HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: Rosemary Waigh <rwaigh@zooid.guild.org>
Subject: Re: Adolescent smoking in Japan and USA
Reply-To: rwaigh@zooid.UUCP (Rosemary Waigh)
Organization: The Zoo of Ids
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 13:57:40 GMT
Summary: fat consumption?
Keywords:  breast cancer smoking fat nutrition Japan US Canada 

In article <9210091958.AA02911@nettlerash.berkeley.edu> DFP10@ALBNYVM1.BITNET ("Donald F. Parsons MD") writes:
>Does anyone have info on this? A correlation between adolescent
>smoking and breast cancer has been demonstrated (Palmer et al., 1991
>Am J Epedemiology 134: 1-13) for US and Canada. However Japan even now
>still has a much lower rate of breast cancer. Have adolescents in Japan
>been slower to start smoking? Don

Could this be partly because the Japanese traditionally consume less fat than
North Americans?  (ref:  Carroll, K, "Experimental Evidence of Dietary
Factors and Hormone Dependent Cancers," _Cancer_Research_, 35:3374, 1975,
cited in Robbins, J. _Diet_for_a_new_America_).  Perhaps someone can give a
more recent reference; no doubt Japanese eating habits have changed in the
past 20 years.

Rosemary Waigh
rwaigh@zooid.guild.org
From: obrien@hri.com (Jim Obrien)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY SOFTWARE
Date: 9 Oct 92 14:20:18 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
From: russ@wpg.com (Russell Lawrence)
Subject: Re: Starting an alternative medicine newsgroup
Organization: WP Group
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 05:37:32 GMT

From article <1992Oct8.233915.5695@spdcc.com>, by dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer):
sd> Cut the crap, Ray.  Your personal vendetta against Gordon or 
sd> whoever it was who was so terribly nasty to you a while ago is of 
sd> interest to no one else other than yourself.  But no, it really 
sd> festers, doesn't it?  

I truly don't wish to offend you, Steve, but I can't help wondering
why you seem to think that "nastiness" is tolerable if/when you're
the one who's dishing out the insults.

This newsgroup would be far more attractive to the net-at-large if 
we could stick to the facts and dispense with the invective.

-- 
Russell Lawrence, WP Group, New Orleans (504) 443-5000
russ@wpg.com   uunet!wpg!russ
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From: falcore@gatecom.UUCP (Carolyn C. Doss L.V.T.)
Newsgroups: sci.med,rec.pets.dogs,rec.pets
Subject: Re: Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 13:21:49 EDT
Organization: Gateway Communication Inc.

linda@frcs.Alt.ZA (Linda Jacobson) writes:

> I'm currently treating a puppy with a condition which seems to
> parallel obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in humans. It presents in
> the form of compulsive tail-chasing, to the point where he has worn
> out his paw pads just from turning in circles all the time. He barks
> at his tail while chasing it, but rarely actually catches or bites
> it, though he snaps at it in mid-air. He seems to lie quietly in his
> cage much of the time, though he does tail-chase while unobserved; but
> he invariably starts doing it immediately he is aware of having
> someone watching him. I don't know if this is fear or
> attention-seeking.
> 
> He's currently on clomipramine, which is supposed to help humans with
> OCD (so far not helping). I was wondering about other approaches,
> though, possibly behavioural rather than medical. Does anyone have any
> info on OCD - in particular the current line on suspected causes in
> humans, and the kind of approach a therapist would use in a human with
> the problem? 
> 
> Thanks
> Linda
>  
>        

Try Elevil .....it seems to work with animals that some of my employers have 
dealt with .
          Carolyn C. Doss LVT    <falcore>

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Newsgroups: sci.med,soc.men
From: M20614@mwvm.mitre.org (Hugh Pritchard)
Subject: Re: Prostrate problems: Genetic predisposn, preventive measures ?
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, McLean VA 22102
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 16:56:04 GMT

In article <1bX502mK26bu01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>
avs20@ccc.amdahl.com (  134  Atul V Salgaonkar) writes:
 
> My grandfather had prostrate related problems when he passed on in 1959
 
First, a small matter of form:  The gland surrounding the urethra at the
base of the penis is called the PROSTATE.  PROSTRATE refers to lying
prone, or throwing yourself down flat on your face in abject humility.
 
> ... is there anything that me (and my cousins) in early 30's or late
> 20's should start or stop doing that would pay us dividends in later life
> in terms of preventing prostrate related problems?
 
Regular sex.  (No joke)
 
[I'm no physician; but I do listen to my urologist.]
 
**  Hugh Pritchard,  hapritch@mitre.org,  703/883-6616
From: SECBH@CUNYVM.BITNET
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Prednisone
Date: 16 Oct 92 01:12:33 GMT
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center

What are the longterm effects of small doses of Prednisone (i.e. - 5 mg/da)?

I'm not interested in what happens when you take large doses over a prolonged
period, I've done that and found out for myself.

If this topic has been covered recently I would appreciate e-mail.

Jack Carroll
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: yazz@locus.com (Bob Yazz)
Subject: Re: MEDICINE SLOWER TO CATCH UP
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 01:20:41 GMT

dks@srhqla.UUCP (Dave K. Sprow) writes:

| And my point
| about research dollars going into investigation into at least some   
| alternative methods would be more than 'nice'.

Congress has mandated some of this research.

Perhaps since everyone holds them in such ill repute already anyway,
they don't have to worry about being "marginalized" in their profession.
MMst researchers would worry about that, were they to associate themselves
publicly with something considered "alternative".

== Bob Yazz ==
-- 


Welcome to Sci.med -- where-school-of-thought bashing is as old as
sickness itself.
From: n9020351@henson.cc.wwu.edu (James Douglas Del-Vecchio)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: accutane and vision problems
Date: 14 Oct 92 09:31:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: henson.1992Oct14.093113.7321
Organization: Western Washington University

dedmunds@selkirk.sfu.ca (Darran Edmundson) writes:

>I started accutane about 2 months ago (80mg daily) and have recently

>Questions.  Could any of this be tied to my accutane usage (my dermatologist
>says certainly not)?  Can a bacterial eye infection have a lasting effect
>on vision?  Should I see my doctor rather than going back to the Opt.
>complaining about the blurriness?  Is there an obvious explanation to
>the deterioration in vision after having my glasses on for 30 minutes?

My vision was getting blurry when I took accutane years ago.  It got
better when I stopped.
From: rind@binoc.bih.harvard.edu (David Rind)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Giving Blood! "Gimme that thing, I'll do it myself"
Date: 16 Oct 92 20:37:21 GMT
Organization: Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston Mass., USA

In article <1bjublINNr1q@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> ar710@cleveland.Freenet.Edu
 (William G. Martin) writes:
>the region. Here in St. Louis, MO, I've stopped donating blood (after giving
>about 4 gallons over the years) due to the incompetence of the Red Cross

>I do not think that is (totally) due to my personal vein anatomy, since
>I have had painless and no-afterwards-bruising blood draws in my MD's
>office. Again, of course some medical technicians are far better 

It's my impression that the Red Cross uses much larger needles
(16 gauge, I think) than would typically be used for drawing blood
in a doctor's office.  For comparison, I would typically use a
20 or 21 gauge needle (or even smaller for someone with difficult
veins).

They need to use large needles to get the high volumes of blood out
relatively rapidly without lysing the cells.  It's not really fair
to accuse them of incompetence because a larger needle hurts more
and causes more trauma to the arm/vein.
-- 
David Rind
rind@binoc.bih.harvard.edu
From: crosson@cam.nist.gov (Robert Crosson)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Migraine headaches without the pain?
Date: 15 Oct 92 18:12:24 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology

Recently a neighbor's 6-year-old girl was remarking "Uh oh,
my head's getting smaller again."  Her concerned parents took
her to a doctor who sent them to a neurologist.  He said he
though the girl was suffering from migraine headaches without
the pain.  They were affecting her vision, which let to her
comment.

When the girl's mother related this to her own sister, the
sister commented that she had experienced the same symptoms 
when she was a child, and now suffered from painful migraines.

Are migraine headaches without the pain possible?  Are there places
to take this little girl for specialized treatment?

Any comments/advice are welcome.  Thanks.

Bob Crosson
crosson@cam.nist.gov
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Selling the net to physicians
Date: 13 Oct 92 01:46:54 -0600
Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

In article <1992Oct13.002601.6445@netcom.com>, aldridge@netcom.com (Jacquelyn Aldridge) writes:
> 	Did you know that physicists and other groups are starting journals
> on the net. Journals by net are low cost, there can be highly moderated,
> and unrestricted open journals. Systems for peer evaluation of  articles
> are known but not yet in service. . 
> 	Basically, a net journal now allows a person to download the
> entire text of an article desired without cost. Moderated journals might
> need subscriptions to support the editors. Abstracts in many fields are now
> produced by the article authors. 
  
Are there any online medical journals that you know of?
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: scheiber@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Jennifer Scheiber)
Subject: SIDS and thermal enviroment or positioning research
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 02:54:51 GMT


I am curious if anyone knows of any journal articles on SIDS relating 
thermal enviroment (cold) or positioning as causes.  If so please 
email to the below address.                      

Thanks!

-Jennifer


-- 
_____________________________________________________________________________
*                  J e n n i f e r      S c h e i b e r                     *
email: scheiber@sage.cc.purdue.edu      School of Nursing - Purdue University
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From: jelia@world.std.com (Joe J Elia)
Subject: Re: Whither sci.med?
Summary: Good idea(s)
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 13:22:40 GMT

I've noticed all that advice-seeking myself, and I often
just skim the scores of headers and then mark it all as having
been read.

As a medical editor, I welcome the chance to communicate with
clinicians (we publish Journal Watch, AIDS Clinical Care, and
other stuff). I'd surely spend more time on a non-advice-only
group.

Cheers


-- 
Joe Elia <jelia@world.std.com>     | "This is this."  -- DeNiro  |
From: mcovingt@aisun3.ai.uga.edu (Michael Covington)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: My wife drank during her pregnancy and the baby lived!
Date: 10 Oct 92 22:32:48 GMT
Organization: AI Programs, University of Georgia, Athens

In article <brein-071092154633@128.149.100.150> brein@gpvax.jpl.nasa.gov (Barry Rein) writes:
>It seems to me that the hysteria about drinking during pregnancy is just
>that.

>I am aware of fetal alcohol syndrome, and the more dubious fetal alcohol
>effect.  But is there any medical evidence that light drinking, say two or
>three ounces of ethanol a week, will harm the fetus?

Reliable sources have told me that:

(a) It takes a lot of drinking to produce demonstrable fetal alcohol
syndrome (with some deformity, etc.).

(b) With smaller amounts of alcohol, there could well be harm that is
only demonstrable statistically (e.g., how could you tell if your baby's
IQ is 5 points lower than it ought to have been?).

-- 
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:- Artificial Intelligence Programs       phone 706 542-0359
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Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Part 3, RADIOACTIVE MEAT, MILK & PRODUCE: Superma
From: RGINZBERG@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Ruth Ginzberg)
Date: 9 Oct 92 18:08:10 EDT
Distribution: world
Organization: Philosophy Dept., Wesleyan University
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.20In-Reply-To: jad@cbnewsl.cb.att.com's message of Fri, 9 Oct 1992 20:41:33 GMTLines: 18

In <1992Oct9.204133.16209@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> jad@cbnewsl.cb.att.com writes:

> 
>          The following article is from IN THESE TIMES,
>          August 19 - September 1, 1987.
                                    ^^^^

Hey, 5-year-old news.  Just what I was hoping to find here. %^(

>          Back issues and subscriptions can be ordered 
>          by calling (312) 772-0100.

Gee, I PAY for my ITT subscription.  Maybe I ought to cancel it & read sci.med
or alt.conspiracy in 1997 to find out what I missed. 

------------------------
Ruth Ginzberg <rginzberg@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Philosophy Department;Wesleyan University;USA
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From: bhjelle@carina.unm.edu
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Hepatitis C
Date: 14 Oct 92 13:52:35 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <1976@hsdndev.UUCP> rind@binoc.bih.harvard.edu (David Rind) writes:
>In article <n2np5bj@lynx.unm.edu> bhjelle@carina.unm.edu writes:
>>The virus' sole effect is on the liver. About half of those
>>infected get some degree of chronic liver inflammation (hepatitis);
>>the other half have no problem whatsover from the virus.
>
>I'm not certain how you're defining effects on the liver, but the
>most recent Annals of Internal Medicine has an article strongly
>suggesting that HCV is the major cause of essential mixed
>cryoglobulinemia.  Presumably this is due to an ongoing immune
>process from hepatitis, but I wouldn't consider it confined to
>the liver.
>-- 
Thanks for the correction. Just goes to show what can happen
when you post based on last month's data :-).

As a semantic point, I could argue that essential mixed cryoglobulin-
emia is just a form of liver disease. In fact, in the Annals paper,
64% of EMC patients had enlarged liver, 17% had enlarged spleen
(often seen with chronic liver disease), and 25% had high ALT.

However, your point is well taken. It is refreshing to see such
up-to-date discussion on sci.med.

Brian
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: yazz@locus.com (Bob Yazz)
Subject: Re: FDA
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 02:34:02 GMT

someone wrote:
k> and many doctors do require an office visit even for (benign) refills.
k> maybe it's just a california thing.  i hope so.

shafer@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) writes:
| I'm in California and I get refills without a visit.

Here in California, an acquaintance of mine with an eye infection got a
prescription phoned in by a doctor he picked out of the Yellow Pages.
They'd never seen each other, nor have they to this day.  (I didn't
witness the phone conversation so I don't know what story he concocted.)

Since he'd waited three hours at a hospital Emergency Room only to
be turned away for lack of funds earlier that day, he was particularly
thrilled with the "great bargain".

I didn't think much of either the ER or the "bargain", but his eye
has seemed fine for a few weeks now.  Fortunately.

The best answer to any "How do they do it in California" question is
"most every way you can think of, and perhaps a few more."

== Bob Yazz ==
-- 


Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child.
        -- Vice President Dan Quayle
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From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: sci.med,sci.med.nutrition
Subject: Re: Homeopathy
Date: 13 Oct 92 19:05:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: spdcc.1992Oct13.190523.10862
Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA

In article <1992Oct13.172759.26255@dsd.es.com> ksouth@dsd.es.com quotes my entire article and then says:
>Give the world and Charlotte a break, will you? You're so full of venom and
>knowledge. Who even cares that you're always right? Ever heard of the word
>"NICE"? Why not try to be that occasionally.

I treat people with the same way as the attitude they present.  Think
of me as a mirror.  Charlotte was not only not "NICE", she was wrong.
I gave her back some facts wrapped in the same newspaper as she wrapped
her opinions of medicine in.  Sorry if it stinks--that's the way it came.

Anyone who reads my articles over a period of time knows I can be
as nice and sweet as anyone, but I'm not Mother Theresa, and if
someone walks in with a chip on their shoulder AND they're also
misinformed, they should consider it an invitation to correction.

>I don't care if your IQ is 200

Neither do I.

>and you have researched every topic related to nutrition, I can hardly bear
>to read anything you right, simply because of your tone. 

Um, "write".  Your loss.  Keep reading stuff like Charlotte's.
That should provide you quite an edjication.

-- 
Steve Dyer
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
From: young@serum.kodak.com (Rich Young)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Violence Epidemiologists vs the Gun Lobby
Date: 16 Oct 92 16:42:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: pixel.1992Oct16.164203.9485
Reply-To: young@serum.kodak.com
Followup-To: talk.politics.guns
Organization: Clinical Diagnostics Division, Eastman Kodak Company
Originator: young@sasquatch

In article <llrpp_d@lynx.unm.edu> bhjelle@carina.unm.edu () writes:

[...]

>Some choice tidbits from reviews of the medical literature:
>
>"...when women killed with a gun, 'the victim was five times
>more likely to be their spouse, an intimate acquaintance,
>or a member of their family than to be a stranger or a
>person of undetermined relationship' ".

	What percentage of gun-related homicides are perpetrated by women?
	Is this the major cause of violence in our streets or simply a
	peripheral issue?

>"There is, it seems, an almost five-fold increase in the
>risk of suicide for those living in homes where guns are
>kept."

	Attempted suicide, or successfully accomplished suicide?  No one
	will argue that a gun in the mouth isn't more deadly than a razor
	blade on the wrist, but if the number of families which register
	attempts doesn't change with the presence of a gun in the house,
	then it's difficult to argue that presence of a gun is the cause
	of suicidal tendencies.  And what about the fact that suicide rates
	in Japan are higher than in the U.S., in spite of a virtual ban on
	firearm ownership?

>My congratulations to Science for having the courage to publish
>this article. They will catch flak, but I think they can
>take it!

	I, too, will congratulate them if they collect unbiased data and
	present it in an unbiased manner.  [Please note that I'm not making
	any assumptions about the portions quoted here, there's not enough
	to work with to make any valid and global judgements.]

	NOTE: I've set followup to talk.politics.guns, which is where
		this should probably be.


-Rich Young (These are not Kodak's opinions.)
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: krissie@locus.com (Krissie Griffiths)
Subject: Re: MRA??
Organization: Locus Computing Corporation, Los Angeles, California
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 17:43:37 GMT

In article <1992Oct14.022346.11191@NeoSoft.com> jordan@NeoSoft.com (Jordan Henderson) writes:
>I know what an MRI is, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, but a friend told me that
>they were having an MRA in a situation that I would expect they might be 
>getting an MRI.  Did I hear my friend incorrectly, or is there such a thing
>as an MRA?

yes, you heard right,  MR angiogram.  i have had two of them.  noninvasive
as opposed to traditional angiogram.  mine were cerebral angios.

kg

-- 
so what if i am a vegan?  so what if i try to live a cruelty free lifestyle?
i'll tell you what, i sleep better at night knowing that nothing suffers for
anything i eat or wear and i try to use products that have not involved 
animal testing.
From: jdeifik@isi.edu (Jeff Deifik)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Gamma hydroxy butyrate =?= Human Growth Hormone releaser
Date: 9 Oct 92 20:38:37 GMT
Organization: USC-Information Sciences Institute
Keywords: Human Growth Hormone releaser

I am interested in human growth hormone releasers. A few years ago a friend
of mine was taking gamma hydroxy butyrate, and claimed that it 'worked'
for him, at reducing his percentage of body fat (measured with skinfold
calipers), as well as helped him build lean tissue. Now he tells me that
it is unavialalbe, due to some FDA regualtions.

Now a company called Strength Systems USA Labs Inc. sells 'gaba 250'
which is supposed to be 'pure Gamma Amino Butyric Acid a nutrient reported to
... as well as release dopamine and HGH. I called them and asked if they had
any literature backing up their claims. They said that they had nothing like
that.

Does anyone know how effective gamma hydroxy butyrate or
gamma amino butyric acid are supposed to be ?
Does anyone know why gamma hydroxy butyrate is unobtainable here in the USA ?
Does anyone know if it is legal to order from some foreign drug/suppliment
services ?
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