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From: delisle@eskimo.celestial.com (Ben Delisle)
Subject: CFV: talk.politics.medicine
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Note: Copyright 1992, Dan R. Greening. Non-commercial reproduction allowed.
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Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 00:03:30 GMT
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A newsgroup to discuss politics and ethics in medicine and related
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Newsgroups: sci.med.aids
From: dikshit@stat.ncsu.edu (Paritosh Dikshit )
Subject: DATA ON AIDS-HIV INFECTED POPULATION
Note: Copyright 1992, Dan R. Greening. Non-commercial reproduction allowed.
Keywords: AIDS Data sets,NHS Survey
Archive-Number: 6302
Organization: Statistics, NCSU, Raleigh
Distribution: sci.med.aids
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 17:58:52 GMT

Is there any one out there who has any data sets on AIDS-HIV Positive
population. I am not sure where to look for the latest figures on the
number of people(Adults as well as infants) infected with the AIDS-
HIV . The Data I am looking for should be the current estimate from
a reputed source. It would help if it includes subpopulations such 
as "Number infected by race" ; "By age" ; "By source of infection"
etc.    

In case any one knows where to obtain this data from or has any reasonable
available data they may be willing to part with , could you e-mail me at :

dikshit@stat.ncsu.edu

thanks ---

Lapi.

*********()()()()()**********()()()()()**********()()()()()

Newsgroups: sci.med.aids
From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
Subject: Re: question about trasnsmission by mosquitoes
Note: Copyright 1992, Dan R. Greening. Non-commercial reproduction allowed.
Archive-Number: 6305
Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 01:43:25 GMT

In article <1992Oct9.204826.22853@cs.ucla.edu> <RA05477%SWTEXAS.BITNET@VM.USC.EDU> writes:
>I am interested in who is working on the transmission of AIDS by Mosquitoes?

Well, I keep trying to engage in unprotected anal intercourse with the
little buggers, but I just end up with bites on my ass.

Because humor alone is not sufficient for publication in such an illustrious
forum as this, I should add that the epidemiology of HIV infection doesn't
reflect the prevalence of mosquito infestation at all.  No one presents
himself or herself with HIV antibodies where their only risk factor was
mosquito bites.

-- 
Steve Dyer
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
From: pepke@scri1.scri.fsu.edu (Eric Pepke)
Newsgroups: sci.med.aids
Subject: Condoms (was Clinton/Gore On AIDS)
Date: 16 Oct 92 18:04:14 GMT
Organization: Florida State University, but I don't speak for them
Note: Copyright 1992, Dan R. Greening. Non-commercial reproduction allowed.
Archive-Number: 6323

There is one thing which I have never seen on any AIDS policy plan.  
Unlike many of the proposals, it would be fairly easy, cheap, and likely 
to have some benefit.  Here goes:

**********
Adopt new regulation or strengthen existing regulation on condoms sold in 
the United States to enforce reasonable minimal standards of durability 
and protection.
**********

Seriously, all the education and all the high school giveaway programs in 
the world are of limited utility unless you can actually go into a drug 
store and buy a condom that isn't going to split.

It's kind of funny.  It's OK to talk about intravenous drug use, anal sex, 
and fisting, but somehow there's still a taboo about talking about how 
condoms actually perform once they are put on a penis.  I am getting a bit 
tired of hearing that they never ever break unless you are an incompetent 
fool who can't read directions.

Eric Pepke                                    INTERNET: pepke@scri.fsu.edu
Supercomputer Computations Research Institute MFENET:   pepke@fsu
Florida State University                      SPAN:     scri::pepke
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4052                    BITNET:   pepke@fsu

Disclaimer: My employers seldom even LISTEN to my opinions.
Meta-disclaimer: Any society that needs disclaimers has too many lawyers.
Newsgroups: sci.med.aids
From: Billi Goldberg <bigoldberg@igc.apc.org>
Subject: OIs and Seasonal Variation
Note: Copyright 1992, Dan R. Greening. Non-commercial reproduction allowed.
Archive-Number: 6297
Organization: unspecified
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 92 11:01:52 PDT

This abstract was presented at the 1987 AIDS Conference.

The question has been raised as to whether the seasonal variations of 
opportunistic infections has anything to do with ultraviolet radiation 
in the summer months and the peaks shown in the abstract. 

I think it offers some very interesting areas for research.
************************************************************************
"Seasonal Variation in AIDS and Opportunistic Diseases
Thomas A. Peterman, R.H. Byers, AIDS Program, Center for Infectious
Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA.

"We looked for seasonal variation in the diagnosis of AIDS, and in the
diagnosis of opportunistic diseases seen in AIDS patients.  Seasonal
variation in AIDS or in the initial opportunistic disease would suggest
that an agent with a seasonal variation acts as a cofactor for the
development of AIDS.  Seasonal variation in subsequent opportunistic
diseases could reflect the epidemiology of that disease in an already
immunosuppressed population.  We studied the number of diagnoses
per month for U.S. AIDS cases during the 72 months from January
1980 through December 1985.  The upward trend in diagnoses per
month was adjusted for by linear regression, a von Hann filter was used
to smooth the curve, and Roger's test for seasonality was applied.  We
observed small but statistically significant seasonality for the 
diagnosis  of AIDS (12% difference, peak--summer, trough--winter, 
p<0.00005).

For 9 initial manifestations of AIDS, we saw statistically significant
seasonality only for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (14% difference,
peak--summer, trough--winter, p<0.005 and Kaposi's sarcoma (15%
difference, peak--summer, trough--winter, p<0.005).  For 9 subsequent
diagnoses, seasonal variation was seen only for cytomegalovirus
infection (CMV) (34% difference, peak--spring, trough--fall, p<0.05).
(Although not statistically significant, we noted a similar distribution 
for CMV as the initial manifestation of AIDS.)  Primary lymphoma of the
brain showed some seasonality both as the initial and as a subsequent
diagnosis: when combined, this was a statistically significant 
difference (44% difference, peak--summer, trough--spring, p<0.05).  We 
conclude that there is no important seasonality in the onset of AIDS, 
but there may be some seasonality to CMV and primary lymphoma of the 
brain in immunocompromised patients."
From: thf2@midway.uchicago.edu (Citecheck Hell)
Subject: Re: question about trasnsmission by mosquitoes
Note: Copyright 1992, Dan R. Greening. Non-commercial reproduction allowed.
Reply-To: thf2@midway.uchicago.edu
Archive-Number: 6315
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 04:17:01 GMT

>In article <1992Oct9.204826.22853@cs.ucla.edu> <RA05477%SWTEXAS.BITNET@VM.USC.EDU> writes:
>>I am interested in who is working on the transmission of AIDS by Mosquitoes?

There's a mosquito-ridden community in Florida with a very high rate
of AIDS infection; a study of this community proved conclusively that
mosquitos do not transmit AIDS, because no children who weren't infected
in utero became infected at all.

Not sure where this is cited, but any good database search should turn this
sort of thing up.
-- 
ted frank | thf2@midway.uchicago.edu 
also at quibeaux@uchicago.edu | standard disclaimers
the university of chicago law school, chicago, illinois 60637
ajax crypto-analyzer -- warning! remove all chicken bones first
Newsgroups: sci.med.aids
From: bhjelle@carina.unm.edu ()
Subject: Re: Hepatitis C
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 23:23:44 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <12OCT199219313983@trentu.ca> awatt@trentu.ca (Alison Watt) writes:
>I am a lay person looking for any information about Hepatitis C.  
>Particularly, I would like to know the symptoms and affects, the usual 
>prognosis, is it fatal and if so is it always fatal, and what is the usual 
>life expectancy after diagnosis?
>Anything that anyone can tell me about this would be appreciated.  Thanks 
>to all inadvance.
>
Check out the medical journal Annals of Internal Medicine at
the medical library -specifically Vol. 115, pages 644-649. This has
a nice review about HCV.

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.

Of those who get chronic hepatitis, most don't have any symptoms.
A very small minority get severe liver disease (i.e., are symptomatic).
There's not much point in recounting these symptoms because so
few people with HCV actually develop them.

Those who develop serious liver disease take many years to
develop same.

If you have HCV, it would be helpful to have your blood tested
on several occasions for ALT (aka, SGPT). This is a liver enzyme
that is released into the blood when the liver is inflamed.
If your ALT is always normal, it is very doubtful that you
will develop serious problems with chronic hepatitis.

Brian
From: bhjelle@carina.unm.edu
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: obscure blood diseases
Date: 7 Oct 92 14:02:45 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <".6-Oct-92..7:52:13.EDT".*.James_S._Bright.wbst129@Xerox.com> JBright.Wbst129@xerox.com writes:
>
>
>She has two genetic blood diseases, thromocytopenia and van Willebrand's
>disease. From what I understand, thromocytopenia is extremely rare. It has
>symptoms similar to hemophilia. Apparently van Willebrand's disease has
>something to do with a low factor count. To me these diseases seem related, and
>I have a hard time differentiating between the two. One of her brothers also
>suffers from a blood disease (maybe both, I don't know). Needless to say, my
>friend bruises very easily, has a hard time clotting, and runs into many other
>types of problems (under no conditions is she to have any type of surgical
>procedure unless it's a life or death situation).
>
Concerning your (deleted) questions about how to get information, I
would suggest a hematology text from a medical library.

I doubt very much that your friend has two genetic diseases, and
"thrombocytopenia" just means low platelet count from any cause,
most of which are not genetic. Could this have been "thrombasthenia"?
Unfortunately, the information you provide is not sufficient to
allow any reasonable guess as to what is going on.

Perhaps you can get more precise diagnoses?

Brian
From: nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Cystic Fibrosis Research?
Date: 15 Oct 92 20:08:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: cnsvax.1992Oct16.020824.1792
Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

In article <1992Oct16.024900.134824@watson.ibm.com>, yozzo@watson.ibm.com (Ralph Yozzo) writes:
> A twelve year old neighbor of mine has a deep voice for a girl and
> coughs a lot.  I asked if she had been yelling a game or something
> like that.  But no, it turns out that she has Cystic Fibrosis (CF).
> 
> Does anyone know the state of the current research on CF?
> I read that CF is a genetic disorder.  Is it possible to 
> cure a genetic disorder?   What is the life expectancy of a  CF
> patient nowadays?  (that is, assuming that she follows the instructions of the 
> physician.)
> 
> -- 
> --
>  Ralph Yozzo (yozzo@watson.ibm.com)  
>  From the beautiful and historic Mid-Hudson Valley area of NY state

There have been some incredible breakthroughs in CF this year.
A medication commonly used for an unrelated condition (somebody
help me out -- I'm blocking on the name here) is quite halpful
for symptomatic treatment, and a retrovirus has been made to
replace the defective gene.  I believe this is now in the human
testing stage.  Very exciting work.
From: km@cs.pitt.edu (Ken Mitchum)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Examining hands during a physical
Date: 13 Oct 92 16:08:59 GMT
Reply-To: km@cs.pitt.edu (Ken Mitchum)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh Computer Science

In article <werner-091092124524@128.32.157.31> werner@soe.berkeley.edu (John Werner) writes:
>I saw my doctor for a physical yesterday, and when we got to the exam part,
>the first thing she did was ask me to hold out my hands so she could look
>at the palms and backs of them.  When I remembered this later, it struck me
>as kind of odd; I can't remember a doctor doing that before.  So now I'm
>curious.  Next time I see her I'll ask why she did this, but in the
>meantime can anyone offer any guesses?

There are numerous physical findings related to the hands, and any
good physical examination should include such an examination. Rashes
which involve the hands are important and distinctive. The palms
can tell a physician a lot about things such as anemia (skin creases),
whether or not the patient has certain genetic abnormalities (skin
creases), and even some endocrine conditions (acromegaly). If you
were not very communicative, the physician could tell a lot about
your vocation by looking at your hands. The joints in the hands are
very important, and can give information about arthritis,
and the nails are very important. Last time I looked at Harrison's
textbook of medicine, there were lots of pictures of nails. You 
can also look at hand veins, elevate the hand, and get a pretty good
idea of central venous pressure!

 -km
From: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: The best way to treat Hyperthyroidism ?
Date: 8 Oct 92 21:55:38 GMT
Reply-To: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh Computer Science

In article <1992Oct6.154722.28079@cbnewsm.cb.att.com> trichat@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (trinanjan.chatterjee) writes:
>
>What kind of an impact do these drugs or hyperthyroidism (Graves disease) itself
>have on the ability of a woman to bear a child?
>
They suppress the manufacture of thyroid hormone.  They may not do
anything for the ophthalmopathy.  I don't think any of the effect
fertility.  Getting pregnant on the drug is another matter.

>Isn't a thyroid scan (using radio-isotopes) the correct way to confirm
>any diagnosis based purely upon T3, T4 and TSH levels?

The scan shows if there are hot or cold nodules and something about
the size and configuration of the thyroid.
-- 
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geb@cadre.dsl.pitt.edu   |  to supply you with an understanding." -S.Johnson
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From: adf1@jaguar.uofs.edu
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Cervical cap info (THANKYOU!!!)
Date: 15 Oct 92 03:55:20 GMT
Organization: University of Scranton

Thankyou for the replies to my post on cerviacl caps.
I have received some very interesting and helpful information.
So thanks again.
Carole Francis 
Newsgroups: sci.med.physics
From: TOBIAS@bonnie.physik.uni-stuttgart.de ()
Subject: Re: Heat loss from the human heads
Organization: Physics Dept, University of Stuttgart, FRG
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 08:08:42 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.24

In <1b7849INNpoi@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu> davidt@ecst.csuchico.edu writes:

> 
>  
> HI,
> 
> I am a mechanical engineering student in the process of completing my senior 
> project.  This project is to design, build and test a thermoelectric
> cooling system for a motorcycle helmet.
> 
> For sometime, I have been tring to learn the rate of heat dissipated or
> lost by the human head in a normal room enviroment.  I have been through
> the journals and cd roms at school looking for this information.  I have
> been given many suggestions, but none which were documentable.
> 

I would say that you can forget the process of (sorry now i don`t know
the correct english word) - the counterpart of kondensation - because
if the helmet is closed you will soon get a high H20 in air-concentration.
So the probelm schould be simple Thermodynamics. You could use
the fundamental equotations.

Bye. Tobias.
From: jmoulder@mis.mcw.edu
Newsgroups: sci.med.physics
Subject: Re: quipazine, where to buy
Date: 16 Oct 92 13:39:16 GMT
Article-I.D.: mis.1992Oct16.083916.348
Followup-To: sci.bio
Organization: Medical College of Wisconsin

> I am working as biochemist at the EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, and I am
> looking for a compound called quipazine.

Can you give is the *FULL* chemical formula/name.

> If you have any clues please write me. 

Check the configuration of you newsreader.  Your FROM line does not contain a
valid e-mail address.

John Moulder (jmoulder@mis.mcw.edu)
Radiation Biology Group
Medical College of Wisconsin
From: nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David A. Nye MD)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: MEDLINE access
Date: 9 Oct 92 07:20:16 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

Thanks to all who provided information about MEDLINE access.  It
looks like I will be able to get on either through UW Madison
where I hold a clinical adjunct professorship or through Mayo 
Clinic with whom we just merged.  It seems like most universities  
are going with flat rate accounts these days for all their staff
to use.  Oh, the Internet is a wonderful thing!
Newsgroups: sci.med,sci.med.nutrition
From: bsimon@elvis.stsci.edu (Bernie Simon)
Subject: Re: Homeopathy
Organization: None. This saves me from writing a disclaimer.
	<BSIMON.92Oct9074817@elvis.stsci.edu>
	<1992Oct09.171506.28215@eng.umd.edu>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 19:15:54 GMT

Dana Ullman does quote clinical studies of homeopathic medicine which
produced negative results in the other book I mentioned, _Homeopathy:
Medicine for the 21st Century_. I quoted from _Everybody's Guide to
Homeopathic Medicine_ because the discussion there is considerably
briefer and the book was published more recently. As I recall, Ullman
mentioned two studies which produced negative results, one of which
Steve mentioned. There were considerably more studies which produced
positive results.

Also, you must remember the context of my posting: people were
criticizing the lack of clinical studies showing the effectiveness of
alternative medicine, including homeopathy. If you feel that my
message gave a biased sample of the results of clinical tests of
homeopathy, please post citations of studies which produced negative
results.
--
Bernie Simon	(bsimon@stsci.edu)		similia similibus curantur
From: km@cs.pitt.edu (Ken Mitchum)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: MEDICINE SLOWER TO CATCH UP
Date: 9 Oct 92 13:54:15 GMT
Reply-To: km@cs.pitt.edu (Ken Mitchum)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh Computer Science

In article <1992Oct7.194609.4806@sr.com> dks@srhqla.sr.com (Dave K. Sprow) writes:

|Again, my only point is to ask the ridiculous, i.e, for the medical and
|scientific communities to put more of their research dollars into
|their own research from claims from more alternative approaches of
|health care rather than just debunking everything from some superior
|self-serving attitude.  Honestly, as far as I can see, these alternative
|approaches seem to be about 20 years or so ahead of established
|medical thinking. Medicine does a lot.  It would great if they could
|be more open-minded and at least *consider* some of these things.  We
|would all be better off if they people with the most money would put
|some of those research dollars into this kind of research... with some
|commitment to thr truth, not protecting special interest.

I'm not sure that I agree with you that dietary manipulation is
a form of "alternative medicine." If it is, then thousands of
mainstream physicians are guilty of practicing it.

Ideas from alternative medicine are not necessarily wrong, but are
often unproven. This is why mainstream medicine will always seem
like it is behind the times. Mainstream medicine waits for studies
to be done to confirm ideas, unless things are "obvious". It is
not putting something down to say that you have no basis to believe
it. If you have that eating 50 carrots a day will prevent some
disease, fine. The difference between that and the way I practice
medicine is that I am not going to advise my patients to eat the
50 carrots a day until someone does the studies to prove that it
works. And I'm not going to sell you carrots.

 km
From: nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Cluster Migraines
Date: 14 Oct 92 07:24:38 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

In article <16933@pitt.UUCP>, geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks) writes:
>>	Stadad - nasal spray pain killer
> 
> Never heard of it.

Probably Stadol, a narcotic agonist/antagonist now available as a
intranasal spray.  It is promoted for analgesia in patients who 
are unable to keep oral meds down, but I haven't had much success
with it to tell you the truth.
Newsgroups: sci.med