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In article <1993Apr22.202051.1@vms.ocom.okstate.edu>, banschbach@vms.ocom.okstate.edu wrote: >  > In article <1r6g8fINNe88@ceti.cs.unc.edu>, jge@cs.unc.edu (John Eyles) writes: > >  > > A friend has what is apparently a fairly minor case of Crohn's > > disease. > >  > > But she can't seem to eat certain foods, such as fresh vegetables, > > without discomfort, and of course she wants to avoid a recurrence. > >  > > Her question is: are there any nutritionists who specialize in the > > problems of people with Crohn's disease ? > >  > > (I saw the suggestion of lipoxygnase inhibitors like tea and turmeric). > >  > > Thanks in advance, > > John Eyles >  > All your friend really has to do is find a Registered Dietician(RD).  While  > most work in hospitals and clinics, many major cities will have RD's who  > are in "private practice" so to speak.  Many physicans will refer their  > patients with Crohn's disease to RD's for dietary help.  If you can get  > your friend's physician to make a referral, medical insurance should pay for  > the RD's services just like the services of a physical therapist.  The  > better medical insurance plans will cover this but even if your friend's  > plan doesn't, it would be well worth the cost to get on a good diet to  > control the intestinal discomfort and help the intestinal lining heal. > Crohn's disease is an inflammatory disease of the intestinal lining and  > lipoxygenase inhibitors may help by decreasing leukotriene formation but  > I'm not aware of tea or turmeric containing lipoxygenase inhibitors.  For  > bad inflammation, steroids are used but for a mild case, the side effects  > are not worth the small benefit gained by steroid use.  Upjohn is developing  > a new lipoxygenase inhibitor that should greatly help deal with  > inflammatory diseases but it's not available yet. >  > Marty B.   Be sure a dietician is up to date on Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis.   Previously, low residue diets were recommended, but this advice has now changed.  Also, there will be differences in advice in patients with and without obstructuon remaining, so input by the physician will be  important.  I find the dietician very important in my practice, and  I send most of my patients to a dietician in the course of seeing them, since dieticians know so much better how to get diet histories and evaluate the contents of a diet than I do.
I need advice with a situation which occurred between me and a physican which upset me.  I saw this doctor for a problem with recurring pain. He suggested medication and a course of treatment, and told me that I need to call him 7 days after I begin the medication so that he may monitor its effectiveness, as well as my general health.  I did exactly as he asked, and made the call (reaching his secretary). I explained to her that I was following up at the doctor's request, and that I was worried because the pain episodes were becoming more frequent and the medication did not seem effective.  The doctor called me back, and his first words were, "Whatever you want, you'd better make it quick.  I'm very busy and don't have time to chit- chat with you!"  I told him I was simply following his instructions to call on the 7th day to status him, and that I was feeling worse.  I  then asked if perhaps there was a better time for us to talk when he had more time.  He responded, "Just spit it out now because no time is a good time."  (Said in a raised voice.)  I started to feel upset and tried to explain quickly what was going on with my condition but my nervousness interfered with my choice of words and I kind of stuttered and then said "well, never mind" and he said he'll talk to various colleagues about other medications and he'll call me some other time.  This doctor called me that evening and said because I didn't express myself well, he was confused about what I wanted.  At this point I was pretty upset and I told him (in an amazingly polite voice considering how angry I felt) that his earlier manner had hurt my feelings.  He told me that he just doesn't have time to "rap with patients" and thought that was what I wanted.  I told him that to assume I was calling to "rap" was insulting, and said again that I was just following through on his orders.  He responded that he resented the implication that he  felt I was making that he was not interested in learning about what his patients have to say about their condition status.  He then gave me this apology: "I am sorry that there was a miscommunication and you mistakenly thought I was insulting.  I am not trying to insult you but I am not that knowledgeable about pain, and I don't have a lot of time to deal with that."  He then told me to call him the next day for further instructions on how do deal with my pain and medication.  I am still upset and have not yet called.  My questions: (1) Should I continue to have this doctor manage my care? (2) Since I am in pain off and on, I realize that this may cause me to be more anxietous so am I perhaps over-reacting or overly sensitive? If this doctor refers me to his colleague who knows more about the type of pain I have, he still wants me to status him on my condition but now I am afraid to call him.
In article <1pka0uINNnqa@mojo.eng.umd.edu>, georgec@eng.umd.edu (George B. Clark) writes: |> Forget about total cholesterol when assessing health risk factors. |> Instead, use a relationship between LDL and HDL cholesterol: |>  |> If your LDL is       You need an HDL of at least |>  |>       90                 35 |>      100                 45 |>      110                 50 |>      120                 55 |>      130                 60 |>      140                 70  Gee, what do I do?  My LDL is only 50-60. (and my HDL is only 23-25) I must be risking something, but Is it the same risk as those with  very high LDL?  |> If your triglycerides are above 300, and your HDL is below 30, the |> drug of choice is gemfibrozil (Lopid) taken as a 600mg tablet |> thirty minutes before your morning and evening meals.  What about exercise and a low-fat diet?  What are the long-term  effects of this drug?
I'm a nursing student, and I would like to respond to #66966 on haldol and the elderly. Message-ID: <25APR199316225142@fsphy1.physics.fsu.edu> Organization: Florida State University - School of Higher Thought News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1    First, I'm sorry to hear that you have had to see your grandmother go through this.  I know it has to have been tough.  There are many things that can cause long term confusion in elderly adults.  The change in environment can cause problems.  Anesthetic agents can cause confusion because the body cannot clear the medicines out of the body as easily.  In addition, medications and interactions between medications can cause confusion.  As far as whether or not haldol can have long lasting effects even after the drug has been discontinued, I do not know.  I have not _seen_ anything to that effect.  However, I also had not been looking for that information. I can see what I can find...  I can tell you that haldol is an antipsychotic drug, and, according to the Nursing93 Drug handbook, it is "Especially useful for agitation associated with senile dementia"  (p. 400).  It also should not be  discontinued abruptly.  It did not say anything about long lasting effects.  Because so many things can cause confusion, it is hard for me to know what else was going on at the time; if I had more history, i might be able to answer you better.  If you want to send me e-mail with more information, I would be happy to try to  help you piece together what might have happened.
I recently heard of some testing of a new migraine drug called sumatripton (I have no idea of the actual spelling) that supposedly utilizes a chemical that trips neuro-transmitters.  My mother has regular migraines and nothing seems to help - does anyone know anything about this new drug?  Is it in a testing phaze or anywhere near approval?  Does it seem to be working?  Any information would help.  Please feel free to e-mail rather than take up bandwidth if you prefer.  Thanks in advance,  -Rox --  roxannen@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us
Just had the opportunity to watch this flick on A&E -- some 15 years since I saw it last.    I was very interested in the technology demonstrated in this film for handling infectious diseases (and similar toxic substances). Clearly they "faked" a lot of the computer & robotic technology; certainly at the time it was made most of that was science fiction itself, let alone the idea of a "space germ".    Quite coincidentally [actually this is what got me wanted to see the movie again] I watched a segment on the otherwise awful _How'd They Do That?_ dealing with a disease researcher at the CDC's top lab.  There was description of the elaborate security measures taken so that building will never be "cracked" so to speak by man or nature (short of deliberate bombing from the air, perhaps).  And the researchers used "spacesuits" similar to that in the film.  I'm curious what people think about this film -- short of "silly". Is such a facility technically feasible today?    As far as the plot, and the crystalline structure that is not Life As We Know It, that's a whole 'nother argument for rec.arts.sf.tech or something.
How is it that placebos are legal?  It would seem to me that if, as a patient, you purchase a drug you've been prescribed and it's just sugar (or whatever), there's a few legal complications that arise:  	1.  If you have been diagnosed with a condition and you aren't given accepted treatment for it, it seems like intentional medical malpractice.  	2. A placebo should fall, legally, under the label of quackery (why not?)  	3. Getting what you pay for.  (Deceptive "bait and switch" to an extreme...).  False advertising  (what if McDonalds didn't put 100% pure beef in their hamburgers?)   	So I'm mystified.  Are these assumptions erred?  If they aren't, why the hell can a doctor knowingly or unknowingly prescribe a placebo?
In article dpc47852@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Daniel Paul Checkman) writes: >bruce@Data-IO.COM (Bruce Reynolds) writes: > >>Anecedotal evidence is worthless.  Even doctors who have been using a drug >>or treatment for years, and who swear it is effective, are often suprised >>at the results of clinical trials.  Whether or not MSG causes describable, >>reportable, documentable symptoms should be pretty simple to discover.    But it is quite a leap in logic to observe one situation where anecdotal evidence led nowhere and therefore conclude that anecdotal evidence will NEVER lead anywhere.  I'm sure somebody here can provide an example where anecdotal evidence (and the interpretation of it) was upheld/verified by follow-on rigorous clinical trials.   >I tend to disagree- I think anecdotal evidence, provided there is a lot of it, >and it is fairly consistent, will is very important.  First, it points to the >necessity of doing a study, and second, it at least says that the effects are >all psychological (or possibly allergy in this case).  As I've pointed out  >person's "make-believe" can easily be another person's reality...  Good point.  There has been a tendency by some on this newsgroup to "circle the wagons" to the viewpoint that anecdotal medical evidence is worthless (maybe to counter the claims of those who are presenting anecdotal evidence to support controversial subjects, such as the "yeast hypothesis").  But evidence is evidence - it requires a "jury" or a process to sort it out and determine the truth from the junk.  Medicine must continue to strive to better understand the workings of the body/mind for the purpose of alleviating illness - anecdotal evidence is just one piece of the puzzle;  it is not worthless.  Rather, it can help focus limited resources in the right direction.  Jon Noring  --   Charter Member --->>>  INFJ Club.
In article <C5L9ws.Jn2@unx.sas.com> sasghm@theseus.unx.sas.com (Gary Merrill) writes: > >In article <1993Apr16.155919.28040@cs.rochester.edu>, fulk@cs.rochester.edu (Mark Fulk) writes: >|> genes.  This fantasy led him to sequence samples of the band and carry out >|> binding assays.  The result was a well-conserved, 400 or so bp, sequence > >But why do you characterize this as a "flight of fancy" or a "fantasy"?  The fantasy was that he had found something of fundamental importance to one of the hot questions of the day ('77).  He really had very little reason to believe it, other than raw hope.  By fantasy, I certainly don't mean Velikovskian manias.  >some other theory or domain).  I would offer some rather well known examples >such as Toricelli's Puy de Dome experiment done for the sake of his >"sea of air" hypothesis.  I'm not familiar with the history of this experiment, although, arguably, I should be.  >"surprising"? >Well, given the *prior* explanations of the phenomena involved it certainly >be counted as so.  Was the theory constructed (and the experiment designed) >out of "perfectly rational grounds"?  Well, there was a pretty successful and >well know theory of fluids.  The analogy to fluids by Toricelli is explicit. >The novelty was in thinking of air as a fluid (but this was *quite* a novelty >at the time).  Was the theory interesting?  Yes.  Was it "new"?  Well, one >could argue that it was merely the extension of an existing theory to a new >domain, but I think this begs certain questions.  We can debate that if you >like.  I think that it is enough if his contemporaries found the result surprising. That's not what I'd quibble about.  What I'd like to know are Toricelli's reasons for doing his experiment; not the post hoc _constructed_ reasons, but the thoughts in his head as he considered the problem.  It may be impossible to know much about Toricelli's thoughts; that's too bad if it is so.  One of Root-Bernstein's services to science is that he has gone rooting about in Pasteur's and Fleming's (and other people's) notes, and has discovered some surprising clues about their motivations.  Pasteur never publicly admitted his plan to create mirror-image life, but the dreams are right there in his notebooks (finally public after many years), ready for anyone to read.  And I and my friends often have the most ridiculous reasons for pursuing results; one of my best came because I was mad at a colleague for a poorly-written claim (I disproved the claim).  Of course, Toricelli's case may be an example of a rarety: where the fantasy not only motivates the experiment, but turns out to be right in the end.  Mark
A friend's daughter has been diagnosed with an eye disease called "Star Gartds" (or something close) - it is apparently genetic, according to her, and affects every fourth generation.  She would appreciate any information about this condition. If anything is available via ftp, please point me in the right direction..
Hello to everybody, I write here because I am kind of desperate. For about six weeks, I've been suffering on pains in my left head side, the left leg and sometimes the left  arm. I made many tests (e.g. computer tomography, negative, lyme borreliosis, negative, all electrolytes in the blood in their correct range), they're all o.K., so I should be healthy. As a matter of fact, I am not feeling so. I was also at a Neurologist's too, he considered me healthy too.  The blood tests have shown that I have little too much of Hemoglobin (17.5, common range is 14 to 17, I unfortunately do not know about the units). Could these hemi-sided pains be the result of this or of a also possible block of the neck muscles ?  I have no fever, and I am not feeling entirely sick, but neither entirely  healthy.   Please answer by direct email on <ghilardi@urz.unibas.ch>  Thanks for every hint
Can anyone help me find any information on the drug Prozac?  I am writing a report on the inventors , Eli Lilly and Co., and the product.  I need as much help as I can get.   Thanks a lot, Adriana Gilmete.
(This is a cross post to rec.gardens and sci.med. Set the follow-up (line in the header, depending on what kind of advice you give, or (e-mail directly to me: ceci@lysator.liu.se.)  I have a problem with wasps -- they seem to love me. Last summer I couldn't spend more than ten to fifteen minutes at a time in my garden before one or several wasps would come for me. I am asking for advice on how to repel wasps.     This year the wasps have built their nest under a stone next to one of my tiny ponds. The caretaker (poor fellow!) will have to take care of them, and that will give me a head start on them. Last year we couldn't find any nest. Even after the caretaker has gassed the nest in my tiny garden of 30 square meter, other wasps will most likely vie for the territory. Is there anything I can grow, rub on my skin or spread on the soil that will repel the black and yellow bastards? Never mind if it turns my skin purple or kills off all my beloved plants, I want to be able to spend time in my garden like everyone else.     Would it help to remove the ponds and the bird bath? The wasps seem to come to drink at them, and I suppose that their prey will breed in them. The black tits seem to be afraid of the wasps, because as soon as the wasp season starts, they stop coming to have their bath.  Even when I am not trying to win back my patio from 15-20 wasps, they seem to love me. The advice I usually get when I ask what to do about wasps, is to stand still and not wave my arms. I've got some painful stings when trying to follow that advice. I have also tried to use hygienic products without perfumes, to no avail. They still love me, and come for me, even when I'm in the middle of a crowd. So far only two things seem to work: To kill it dead or to run into the house and close all doors and windows.   NB: I don't have a problem with bees or bumble-bees, just wasps.     Patronizing advice redirected to /dev/null.  --Ceci
bitn@kimbark.uchicago.edu  writes: > My friend insists that Ny-Quil can be deadly if enough is taken -- he > suggested something like 20-30 of the Night-time gelcaps would do someone > in.  Being a NORMAL user of Ny-Quil :), I checked the 'ingredients' and > have a very hard time believing it.  They are: >  > 250 g acetaminophen         ^^^^^^^^^^ > 30 mg Pseudoephedrine HCl > 10 mg Dextromethorphan HBr > 6.25 mg Doxylamine Succinate > (per softgel) >  > Can someone settle our bet (a package of Ny-Quil of course :) -- what  > effect would 20-30 of these babies have?  The acetaminophen is the agent of concern in overdose of this OTC medication.  A single dose of acetaminophen of 10 grams or greater can cause hepatotoxicity, and doses of 25 grams or more are potentially fatal from hepatic necrosis.  If I recall correctly, the metabolism of acetaminophen at high doses involves N-hydroxylation to N-acetyl-benzoquinoneimine, which is a highly reactive intermediate, which then reacts with sulfhydryl groups of proteins and glutathione.  When hepatic glutathione is used up, this intermediate then starts attacking the hepatic proteins with resulting hepatic necrosis.  The insidious part of acetaminophen toxicity is the delay (2-4 days) between ingestion and clinical signs of liver damage.  This is NOT a nice way to die.  As to taking 20-30 of these tablets, that comes to 5-7.5 grams of acetaminophen.  In a normal adult, this would probably cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and loss of appetite.
On 5 Apr 93 23:27:26 GMT, vida@mdavcr.mda.ca (Vida Morkunas) said:  Vida> Can one develop inner-ear problems from too much flying?  I hear Vida> that pilots and steward/esses have a limit as to the maximum Vida> number of flying hours -- what are these limits?  What are the Vida> main problems associated with too many long-haul (over 4 hours) Vida> trips?  The crew rest requirements are to prevent undue fatigue.  The cockpit crew (pilot) limits are somewhat more stringent than the cabin crew limits for this reason.  Crew rest requirements address amount of time on duty plus rest time.  A tired crew is an accident-prone crew.  The only limits I know of for inner-ear problems are in military aircraft, which are frequently unpressurized or less reliably pressurized.  Not being able to clear the ears renders aircrew members DNIF (duties not involving flying) or grounded until the ears clear.  Flying can accentuate problems if ears don't clear.  If you don't have big pressure changes, you may not know that you've got a problem.  But if you zip up to 5,000 or 6,000 ft (the usual cabin altitude in an airliner) and then back down to sea level, you may discover a problem. Ears don't clear readily because of allergies, colds, infections, and anatomical problems.  The last won't change; the first three can. Medication (decongestants or antihistimines, usually) can help. Chewing gum, sucking hard candy (or a bottle for babies), yawning--these will help all four causes.
In article <9307@blue.cis.pitt.edu> Kenneth Gilbert, kxgst1+@pitt.edu writes: >situation.  QA activities are a routine part of every hospital's >administrative function and are required by accreditation agencies.  There >are even entire publications devoted to QA issues.   Indeed. I spend about 60% of my time dealing with quality stuff. It is a hot number.  Two journals worth looking at are:- Quality Review Bulletin. Pub:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, one Renaissance boulevard, Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181 Quality in Health Care. BMJ Publishing Group, Box No. 560B, Kennebunkport, ME 04046
I saw a printed up flyer that stated the person was a "licensed herbologist and iridologist" What are your opinions? How much can you tell about a person's health by looking into their eyes?
Thomas Trusk (ttrusk@its.mcw.edu) wrote:  > In article <C67G01.2J1@efi.com> alanm@efi.com (Alan Morgan) writes: > >In article <C65oIL.436@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>  > >  alex@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. > > > >Oooooh.  Bad example.  I'm an atheist. > > > This is not flame, or abuse, nor do I want to start another thread (this > is, after all, supposed to be about IMAGE PROCESSING).  > BUT, to say you're an atheist is to suggest you have PROOF there is NO GOD.  -- That means that there cannot be any atheists  since there is NO WAY that you can prove that there is no god. Atheists are people who BELIEVE that there is no god, most not only believe, but also are damn sure that there isn't a god (like me).    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------      The Cursor, aka Nick Humphries, u2nmh@csc.liv.ac.uk, at your service.   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------    "What's the use of computers? They'll never play  | "Why pay money to see    chess, draw art or make music." - Jean Genet.     | bad films? Stay home     "Intelligence isn't to make no mistakes, but how  | and see bad TV for    to make them look good." - Bertolt Brecht.        | free." - Sam Goldwyn.
Does anyone know of any studies done on the long-term health effects of a man's vasectomy on his female partner?  I've seen plenty of study results about vasectomy's effects on men's health, but what about women?   For example, might the wife of a vasectomized man become more at risk for, say, cervical cancer?  Adverse effects from sperm antibodies?  Changes in the vagina's pH?  Yeast or bacterial infections?  Outside of study results, how about informed speculation?  Thanks in advance for your help!
In article <stephen.736092732@mont>, stephen@mont.cs.missouri.edu (Stephen Montgomery-Smith) writes: >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? > >Stephen >  The best thing to do is leave it, it will work its own way out to the surface. Anything you stick up there to try and clean it is just going to push the wax up against your eardrum and pack it on there solid, thus impairing your hearing .