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My girlfriend is in pain from kidney stones. She says that because she has no medical insurance, she cannot get them removed.  My question: Is there any way she can treat them herself, or at least mitigate their effects? Any help is deeply appreciated. (Advice, referral to literature, etc...)  Thank you,
In article <9303252134.AA09923@walrus.mvhs.edu> ktodd@walrus.mvhs.edu ((Ken Todd)) writes: >I would like any information available on this rare disease.  I understand >that an operation referred to as POLLIDOTOMY may be in order.  Does anyone >know of a physician that performs this procedure.  All responses will be >appreciated.  Please respond via email to ktodd@walrus.mvhs.edu  It isn't that rare, actually.  Many cases that are called Parkinson's Disease turn out on autopsy to be SND.  It should be suspected in any case of Parkinsonism without tremor and which does not respond to L-dopa therapy.  I don't believe pallidotomy will do much for SND.  --  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Banks  N3JXP      | "Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and geb@cadre.dsl.pitt.edu   |  it is shameful to surrender it too soon."
In article <1rh3seINNfkc@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>, Renee <rme1@cornell.edu> writes: > Does anyone here know anything about chelation therapy using EDTA?  My > uncle has emphesema, and a doctor wants to try it on him.  We are > wondering if: >  > 1.  Is there any evidence EDTA chelation therapy is beneficial for his > condition, or any condition? >  > 2.  What possible side effects are there.  How can they be mimimized? >  > Please respond via e-mail to    rme1@cornell.edu >  > Thanks, > Renee  EDTA(chelation therapy) has been used by some physicians to try to remove  calcium from calcified plaques in the arterial system(not approved for such  use).  There is also the possibility that lung tissue in patients with lung  disease has become calcified(chest x-rays would show this).  There are side -effects to the use of EDTA because it is not specific for calcium(it also  binds other minerals).  I think that there have been some deaths when  EDTA chelation therapy has been used because of mineral imbalances that  were not detected and corrected.  In animal studies, the best way to remove  calcium from plaques in rabbits was to supplement the rabbits with vitamin C  and magnesium(rabbits already synthesize their own vitamin C, the extra  vitamin C was given in their diets to help the magnesium displace the calcium  from the plaques).  The calcification process that occurs in both plaques and the lung probably  can be prevented if magnesium is used in supplemental form.  Most patietns  with calcium deposits are found to be deficient in calcium.  	1. "Magnesium interrationships in ischemic heart disease: A review" 	   Am J Clin Nutr 27(1):59-79(1974).  Supplementation with  	   magnesium will prevent clacification of blood vessels.   	2. "The importance of magnesium deficiency in cardiovascular  	    disease" Am. Heart J 94:649-57(1977).  The need to measure the  	    serum concentration in all patients with heat disease cannot be  	    overemphasized.  This is a review article.  	3. "Effect of dietary magnesium on development of atherosclerosis  	   in cholesterol-fed rabbits" Atherosclerosis 10:732-7(1990).   	   Magnesium supplementation greatly decreased the formation of  	   plaques in rabbits feed a diet that had 1% by weight cholesterrol  	   added to their normal food.  Since EDTA will also bind magnesium, I've never really liked it's use for  the reversal of athersclerosis or now apparently in emphesema patients.
From my reading of the popular, and scientific, literature,  I think that the benzopyrene-from-burned-fat problem is probably real but very small compared to other kinds of risks.  (This type of problem also occurs with stove-top pan grilling.)  One possible remedy I have read about is to take some vitamin C with your meal of barbecue (or bacon, e.g.).  This MAY make sense because vit. C is an antioxidant which could counteract the adverse affect of some of the  chemicals in question.  Bon Apetit!
I need some ECG data , uncompressed,  hopefully in ascii format. Don't care what it looks like, this is for a signal processing project.
In article <1993Apr16.063425.163999@zeus.calpoly.edu> dfield@flute.calpoly.edu (InfoSpunj (Dan Field)) writes: >I love the FAQ.        > >The comment about contact lenses not being an option for any remaining >correction after RK and possibly after PRK is interresting.  Why is >this?  Does anyone know for sure whether this applies to PRK as well? > >Also, why is it possible to get a correction in PRK with involvement of >only about 5% of the corneal depth, while RK is done to a depth of up to >95%?  Why such a difference?  In myopia the cornea is too curved.  There is too much of a bulge in the center.  In PRK the laser removes a small amount of material from the center.  In RK the surgeon cuts incisions near the edge.  They heal, and the scarring reshapes the cornea.  Entirely different mechanisms, and the action is in a different place.
In article <1rgnn6$lli@fnnews.fnal.gov> dh@fncrd6.fnal.gov (don husby) writes: > >Poor person's Kirlian Photography (try this at home) > >1. Hold your hand up to a cold window. >2. Look closely at the stunning corona effects around >   your fingertips. >3. Remove hand (from window) and observe after image.   >4. Invent crackpot theory to explain the effect.  Advanced Kirlian Photography (try this at home, too)  1.  Get a camera 2.  Have your subject face you with his/her back to the sun. 3.  Take photo 4.  Observe the glow behind their silhouetted image on the photo 5.  Invent crackpot theory to explain the effect
A friend was recently admitted to North Carolina Memorial Hospital because of suspected meningitis.  Serious business.  They wanted to do a lumbar puncture, for which a CT scan is a prerequisite.  I arrived in her hospital room about an hour after she had returned from the CT.   She was in tears.  Evidently the technicians in the CT lab had been very unpleasant to her.  To begin with, they put her on the apparatus that moves you into the machine itself, and just pushed a button to slide her straight into the machine, without any explanation.  Imagine this.  You worried you may have a deadly disease, and next thing you know you're being put into this big scary machine, without a word of explanation about what is going to happen to you.  I believe this is inexcusable.   She waved her hand as if to say what are you doing to me, and they responded with annoyance and anger.  Next they inserted, or tried to insert, an IV catheter.  Apparently she has a lot of trouble with these and complained of the pain.  The technician just stopped and fixed her with a glare without any words of explanation.  Is there anything I can do about these pigs ?  I realize that these technicians do this sort of job day in and day out.  And that some patients can be very irritating and uncooperative. But this is simply no excuse.  Their purpose for existing is to help sick people, and there is no excuse for this sort of behavior. Fortunately my friend is fine.  But I imagine a large proportion of the people who get CT scans are not fine at all.  They have cancer and that sort of thing.  They don't need this kind of shit.  Also, since I named the hospital involved, I should also point out that neither she nor I have any complaints about the competence or compassion of any of the other personnel at NCMH.
Could someone tell me what the density of skull bone is or direct me to  a reference that contains this info?  I would appreciate it very much. Thanks.  Vinay
In article <1qk6v3INNrm6@lynx.unm.edu> bhjelle@carina.unm.edu () writes: > >Gordon Banks: > >>a lot to keep from going back to morbid obesity.  I think all >>of us cycle.  One's success depends on how large the fluctuations >>in the cycle are.  Some people can cycle only 5 pounds.  Unfortunately, >>I'm not one of them. >> >> >This certainly describes my situation perfectly. For me there is >a constant dynamic between my tendency to eat, which appears to >be totally limitless, and the purely conscious desire to not >put on too much weight. When I get too fat, I just diet/exercise >more (with varying degrees of success) to take off the >extra weight. Usually I cycle within a 15 lb range, but >smaller and larger cycles occur as well. I'm always afraid >that this method will stop working someday, but usually >I seem to be able to hold the weight gain in check. >This is one reason I have a hard time accepting the notion >of some metabolic derangement associated with cycle dieting >(that results in long-term weight gain). I have been cycle- >dieting for at least 20 years without seeing such a change.  As mentioned in Adiposity 101, only some experience weight rebound.  The fact that you don't doesn't prove it doesn't happen to others.
One thing that I haven't seen in this thread is a discussion of the relation between IBD inflammation and the profile of ingested fatty acids (FAs).  I was diagnosed last May w/Crohn's of the terminal ileum. When I got out of the hospital I read up on it a bit, and came across several studies investigating the role of EPA (an essentially FA) in reducing inflammation. The evidence was mixed. [Many of these studies are discussed in "Inflammatory Bowel Disease," MacDermott, Stenson. 1992.]  But if I recall correctly, there were some methodological bones to be picked with the studies (both the ones w/pos. and w/neg. results). In the studies patients were given EPA (a few grams/day for most of the studies), but, if I recall correctly, there was no restriction of the _other_ FAs that the patients could consume. From the informed layperson's perspective, this seems mistaken. If lots of n-6 FAs are consumed along with the EPA, then the ratio of "bad" prostanoid products to "good" prostanoid products could still be fairly "bad." Isn't this ratio the issue?  What's the view of the gastro. community on EPA these days? EPA supplements, along with a fairly severe restriction of other FAs appear to have helped me significantly (though it could just be the low absolute amount of fat I eat -- 8-10% calories).
In article <C4vHwo.HLt@tripos.com>, homer@tripos.com (Webster Homer) writes: > rjasoar@vnet.IBM.COM (Robert J. Alexander MD) writes: >  > I have an additional question. How long should a mother breast feed her > child? A friend of mine is still nursing her two year old. Is this beneficial? > Her ex-husband is trying to use her coninued nursing of a two year old as > "proof" of her being unfit to be a mother. What studies have been done > on breast feeding past a year etc... upon the psychological health of the > child?  >  >  > Web Homer >   My wife breast-fed my three boys 12 months, 16 months, and 29 months respectively and they are 18, 16, and 10 years old respectively.  So far everybody seems fairly normal.  I noticed a negative correlation with ear infections and length of time nursed in my very small sample. I do notice that the 16 and 18 year old seem to eat a lot, could that be from the breast feeding :-)  ?  I don't understand the "unfit mother" charge other than any tactic is not too low down for some folks during divorce/child custody battles.  Most of the developing nations practice breast feeding to 3 and 4 years old.  Are they screwed up because of it ?  Would they be much better off if they could use cow's milk or commercial formula ?  Doctors ?
In article <C5r3n6.FG4@news.Hawaii.Edu>, sharynk@Hawaii.Edu () writes... >I recently heard of a mental disorder called Obsessive Compulsive >Disorder.  What is it?  What causes it?  Could it be caused by a >nervous breakdown? >  Obesssive Compulsive Disorder (not to be confused with Obsessive Compulsive _Personality_ Disorder !) is an acute anxiety disorder characterized by either obsessions (persistent intrusive thoughts that cause anxiety when not entertained), or compulsions (repetitive, ritualistic actions that similarly cause intense psychological discomfort when resisted).    OCD is often associated with certain forms of depression.    Examples of obsessive thoughts are repeated impulses to kill a loved one (though not accompanied by anger), or a religious person having  recurrent blasphemous thoughts.  Generally, the individual attempts to ignore or suppress the intrusive thoughts by engaging in other activities.   The individual realizes that the thoughts originate from the own mind, rather than being from an external source.  Examples of compulsive actions are constant repetitive hand washing, or other activity that is not realistically related to alleviating a source of the anxiety.  In OCD, the obsessions or compulsions are highly distressing to the individual, take an hour or more per day, and significantly impair their daily routine and social relationships.  Treatments include psychotherapy, behavioral methods, and sometimes certain anti-depressants which have recently been found effective in alleviating obsessions and compulsions.  The standard diagnostic code for OCD, if you want to look it up in the DSM-III manual of psychiatric diagnosis is 300.30 .  						kind regards,
In article <1993Apr19.205615.1013@unlv.edu> todamhyp@charles.unlv.edu (Brian M. Huey) writes: >I think that's the correct spelling..  Crullerian.  >	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.  Crullerian photography isn't educational, except in a purely satiric sense.  >	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.  Crullerian photography involves putting donuts between grease-covered hot metal plates while illuminating them with a Krypton Stroboscope. Through a unique iteration involving the 4th-dimensional projection of a torus through the semi-stochastic interactions of hot monomolecular lipid layers covering the metal plates (the best metal is iron since it repels Vampires and Succubi) the donuts start developing flutes, and within moments actually become poly-crenellated hot greasy breadtubes. Some people believe that food is the way to a man's heart, but most psychics agree that there is nothing like hot Crullers for breakfast; the chemical composition of crullers is a mystery, some thought evidence of Charles Fort's channeling in Stevie Wonder's production of "The Secret Life of Plants" when played backwards in the theatre of unnaturally fertile Findhorn Farms has deduced that they are complex carbohydrates ordinarily only found by spectoscopy in the Magellenic Clouds. I called Devi on my Orgone Box and asked her if this was really the case, and she TM levitated me a letter across the Atlantic to tell me it was indeed not just another case of misunderstanding Tesla, though the Miskatonic University hasn't confirmed anything at all. At least the Crullers taste good; I got the recipe from Kaspar Hauser.
In article <stephen.735806195@mont>, stephen@mont.cs.missouri.edu (Stephen Montgomery-Smith) writes: |> When I was a school boy, my biology teacher told us of an incident |> in which a couple were very passionate without actually having |> sexual intercourse.  Somehow the girl became pregnent as sperm |> cells made their way to her through the clothes via persperation. |>  |> Was my biology teacher misinforming us, or do such incidents actually |> occur?  Sperm deposited near the entrance of the vagina has been known to cause pregnancy, even in the presence of a hymen. I doubt that sperm could make  it through a layer of cloth then find the right path to a waiting ovum, but it might be possible.  So, it is possible for a woman to be both virgin and pregnant. Also, some hymens are sufficiently loose to allow near-normal intercourse without rupturing. The problem when investigating these phenomenae is, of course, getting an honest account of what exactly happened.
The subject-line says it:  every time I run a fever, I get an amazing rosy rash over my torso and arms.  Fortunately, it doesn't itch.  The rash  always comes on the day after the fever breaks and no matter what the illness was:  cold, flu, whatever. It started happening about four years ago after I moved to my current town, although I don't know if that has anything to do with anything.  Severity and persistance of the rash seems to vary with the fever: a severe or long-lasting fever brings a long-lasting rash.  A mild fever seems to bring rashes that go away faster.    Anybody know what might be causing this?  It's no more than an  embarassment, but I'd be curious to know what's going on.  Am I carrying some kind of fever-resistant bug that goes wild when fever knocks out its competition?
bobm@Ingres.COM (Bob McQueer) writes: |One question I do have - a doctor who flushed out my ears once also advocated |a drop of rubbing alcohol in them afterwards to flush out any remaining |trapped water - said he told swimmers to do this after swimming, too.  It |works, but it stings like the devil, so I've always been content to let any |water in my ears from swimming or flushing them out figure out how to get |out by itself if shaking my head a few times won't do the trick.  Any |comments?  When I have trouble it's usually because of water trapped by some remaining wax.  I don't see why you can't just let it evaporate; it should do this eventually.
In article <9304191126.AA21125@seastar.seashell> bebmza@sru001.chvpkh.chevron.com (Beverly M. Zalan) writes: > >My 6 year son is so plagued.  Lots of vaseline up his nose each night seems  >to keep it under control.  But let him get bopped there, and he'll recur for  >days!  Also allergies, colds, dry air all seem to contribute.  But again, the  >vaseline, or A&D ointment, or neosporin all seem to keep them from recurring. > If you can get it, you might want to try a Canadian over-the-counter product called Secaris, which is a water-soluble gel.  Compared to Vaseline or other greasy ointments, Secaris seems more compatible with the moisture that's already there.
What is the healthiest way to deal with earwax?  Should one just leave it in your ear and not mess with it, or should you clean it out every so often?  Can cleaning it out damage your eardrums? Are there any tubes in your ear that might get blocked?
kathleen richards (kilty@ucrengr) wrote:  > If you have time to type it in I'd love to have the reference for that > paper!  thanks!  Experimental Lyme Disease in Dogs Produces Arthritis and Persistant Infection, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, March 1993, 167:651-664
GT> From: gary@concave.cs.wits.ac.za (Gary Taylor) GT> Hi, We are trying to develop a image reconstruction simulation for the skull  You could do high resolution CT (computed tomographic) scanning of the skull.  Many CT scanners have an algorithm to do 3-D reconstructions in any plane you want.  If you did reconstructions every 2 degrees or so in all planes, you could use the resultant images to create user-controlled animation.
In article <YfqmleK00iV185Co5L@andrew.cmu.edu>, you say: > I've seen people in their forties and fifties become disoriented and >demented during hospital stays.  In the examples I've seen, drugs were >definitely involved.    Speaking from experience, one doesn't need drugs to become disoriented during hospital stays. I was in hosp for 5 days in late Jan; what with general noise at all hours of night, staff coming every time I turned over, or whatever, to check me out, I didn't get much sustained sleep at night. Spent days groggy & dozing, and all it was from my perspective was that I was TIRED!
>  > In article <jpc.735692207@avdms8.msfc.nasa.gov>, jpc@avdms8.msfc.nasa.gov > (J. Porter Clark) wrote: > [synopsis] Young man with inguianl hernia on one side, repaired, now has > new hernia on other side.  What gives, he asks?  [and he continues...]  > > Of course, my wife thinks it's from sitting for long periods of time at > > the computer, reading news... >  > There is the possibility that there is some degree of constipation causing > chronic straining which has caused the bowel movements.  The classic  > problems that are supposed to be looked for in someone with a hernia are > constipation, chronic cough, colon cancer (and you're not too young for > that) and sitting for long periods of time at the computer, reading news. >  > Good Luck with your surgery! >  > Steve Holland  Well, that post was not that accurate.  People with early life hernias are felt to have a congenital sack that promotes the formation of hernias. The hernias of later life may be more associated with chronic straining.   However, the risk of damage to the intestine without an operation is  high enough that it ought to be repaired.  The risk of cancer is probably no higher than the general population, but since you are near 40, it would be sensible to have some sort of cancer screening, such as a flexible sigmoidoscopy.  Sorry for the misleading info.
In article <1993Apr16.063425.163999@zeus.calpoly.edu> dfield@flute.calpoly.edu (InfoSpunj (Dan Field)) writes: >I love the FAQ.        > >The comment about contact lenses not being an option for any remaining >correction after RK and possibly after PRK is interresting.  Why is >this?  Does anyone know for sure whether this applies to PRK as well?  I've had PRK.  I would suggest asking a doctor about contacts. Mine said yes to contacts. I think the scars from RK would preclude contacts.  >Also, why is it possible to get a correction in PRK with involvement of >only about 5% of the corneal depth, while RK is done to a depth of up to >95%?  Why such a difference?  I thought the proceedures were simmilar >with the exception of a laser being the cutting tool in PRK.  I must not >be understanding all of the differences.  No. RK makes radial cuts around the circumference of the cornea, up to 8 I think, and these change the curvature of the cornea through stress chages. PRK vaporizes (burns) away a thin layer from the front of the cornea making the optical axis of the eye shorter. The laser doesn't cut in PRK, it vaporizes. In RK, the eye is cut into.  >In the FAQ, the vision was considered less clear after the surgery than >with glasses alone.  If this is completly attributable to the >intentional slight undercorrection, then it can be compensated for when >necessary with glasses (or contacts, if they CAN be worn afterall!).  It >is important to know if that is not the case, however, and some other >consequence of the surgery would often interfere with clear vision.  The >first thing that came to my mind was a fogging of the lense, which >glasses couldn't help.  > >would not help.  I find my vision is more clear for some things, and less clear for others, only at night. I notice a definite haloing at night in the darkness when I look at automobile headlamps, though this is not something I spend inordinate amounts of time doing. For ordinary things, my vision, in particular having a fully-operating peripheral vision, is clearer than with glasses, or contacts.