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Subject: Herbs for Menopause
From: ctobias@violet.ccit.arizona.edu
Date: 30 Dec 92 11:29:12 MST
Distribution: world,local
Keywords: menopause
Nntp-Posting-User: ctobias

I would like to learn about herbs which women can take for menopausal symptoms. 
Can someone suggest sources to read on the subject?  I do not want to just take
the herbs I have heard about without understanding more about them, since I have
had breast cancer.  Thanks, Cindy
Please reply to   cltobias@ccit.arizona.edu
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: yazz@locus.com (Bob Yazz)
Subject: Re: Immunotherapy for prostate cancer?
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 03:04:22 GMT

ns14@crux3.crux2.cit.cornell.edu (Nathan Otto Siemers) writes:

| 	There is a national cancer institute clinical trials WATS
| hotline #
| 
| dial 1 800 555 1212 to get it.

I believe the number may be 800/4CANCER .
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From: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Nausea manifesting as vertigo??
Date: 22 Dec 92 18:19:53 GMT
Reply-To: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh Computer Science

In article <1992Dec13.184612.3202@athena.cs.uga.edu> mcovingt@aisun3.ai.uga.edu (Michael Covington) writes:

>However, she has noticed that the attacks are frequently accompanied and
>in some cases _preceded_ by digestive upset (either bowels or stomach).
>
>I suppose it's quite possible that inner ear trouble is causing the digestive
>problem.  But could it be working the other way around, i.e., occasional
>bouts of gastroenteritis or something are causing the dizziness?


The vestibular system is strongly connected with the centers in
the brain that produce nausea.  Why do you suppose people vomit
when they get sea-sick or car-sick?  It has nothing to do with
digestive disturbance.  It is all a brain effect and due to
the vagus nerve being stimulated.






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From: kfl@access.digex.com (Keith F. Lynch)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Human parthenogenesis
Date: 28 Dec 1992 17:17:54 GMT
Organization: Express Access Public Access UNIX, Greenbelt, Maryland USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.com

In article <5601@daily-planet.concordia.ca> mckay@alcor.concordia.ca (John McKay) writes:
> Is there any documented, credible, medical evidence for human
> parthenogenesis?

No.  Last I heard, males were still necessary for the continuance of
the human race.

> Today, can such be verified by DNA analysis?

Not really, because it would be easy to fake.

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.

I wonder if anyone's ever done this?

Keith Lynch, kfl@access.digex.com
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From: scannon@bluemoon.use.com (Sam Cannon)
Subject: Mental Health 
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 18:25:23 EST

I would like to know where a person might focus in order to
find mental health related databases (such as meds, Dx topics,
etc.).  I've been poking around but haven't found much which is
specific to mental health.  Any direction would be most 
appreciated.  Thanks.

 
scannon@bluemoon.use.com        -----------------------------------------
Sam Cannon - CMHC Systems, Inc.  The Eupsychian Network - Abraham Maslow
Dublin, OH (614) 764-0143       -----------------------------------------
                                           
                "Support mental health or I'll kill you"
From: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: aids testing and insurance
Date: 22 Dec 92 16:35:23 GMT
Reply-To: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh Computer Science

In article <168BA783F.M20614@mwvm.mitre.org> M20614@mwvm.mitre.org (Hugh Pritchard) writes:

> 
>So, you CAN get tested for AIDS by applying for life insurance.  Note that
>I'm saying nothing about the consequences of being found HIV-positive by a
>member of an industry that thrives on data bases.
> 
The consequences are quite certain.  The data is shared with all
other underwriters and you will be put in the data base as HIV+
and thus uninsurable.  If you have any doubt, don't let an insurance
company test you.  
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From: tony@compunet.uucp (tony)
Subject: Household mold - allergies - a connection?
Summary: Can household mold cause allergic reactions?
Keywords: home, house, household, mold, allergy, allergies, connection
Organization: CompuNet Systems, Louisville KY (502-231-5908 & 5910)
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:46:55 GMT

     My wife is seeing an allergist for very severe allergy problems.  She
  gets limited symptomatic relief from his Rx's: PBZ-SR and Polaramine.
  He is also giving her bi-weekly injections of some medicine he developed
  after doing a number of patch tests on her back.

    My question is:  What is the likelihood one particular allergen could
  be causing most of her problems?  This question came this morning after an
  observation I made.  Last night Pam and I were doing crafts which required
  us to heat water to 160 degrees in an electric skillet (so we could melt
  the plastic strips she uses to create handmade jewelry).  When we finished
  we turned the skillet off and left the water in it.  This morning when we
  got up white mold spores were developing on the bottom of the skillet in
  a circle (coincidental with the round heating element beneath the pan).
  I was amazed mold could form this quickly.  I thought, gee, we must have a
  HUGE mold population around here.

	My question is, if mold formation occurs this quickly, is it possible
  that it may be one reason why my wifes allergies are not getting better?
  And, now, an unrelated question -- why did the mold develop in a circle,
  following the shape of the heating element underneath the pan?

	Thank you for any help you can offer!  Happy Holidays!!!
	& Happy New Year too!!

						- Tony Safina
	compunet!tony@uunet!uu!net  _or_  ap199@cleveland.freenet.edu
From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Nicotine Withdrawal Help Needed
Date: 30 Dec 92 18:48:33 GMT
Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA

In article <1992Dec30.123043.560@news.wesleyan.edu> RGINZBERG@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Ruth Ginzberg) writes:
>I believe there have been some - at least - anecdotal stories about small doses
>of Prozac being useful in helping some folks quit smoking.  (I would imagine
>this might be true if there is an OCD component to the smoking behavior;  don't
>know, just a guess.)

I'd heard it was clonidine, but it only worked in women or something.
Thank God I don't smoke, that's all I can say.

-- 
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Newsgroups: sci.med,misc.health.alternative
From: dean@vexcel.com (Dean Alaska)
Subject: Homeonet (was Re: Computerizing Homoeopathic Prescribing)
Organization: VEXCEL Corporation, Boulder CO
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 20:22:13 GMT

In article <1992Dec29.184208.3216@netcom.com> kaminski@netcom.com (Peter Kaminski) writes:

>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
>
I am a subscriber to Homeonet.  It seems to be primarily for professional
homeopaths to communicate but anyone is welcome.  Much of it is too
technical for me but there is some interesting reading.  I have asked
a couple questions but I haven't checked it recently.  I have never
asked for a specific diagnosis.  Since these people make a living
from homeopathy, I'm not sure it would be appropriate to ask for a 
free diagnosis.  They also talk about political aspects such as calls
for letter writing when the occasional anti-homeopathic laws pop up.


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From: rind@binoc.bih.harvard.edu (David Rind)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Bashing, truth, etc.
Date: 22 Dec 92 16:50:50 GMT
Organization: Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston Mass., USA

In article <Bzo510.23n@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu
 (Herman Rubin) writes:
>In article <2311@hsdndev.UUCP> rind@binoc.bih.harvard.edu (David Rind) writes:
>>a large enough N will prove an effect.  Further, given chaos in 
>>the universe, it is unlikely that we could ever control things in 
>>such a way that we could have any likelihood that such a small effect
>>would show the same results in an experiment performed twice.

>The problem is even worse.  For any N, there is a positive probability
>that a "statistically significant" result will occur, even if there is
>absolutely no effect; this is what is usually called the significance
>level. 

This latter is the standard reason for using statistics and talking
about p-values but is *not* the effect I am discussing.  The
randomness/chaos I am referring to is things like changes in
the number of solar flares per month, or the gravitational pull
of Alpha Centauri: By the same reasoning Herman Rubin is using
to argue that saccharin must have an effect on cancer rates,
we can similarly conclude that the gravitational pull of Alpha
Centauri must be an effect modifier of saccharin on cancer rates.
As the relative positions of Earth and Alpha Centauri change,
that effect modification changes as well.

Some effect modifiers are not merely quantitative but are actually
qualitative.  Thus, leaving out the randomness inherent in
sampling from a population, the *true* effect of something
that has only a miniscule effect to begin with can be expected
to change if the experiment is repeated in a changing universe.

For this reason, I think it is absurd to insist on the notion
that we can "know" that the null hypothesis will always prove
false.  If the true effect of A on B is overwhelmed by chaos
in the universe, I think it is fair to consider the null
hypothesis true within the realm of human knowledge.
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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, 30 Dec 1992 09:35:39 GMT

In article <17911@pitt.UUCP> geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks) writes:
>In article <1992Dec14.234410.11534@omen.UUCP> caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg) writes:
>>In article <17745@pitt.UUCP> geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks) writes:
>
>>>So Chuck, have you tried fenfluramine?  I have, and it isn't a panacea.
>>>I admit it does help.  But there are some side effects.  Over the long
>>
>>I wish I could try it.  Last month I suggested just that to Dr. Herson,
>>my Kaiser Permanente endocrinologist.  I had brought with me some of
>>the materials I've gathered showing the usefulness of this stuff in
>>controlling obesity and insulin resistance.  He declined my offer to
>>lend him these materials, stating that he was quite up to date on
>>current research.  Herson stated none of this stuff was approved, and
>>that was that.  
>
>It is approved.  So why not go to some other physician?  Unless the
>law in your state forbids prescription of these drugs for obesity
>(some do), you should be able to find a physician who will give them
>to you.  This is a further demonstration of the problem with HMOs.

I thought Kaiser was a well-run organization, stuff of Legends, etc.

I'll ask some other local doctors about dF et al.

>
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Newsgroups: sci.med
From: dbailey@cix.compulink.co.uk (Diane Bailey)
Subject: Computerizing Homoeopathic Prescribing
Reply-To: dbailey@cix.compulink.co.uk
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 06:40:00 +0000


Does anyone know where one might obtain the Homoeopathic
Repertory in computer form?

Ideally it would be the Boericke version in Mac format, but
IBM-PC would be better than nothing.  Plain ASCII would be quite
acceptable.

Failing this I might have to scan in the whole damn thing - 160
double page spreads - as I can't stand using it manually any
longer when the cross-referencing would be so easy by machine.

Ring any bells with anyone here?

Diane
dbailey@cix.compulink.co.uk
From: keg@strathspey.llnl.gov (Keith Grant)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Injections of a tender point with anesthetic.
Date: 23 Dec 92 18:41:35 GMT
Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Originator: keg@strathspey.llnl.gov


There's a fairly extensive literature on myofascial pain and trigger points.
Common techniques for removing trigger points are injection of a topical
anesthetic, spray (with a coolant such as ethyl chloride or fluoromethane)
and stretch, or ischemic pressure.

Janet Travell and David Simons published a number of papers and two 
books in this area.  A specific reference with a thorough discussion and
more references is:

Simons, D.G. and J.G. Travell: 1983, Myofascial origins of low back pain,
Postgraduate Medicine, 73(2), pp. 66-92, 99=108.

Their books,
Myofascial pain and dysfunction - the trigger point manual, Vols I & II,
1983 & 1992, Williams and Wilkins

are quite extensive, but run about $100 per volume.

Trigger point techniques are commonly used by physical therapists, many of
whom might also have more info available.
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From: georgec@eng.umd.edu (George B. Clark)
Subject: Re: Nicotine Withdrawal Help Needed
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 16:50:25 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland

I quit cold turkey in 1976 after one session with a hypnotist. I went
from two packs per day to none, all without withdrawel, and I haven't
smoked or had a craving for tobacco ever since. I've been smoke free for
17 years.

Two other smokers I know went to the same hypnotist, and they both had
similar success stories.

Hypnotism provides an effortless way to quit smoking.
From: tim@maths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Tuberculosis
Date: 26 Dec 92 04:40:12 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.

mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) writes:

>Quoting from _ALERT_, the newsletter of the National Council for
>Environmental Balance:

>BCG vaccine
>has been recommended for medical personnel, but its reported effectiveness
>ranges from 0% to 77%, and it destroys the usefulness of the PPD skin test.

What does this 0% mean?
Are you saying (or reporting)
that BCG was found to have _no_ effect in some trial?
Where was this trial?

I'm no doctor, but from my observation
vaccination seems to have all but eliminated TB,
at least in Europe,
and where it has re-appeared
this has invariably been because of a fall-off in vaccination.

Incidentally, I spent a year in various TB sanatoria,
and don't recall ever hearing of a single case
of a doctor or nurse contracting the disease,
although many of them took few if any precautions.
Very few patients were sputum-positive, in any case.


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From: nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: RE: tendonitis or what?
Date: 1 Jan 93 17:46:32 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

[reply to mrl@nerus.pfc.mit.edu,]
 
>In a previous article, magic@netlink.cts.com" wrote:
>>Does anyone know if excercise is good or bad for tendonitis?  I'm a
>>musician and have had pain and cramps in my hands for several years now,
 
>I hope that you are seeing a hand specialist rather than a simple orthopedic
>doctor.  Such a doctor would KNOW what to do or what not to do.
 
There are a few physicians in large cities who specialize in treating
occupational disorders of musicians.  If Andrea can find one, this would
be the best person to see.  The next best would be either a physiatrist
(physical medicine rehabilitation specialist) or occupational medicine
specialist.  I agree that RTS is a likely possibility.  Another is a
focal dystonia (like writer's cramp).

David Nye
nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu
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From: mdb@netcom.com (Mark Bisgeier)
Subject: Sports injury: shoulder separation
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 01:51:36 GMT

Does anyone have any experience with A-C Joint separations? Is surgery
usually indicated for a Grade III separation? Do these ever heal naturally
without severe motion limitation?    Thanks


-- 

Mark Bisgeier              mdb@netcom.com

        ...Let your mind wander...
From: kenyee@sneakers (Ken Yee)
Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational
Subject: special input devices (Kinesis especially)
Date: 28 Dec 92 13:45:46 EST

Has anyone had any success or failure with special input devices like
the Kinesis keyboard?  Would a DVORAK key layout help more?  Is there
any such device with a trackball in the middle?

 thanks,

   ken  (kenyee@ksr.com)
Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational
From: keith@actrix.gen.nz (Keith Stewart)
Subject: OSHA contact number needed.
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 08:28:02 GMT


I need a contact number for the United States Occupational Safety and
Health Administration Office of Consultation. or FAx number

I need this urgently :-)

Does they have an e-mail address or where u can telenet to?

Keith
From: dozonoff@bu.edu (david ozonoff)
Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational
Subject: Re: Epidem Stats on Various Occupations
Date: 2 Jan 93 21:14:15 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

A good place to start is Levy and Wegman's Occ. Health,
2nd ed., publ by Little Brown. Also Maxcy-Rosenau's
Textbook of Preventive Medicine, 13th ed. (that's the
title) edited by John Last has hundreds of pages on the
subject. Also major texts by Tarcher and by Zenz. The
major federal source is NIOSH in Cicinnati. OSHA has
the generally agreed upon relationships but is quite con-
servative. For the latest info you should consult the
journals, esp. Am. J. of Industrial Med. and British J.
of Indu. Med. Finally, call the occupational health clinic
(if there is one) at your local or state univ. (I'm sure
Case Western has someone).
	Good luck.
From: deborah@gallifrey.Eng.Sun.COM (Deborah Bennett)
Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational
Subject: Re: reading and hand pain
Date: 23 Dec 1992 21:24:41 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, CA, USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: gallifrey

<EWN1@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:

>I have bilateral CTS and ulnar nerve compression at both wrists (I'm a
>computer programmer).  I also read a lot, and I've noticed that reading
>(holding the book) hurts my hands and arms a good deal, too.  To try to
>lessen the strain on my hands, I've tried sitting at a table with the book
>on the table (but this isn't good for the back).  I've also tried sitting
>with pillows in my lap to prop up the book.  What do other people do?
>Are there any nifty gadgets out there that help with this kind of thing?

There's a mail-order outfit called "Levenger" which sells several
items you might like. They have a roll-around table which tilts and
has a ledge on the bottom (like the meal tables at a hospital,
except most of the table part tilts). They also have an inclined
desk-top table, and a lap desk. I've never ordered from them, but
the stuff looks good quality. I'm at work and don't have the
address, but they advertise in upscale magazines (like the New Yorker,
Smithsonion, Scientific American, etc). I'll try to post
the info after the holidays.
--

-deborah gronke bennett (WD5HJH)	deborah@eng.sun.com
device drivers and kernel port engineer
Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation
Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational
From: mdb@netcom.com (Mark Bisgeier)
Subject: Sports injury: shoulder separation
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 01:11:37 GMT

Does anyone have any experience with A-C Joint separations? Is surgery
usually indicated for a Grade III separation? Do these ever heal naturally
without severe motion limitation?    Thanks

-- 

Mark Bisgeier              mdb@netcom.com

        ...Let your mind wander... 
Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational
From: bj368@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike E. Romano)
Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational
Subject: Epidem Stats on Various Occupations
Date: 23 Dec 1992 11:17:57 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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I am looking for source material, i.e. studies and tables
of incidence of various cancers and other diseases as
related to type of occupation.
I suppose the government publications may contain this
somewhere but so far no luck.
Any info appreciated.

mike romano


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