing
up my stomach, etc.  Probably most important, I was given regular exercises,
and I had regular appointments with an occupational therapist.

Of course, your mileage may vary...

I suppose it's generally good advice to seek out second opinions, and
to make sure you find a doctor who seems to be clued in to your problem.
Your wrists are worth it!

--
Dan Wallach              "One of the most attractive features of a Connection
dwallach@nas.nasa.gov    Machine is the array of blinking lights on the faces
                         of its cabinet." -- CM Paris Ref. Manual, v6.0, p48.
Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational
From: dwallach@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Dan Wallach)
Subject: Welcome to sci.med.occupational!
Organization: NAS Program, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 16:26:41 GMT

sci.med.occupational is for the discussion of occupational injuries,
their prevention, detection, and treatment.  It is also for the discussion
of adapting: both the work environment to the user, and the user to the
work environment.

The majority of discussion will likely center around computer-specific
occupational injuries, although discussion could certainly deal with other
classes of occupational "blue collar" injuries.

If you've injured your wrists, arms, etc. from your computer, then you
should look for the typing-injury-faq, which will be posted here, monthly.

sci.med.occupational is an unmoderated group.


--
Dan Wallach              "One of the most attractive features of a Connection
dwallach@nas.nasa.gov    Machine is the array of blinking lights on the faces
                         of its cabinet." -- CM Paris Ref. Manual, v6.0, p48.
Newsgroups: sci.med.physics
From: IQ00 <IQ00@polytec1.polymtl.ca>
Subject: MRI data set
Organization: Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 23:31:36 GMT

Hi,

   Is there any one out there who could give me any indication
or suggestion about a ftp site where I could get MRI images.
   More specifically, I'm working in a project where I would need
a data set of the whole human body with at least 1 slice/cm.
   I'd appreciate any suggestion. Thanks in advance, Ciro.



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Ciro Palludetti                   | tel. (514) 524-4699
Genie Biomedicale - M.Sc.A.       | E-mail:
Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal   |  IQ00@POLYTEC1.POLYMTL.BITNET
Montreal - Canada                 |  CIRO@IRISPOLY.POLYMTL.CA
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From: fms@sw.stratus.com (Faith Senie)
Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational
Subject: Wrist abuse -- what will the doctor do?
Date: 20 Aug 92 21:35:20 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.

In the FAQ, under the general info on wrist problems (carpal tunnel,
tendinitis, etc.), it said in no uncertain terms that, should one start
showing symptoms like those listed, one should GET TO A DOCTOR.

Well, what should one expect to have one's doctor do?

My husband went to his doctor complaining of aches & pains in his wrists
and arms; his doctor gave him a prescription for wrist braces (with 
instructions on when to wear them and when not to wear them) and sent him
to a neurologist, who checked him out for carpal tunnel.  The neurologist
checked him out and determined that his was a mild problem and told him
that the braces would do him a lot of good, but should he have any problems
with tingling in his fingers, etc., that he should come back to see him.

I went to my doctor (different doctor) complaining of aches and pains in
my wrists and arms; my doctor flopped my wrist back and forth a few times,
gave me a prescription for an anti-inflammatory (prescription-strength 
ibuprofen) and told me to try wearing braces if I thought it might help.
That was it.

What should we have expected from our doctors?  Does it look like either 
of us got it?  And why do I feel like my husband's doctor has more of a
clue on this than mine does?  :-)


Thanks,
Faith

-- 
Faith M. Senie            InterNet: fms@vos.stratus.com
Stratus Computer, Inc.    InterNet: fms@hoop.sw.stratus.com
55 Fairbanks Blvd.       Pkt Radio: n1jit@ka1srd.ma.usa.na
Marlboro, MA 01752           Phone: (508)460-2632

"I'm afraid I don't know very much about Romulan Disruptor settings" --Spock
Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational
From: jon@oas.stanford.edu (Jon Claerbout)
Subject: Re: FAQ: Typing Injuries
Organization: Stanford Exploration Project
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 06:08:19 GMT


My problem is my right wrist.

I found a partial solution.

The problem is aggravated by the wrist twisting
involved in typing the RETURN key.

A simple solution for me is to type control-M
instead of RETURN.
On the UNIX systems I use, it does the same thing.
Also, I've learned to move my whole hand and arm
toward the return key
rather than twisting my wrist.
A rolled up towel in front of the keyboard
for wrist support also helps.
From: dank@blacks.jpl.nasa.gov (Daniel R. Kegel)
Subject: Re: Eye strain among programmers
Organization: Image Analysis Systems Group, JPL
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 01:29:51 GMT

rg@msel.unh.edu (Roger Gonzalez) writes:
>I also am very sensitive to "monitor whine".  Another thing that other people
>don't seem to hear.  It gives me a massive headache.
>Its really annoying to have to explain to other people that the computer
>monitor is attempting to kill me.

You said it.  The old CGA monitors (and all TV's) really bug me, less so
now that I've turned 30.
Thank goodness for the high-res (1000x1000) monitors-
you'd have to have quite the ear to be bugged by those.
- Dan K.
From: rind@binoc.bih.harvard.edu (David Rind)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Question about hepatitis vaccine
Date: 19 Aug 92 22:06:25 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston Mass., USA

In article <1267@ceylon.gte.com> vrs0@bunny.gte.com (V. Stern) writes:
>I have gotten a little confused reading the discussion about hepatitis 
>vaccines.  My son received the Hib vaccine, which I thought was for 
>hepatitis.  Is there another one?

I suspect that Hib is an abbreviation for Hemophilus influenza B, 
a bacterial infection that children are being vaccinated against.
It is unrelated to Hepatitis B.
-- 
David Rind
rind@binoc.bih.harvard.edu
From: fzjaffe@hamlet.ucdavis.edu (Rory Jaffe)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Paralytics...
Date: 15 Aug 92 06:12:35 GMT
Organization: University of California, Davis

For emergency (field) conditions, the suggestion of administering an
anesthetic instead of a paralytic is often unwise, since the most
frequent problem requiring field intubation (at least that's survivable)
is hemorrhagic shock (note, that is most frequent in my area of
California).  Head injuries are another relatively frequent indication
 .  In head injuries, anesthesia is often useful
to prevent a rise in intracranial pressure caused both by the effect of
succinylcholine itself and the stress of laryngoscopy.  However, giving
anesthestics in the field is fraught with dangers (e.g. misdiagnosis,
inappropriate dose) and is not done in our area.  Succinylcholine is a
very dangerous drug and can kill someone within seconds.  Anyone using
it must get adequate training from an anesthesiologist.  The list of
contraindications and precautions is long.
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From: robin@ntmtv.UUCP (Robin Coutellier)
Subject: Re: Hives??  Or Shingles??
Originator: robin@volans
Organization: Northern Telecom Incorporated
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 03:54:33 GMT

From article <1221@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM>, by lsnow@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM (Linda Snow):
> What you describe sounds like hives to me, not shingles.  The one
> time I received treatment for hives, it consisted of an antihistamine
> (chlortrimeton, for example, which is available OTC). I had to take it
> for 3-4 days.  I don't know if the hives would have gone away without
> treatment.  My case behaved pretty much like yours except it sounds like
> you have more intense itching.

The original posting said it is usually worse at the end of the day.  I'm
wondering if he spends a lot of time in the sun, particularly exertion in
the sun.  When I was in my teens, I would get hives on my face after a
lot of walking (miles), etc., in the sun.  I even had to be diverted to 
an indoor sport for PE when the rest of my classmates were playing tennis 
because of it.



Robin Coutellier                   | Seen in a mag ad for Superslims:
Northern Telecom, Mountain View, CA|   Try the cigarette that's as feminine
ames!ntmtv!robin   	           |   as it looks.  The only long, slim 
ntmtv!robin@ames.arc.nasa.gov      |   cigarette with 70% less smoke from 
				   |   the lit end.  So it's as unmistakably 
				   |   feminine as you.
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