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In article <21APR199308571323@ucsvax.sdsu.edu> mccurdy@ucsvax.sdsu.edu (McCurdy M.) writes: >Dyer is beyond rude.   Yeah, yeah, yeah.  I didn't threaten to rip your lips off, did I? Snort.  >There have been and always will be people who are blinded by their own  >knowledge and unopen to anything that isn't already established. Given what  >the medical community doesn't know, I'm surprised that he has this outlook.  Duh.  >For the record, I have had several outbreaks of thrush during the several  >past few years, with no indication of immunosuppression or nutritional  >deficiencies. I had not taken any antobiotics.   Listen: thrush is a recognized clinical syndrome with definite characteristics.  If you have thrush, you have thrush, because you can see the lesions and do a culture and when you treat it, it generally responds well, if you're not otherwise immunocompromised.  Noring's anal-retentive idee fixe on having a fungal infection in his sinuses is not even in the same category here, nor are these walking neurasthenics who are convinced they have "candida" from reading a quack book.  >My dentist (who sees a fair amount of thrush) recommended acidophilous: >After I began taking acidophilous on a daily basis, the outbreaks ceased. >When I quit taking the acidophilous, the outbreaks periodically resumed.  >I resumed taking the acidophilous with no further outbreaks since then.  So?
Jim Haynes wants to know the following is a scam....         There's a chiropractor who has a stand in the middle of a shopping        mall, offering free examinations.  Part of the process involves a        multiple-jointed sensor arm and a computer that says in a computer-        sounding voice "digitize left PSIS" "digitize right PSIS" "digitize        C7" "please stand with spine in neutral position".  I'm wondering        whether this doesn't really measure anything and the computer voice        is to impress the victims, or whether it is measuring something        that chiropractors think is useful to measure.  Earth to sci.med....If it looks like a duck...and quacks like a duck......  This is a TOTAL scam. Since the beginning of chiropraxis, the chiropractor has  tried to sell The Subluxation as The Problem and then sell themselves and their Adjustments as The Solution. The Chiropractic Subluxation is a delusional  diagnosis and the Adjustments of Subluxations by extension constitute a  delusional medicine.  The wide spectrum of chiropractic Techniques ALL have their own methods for  detecting Spinal Demons and unique methodolgies for Excorcizing Them. The  computer approach is an attempt to 'sell with science' but this device is  nothing more than a 'high-tech' Subluxation Detector.....and in the end... AMAZINGLY...it will show the potential 'patient' to suffer from...VS...... Vertebral Subluxation....The Silent Killer!
In-reply-to: todamhyp@charles.unlv.edu's message of Mon, 19 Apr 93 20:56:15 GMT Newsgroups: sci.energy,sci.image.processing,sci.anthropology,alt.sci.physics.new-theories,sci.skeptic,sci.med,alt.alien.visitors Subject: Re: Krillean Photography References: <1993Apr19.205615.1013@unlv.edu> Distribution:  --text follows this line-- todamhyp@charles.unlv.edu (Brian M. Huey) writes:  	   I am looking for any information/supplies that will allow    do-it-yourselfers to take Krillean Pictures. I'm thinking    that education suppliers for schools might have a appartus for    sale, but I don't know any of the companies. Any info is greatly    appreciated. 	   In case you don't know, Krillean Photography, to the best of my    knowledge, involves taking pictures of an (most of the time) organic    object between charged plates. The picture will show energy patterns    or spikes around the object photographed, and depending on what type    of object it is, the spikes or energy patterns will vary. One might    extrapolate here and say that this proves that every object within    the universe (as we know it) has its own energy signature.  There have been a number of scientific papers (in peer-reviewed journals) published about Kirlian photography in the early 1970s.  Sorry I can't be more specific but it is a long time since I read them.  They would describe what is needed and how to set up the apparatus.    These papers demonstrate that the auras obtained by Kirlian photography can be completely explained by the effect of the electric currents used on the moisture in the object being photographed.  It has nothing to do with the "energy signature" of organic objects.  I did a science project on Kirlian photography when I was in high school. I was able to obtain wonderful auras from rocks and pebbles and the like by first dunking them in water.  Barbara --
GB> From: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks) GB> The HMO would stop the over-ordering, but in HMOs, tests are GB> under-ordered.  That's a somewhat overbroad statement.  I'm sure there are HMOs in which the fees for lab tests are subtracted from the doctor's income.  In most, however, including the one I work for, there is no direct incentive to under-order.  Profits of the group are shared among all partners, but the group is so large that an individual's generated costs have a miniscule effect.  I don't believe that we under-order.  Then again, I'm not really sure what the right amount of ordering is or should be.  Relative to the average British neurologist, I suspect that I rather drastically over-order.
I used to be on lopid.  It did a good job of reducing cholesterol (295 down to around 214), as well as LDL and triglycerides.  Then, I got pneumonia, and for some reason, the Lopid stopped working very well; cholesterol and triglycerides soared.  The levels might have stabilized over time, but a new doctor had me quit, wait a month, then switch to Mevicore.    On Mevicore, my total cholesterol was down to 207,  LDL was 108,  and HDL was 35; but the trig's were still very high, around 318, and my liver tests came back slightly abnormal,  SGOT = 83 (N = 1-35),  GGTP(?hard to read copy) = 42 (N = 0 - 35).  He said the liver numbers were not offbase enough to cause him concern, and the triglycerides are not as important as the cholesterol figures.  He had me stop the Mevicore to allow the liver to heal ("Just to be extra cautious, though I'm sure it's not a problem."), and wants me to go back on it after that.  I suggested maybe Lopid might be the better choice, and he said that he wouldn't object if that's what I want to do.  But Lopid has one particular side effect I'm not fond of.
All I can remember is that there was an article in Scientific American maybe 20 years ago.  As someone else noted rats or mice fed nothing but heavy water eventually died, and the explanation was given. --  haynes@cats.ucsc.edu haynes@cats.bitnet
In article <lso15qINNkpr@news.bbn.com> sher@bbn.com (Lawrence D. Sher) writes: > From the N.E.J.Med.  editorial:  "The dicarboxylic amino acid glutamate > is not only an essential amino acid ...  Glutamate is not an essential amino acid.  People can survive quite well without ever eating any. --  Keith Lynch, kfl@access.digex.com
My wife's ob-gyn has an ultrasound machine in her office.  When the doctor couldn't hear a fetal heartbeat (13 weeks) she used the ultrasound to see if everything was ok.  (it was)  On her next visit, my wife asked another doctor in the office if they read the ultrasounds themselves or if they had a radiologist read the pictures.  The doctor very vehemently insisted that they were qualified to read the ultrasound and radiologists were NOT!  My wife is concerned about this.  She saw a TV show a couple months back (something like 20/20 or Dateline NBC, etc.) where an expert on fetal ultrasounds (a radiologist) was showing all the different deffects that could be detected using the ultrasound.  Should my wife be concerned?  Should we take the pictures to a  radiologist for a second opinion? (and if so, where would we find such an expert in Chicago?)  We don't really have any special medical reason to be concerned, but if a radiologist will be able to see things the ob-gyn can't, then I don't see why we shouldn't use one.  Any thoughts?
In article <Lauger-240393141539@lauger.mdc.com> Lauger@ssdgwy.mdc.com (John Lauger) writes: >In article <19201@pitt.UUCP>, geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks) wrote:  >What's the best approach to getting off the analgesics.  Is there something  Two approaches that I've used: Tofranil, 50 mg qhs, Naproxen 250mg bid. The Naproxen doesn't seem to be as bad as things like Tylenol in promoting the analgesic abuse Headache.  DHE IV infusions for about 3 days (in hospital).  Cold turkey is the only way I think.  Tapering doesn't help. I wouldn't know how you can do this without your doctor.  I haven't seen anyone successfully do it alone.  Doesn't mean it can't be done. --  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Banks  N3JXP      | "Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and geb@cadre.dsl.pitt.edu   |  it is shameful to surrender it too soon."
Here is the tollfree hotline for the Epilepsy Foundation of America - 1-800-EFA-1000.  They will be able to answer your questions and send you information and references on seizure types, medication, etc.  They can also give you references for a pediatric neorologist in your area.  Also ask for the  number of your local Foundation who can put you in touch with a Parent Support Group and social workers. Good Luck.
aliceb@tea4two.Eng.Sun.COM (Alice Taylor) writes:  >A friend of mine is seeing an acupuncturist and >wants to know if there is any danger of getting >AIDS from the needles.  	Ask the practitioner whether he uses the pre-sterilized disposable needles, or if he reuses needles, sterilizing them between use.  In the former case there's no conceivable way to get AIDS from the needles.  In the latter case it's highly unlikely (though many practitioners use the disposable variety anyway).  euclid
hi all, i got several emails and a couple news replies and i guess i shoulda went into more detail... Being my anxiety level is peaking and you folks have no clue who I am I may as well post the specifics and see what you people think regarding my previous post. To recap i applied to 20 schools total, 16 of which were MD and 4 DO.  as it stands now i have had 13 rejects, 4 interviews( 2 MD and 2 DO), the results of which are 2 waiting lists (1 MD and one DO)  3 schools i heard nothing from at all.  I have contacted all institutions other than the rejects and they have no info whatsoever to tell me.  I have taken a good mix to apply to.. 2-3 top schools a bunch of middles and a few "safety"  (funny that most of my safety schools were the first to reject me)  my index is at like a 3.5 mcats were R7 P9 B10 WQ and R7 P9 B11 WR I couldnt get the damn reading score up... i never stuff like art history, politics etc   Ive done medical research at the undergrad level, done clinical lab work for years now, but unfortunately i have no patient contact experience.  I cant think of what else i left out... but thats the summary. What percent of people are usually called from the waiting lists on an average? I felt that my interviews went quite well yet i dont have a firm acceptance in my hand... anyone have any suggestions as to calm the mailbox anxiety?    If you premeds out there or med students have any questions or comments for me feel free to send them down... Typing is a form of anti-anxiety thereapy hehehehe :)
I use a ZYGON Mind Machine as bought in the USA last year.  Although it's no wonder cure for what ail's you.  It is however VERY good at stopping you thinking!  Sound strange?  Well suppose you're tired and want to go to bed/sleep. BUT your head is full of niggling problems to resolve, you lay in the bed, and quickly they all come to the surface, churning around from one unresolved thing to the next and then back again.  Been there, bought the t-shirt?  I slip on the Zygon and select a soothing pattern of light & sound, and quickly I just can't concentrate on the previous stuff. Your brain's cache kinda get's flushed, and you start on a whole new set of stuff.  A useful addition, is the facility to feed the output of a tape player or CD through the box, I use New Age elevator muzak to enhance the overall effect.  DEFFO better than a pill.  Cheers Nigel
In article <C65oIL.436@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>, Alexander P. Zijdenbos writes... >  > I am neither a real believer, nor a disbeliever when it comes to > so-called "paranormal" stuff; but as far as I'm concerned, it is just > as likely as the existence of, for instance, a god, which seems to be > quite accepted in our societies - without any scientific basis.      But no one (or at least, not many people) are trying to pass off God as a scientific fact.  Not so with Kirlian photography.  I'll admit that it is possible that some superior intelligence exists elsewhere, and if people want to label that intelligence "God", I'm not going to stop them.  Anyway, let's _not_ turn this into a theological debate.  ;-)  > I am convinced that it is a serious mistake to close your mind to > something, ANYTHING, simply because it doesn't fit your current frame > of reference. History shows that many great people, great scientists, > were people who kept an open mind - and were ridiculed by sceptics.      Read alt.fan.robert.mcelwaine sometime.  I've never been so closed-minded before subscribing to that group.  :)
In article kmldorf@utdallas.edu (George Kimeldorf) writes: >In article badboy@netcom.com (Jay Keller) writes:  >>(I've already heard from a couple who said they had it and it didn't >>really help them). >> >>I am a moderately severe asthmatic.  ENT doc says large percentage see some >>relief of their asthma after sinus surgery.  Also he said it is not unheard of >>that migraines go away after chronis sinusitis is relieved.  >Did your ENT also tell you that this procedure may remove warts from the soles >of your feet and improve your sex life?  Actually, severe headaches due to stopped up sinuses (plugged ostia) are possible, and sinus surgery which widens the ostia - from the normal 2 mm to about 10 mm - should relieve this.  There are non-surgical ways, however, to keep the ostia open (however, in a few individuals, their ostia are naturally very small), and Dr. Ivker's book talks about this. The underlying cause of chronic sinusitis is NOT cured by this kind of sinus surgery, though.  About asthma, that's a little more controversial.  Dr. Ivker, in his book, "Sinus Survival", *speculates* (and says it's not proven), that many cases of asthma are triggered by chronic sinusitis due to the excessive drainage (postnasal drip) from the sinuses.  He's had many patients who've found relief from asthma when the chronic sinusitis is reduced or eliminated - not clinical proof, but compelling anecdotal information of this speculation.  Before doing any sinus surgery, first get THE BOOK - it discusses surgery, as well as a good non-surgical treatment program for chronic sinusitis.  Jon Noring  --   Charter Member --->>>  INFJ Club.
I think you must have the same hygiene teacher I had in 1955.  There  is a story about the Civil War about a soldier who was shot in the groin.  The bullet, after passing through one of his testes, then entered the abdomen of a young woman standing nearby.  Later,  when she (a young woman of unimpeachible virtue) was shown to be pregnant; the soldier did the honorable thing of marrying her.  According to this story, they lived happily ever after.   Perhaps the most famous of Mr. Rau's classes was the time he would come into class brandishing an aluminum turning mandrel  (tapering from about 3/8" to 1/2" over a 10 inch length).  He would say, "Boys, do you know what this is?  It's a medical instrument called a 'cock reamer' and it's used to unclog your penis when you have VD.  They just ram it up there without an anesthetic!"  Needless to say this had a chilling effect. I didn't have lascivious thoughts for at least an hour.  Later in life as I perused medical instrument catelogs and saw the slender flexible urethral sounds that are actually used, I could not escape thinking that I might one day see, "Reamer, Cock (style of Rau) ."         ]
In article <1r3ks8INNica@lynx.unm.edu> bhjelle@carina.unm.edu () writes: >In article <1993Apr21.091844.4035@omen.UUCP> caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) writes: >>In article <19687@pitt.UUCP> geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks) writes: >>> >>>Can you provide a reference to substantiate that gaining back >>>the lost weight does not constitute "weight rebound" until it >>>exceeds the starting weight?  Or is this oral tradition that >>>is shared only among you obesity researchers? >> >>Not one, but two: >> >>Obesity in Europe 88, >>proceedings of the 1st European Congress on Obesity >> >>Annals of NY Acad. Sci. 1987 >> >Hmmm. These don't look like references to me. Is passive-aggressive >behavior associated with weight rebound? :-) > >Brian  I purposefully left off the page numbers to encourage the reader to study the volumes mentioned, and benefit therefrom.
ANP is secreted by the atria in response to increases in fluid volume and acts to facilitate sodium and water excretion from the kidneys. Can someone tell me the molecular mechanism by which this is done?  Please email your response  Thanks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                    Po'g Mo Thon
In article <79857@cup.portal.com> mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) writes:   > >> I don't understand the assumption that because something is found to >> be carcinogenic that "it would not be legal in the U.S.".  I think that > >No, there is something called the "Delany Amendment" which makes carcinogenic >food additives illegal in any amount.  This was passed by Congress in the >1950's, before stuff like mass spectrometry became available, which increased >detectable levels of substances by a couple orders of magnitude. > >This is why things like cyclamates and Red #2 were banned.  They are very >weakly carcinogenic in huge quantities in rats, so under the Act they are >banned. > >This also applies to natural carcinogens.  Some of you might remember a >time back in the 1960's when root beer suddenly stopped tasting so good, >and never tasted so good again.  That was the time when safrole was banned. >This is the active flavoring ingredient in sassafras leaves. > >If it were possible to market a root beer good like the old days, someone >would do it, in order to make money.  The fact that no one does it indicates >that enforcement is still in effect. > >An odd exception to the rule seems to be the product known as "gumbo file'". >This is nothing more than coarsely ground dried sassafras leaves.  This >is not only a natural product, but a natural product still in its natural >form, so maybe that's how they evade Delany.  Or maybe a special exemption >was made, to appease powerful Louisiana Democrats.
My comments about the Feingold Diet have no relevance to your daughter's purported FrostedFlakes-related seizures.  I can't imagine why you included it.
I had allergy shots for about four years starting as a sophomore in high school.  Before that, I used to get bloody noses, nighttime asthma attacks, and eyes so itchy I couldn't get to sleep.  After about 6 months on the shots, most of those symptoms were gone, and they haven't come back.  I stopped getting the shots (due more to laziness than planning) in college. My allergies got a little worse after that, but are still nowhere near as bad as they used to be.  So yes, the shots do work.
I am writing this to find out the following:  1.)	Any information on surgery to prevent reflux esophagitis.  2.)	The name(s) of a doctor(s) who specialize in such surgery.  3.)	Information on reflux esophagitis which leads to cancer.  My boyfriend, age 34 and otherwise in good health, was diagnosed with  reflux esophagitis and a hiatal hernia about 2 years ago.  At that time he  saw a gastroenterologist and has tried acid controllers (Mylanta,  Tagamet), as well as a restricted diet and raising the head of his bed.   These treatments were not effective and because the damage was  worsening, he opted for a surgical repair 3 months ago.  He was told  there were two repair techniques that could fix the problem; a Nissen  wrap and a "Hill Repair".  He opted for the "Hill Repair". He recovered  very well from the surgery itself but the pain he had originally is worse  and in addition he now has trouble swallowing (including saliva).  The doctor now wants to do an endoscopy and has also informed him  that a biopsy might be necessary if he has a pre-cancerous condition  which he called "Barrett's Syndrome". If he can't avoid having reflux will  he necessarily get cancer?  Basically, if anyone has any information on what he should do now, I'd  appreciate it.  Thanks,
I cured mine with Bag Balm which I bought at the local farm supply store. It is relatively cheap and works in a few days. The product was developed to treat sore udders.
Forgive me, but just the other day I read on some newsgroup or other a physician's posting about the theraputic uses of vitamin B6.  I can't seem to locate the article, but I recall there was mention of some safe limits.  I looked at a "Balanced 100" time release formulation from Walgreen's and noted that the 100 mg of B6 was some thousands times the RDA.  Is this safe?!?.  Also what was the condition that B6 was theraputic for?  Mail would be just fine if you don't want to clog the net.
In article <93108.003258U19250@uicvm.uic.edu> <U19250@uicvm.uic.edu> writes: >Does anybody know of any information regarding the implementaion of total > quality management, quality control, quality assurance in the delivery of > health care service.  I would appreciate any information.  If there is enough >interest, I will post the responses. >        Thank You >        Abhin Singla MS BioE, MBA, MD >        President AC Medcomp Inc
In article <1993Apr19.204855.10818@rtsg.mot.com> lundby@rtsg.mot.com (Walter F. Lundby) writes: >As nobody in the food industry has even bothered to address my previous >question "WHY DO YOU NEED TO PUT MSG IN ALMOST EVERY FOOD?" I must assume >that my wife's answer is closer to the truth than I hoped it was. I don't mean to be disrespectful to your concerns, but it seems to me  that you're getting all wound up in a non-issue.    As many knowledgeable people have pointed out, msg is a naturally  occurring substance in a lot, if not most, foods.  When food  manufacturers add it to a preparation, they do so because it's a  known flavor enhancer.   Your wife's theory, that MSG is added to food to stimulate appetite,  may well be true.  But I don't believe it's ALWAYS the reason it's  added.  People are (largely, for the most part) in charge of their  own appetites.   >children's and my parent's) seem to fixate on a particular brand of pet >food. The cat will eat any product within one brand and not any other >brand.  I have wondered if this is not a case of preference, but, some >sort of chemical training or addiction. My questions, for the net, are: >Does the FDA regulate the contents of pet food?  Is it allowed for pet >food to contain addictive or conditioning substances?  Is MSG put in  >pet food? > You don't know much about cats, do you?   Cats will Take Advantage of You.  Resign yourself:  you will never   understand a cat.  Their tastes are whimsical.    I also suspect, though it's been a while since I've checked ingredients  on commercial cat food, that there are much more stringent requirements  on pet food additives than human.    See, the FDA has this stupid idea that human beings have the intelligence  to look out after their own interests.