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In article <1rjr1uINNh8@gap.caltech.edu>, carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick) writes... >In article <1993Apr26.204319.11231@ultb.isc.rit.edu>, eas3714@ultb.isc.rit.edu (E.A. Story) writes: >=In article <1rgrsvINNmpr@gap.caltech.edu> carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU writes: >=>Greg:Flame definitely intended here.  Bill was making fun of the misspelling.  >=>Go look up the word "krill."  Also, the correct spelling is Kirlian.  It >=>involves taking photographs of corona discharges created by attaching the >=>subject to a high-voltage source, not of some "aura."  It works equally well >=>with inanimate objects. >= >=True.. but what about showing the missing part of a leaf?  Is this >="corona discharge"? >  >Yup.  The demonstration to which you refer consists of placing a leaf between >the plates, and taking a Kirlian photograph of it.  You then cut off part of >the leaf, put the top plate back on, and take another Kirlian photograph.  You >see pretty much the same image in both cases.  Turns out the effect isn't >nearly so striking if you take the trouble to clean the plates between >photographs.  Seems that the moisture from the leaf that you left on the place >conducts electricity.  Surprise, surprise!  	This is true, but it's not quite the whole story.  There were  	actually some people who were more careful in their methodology 	who also replicated the 'phantom leaf effect.'      One of the most influential critics of Kirlian Electrophotography     is a Theosophist (and threfore presumably willing to entertain the     hypothesis of scientific evidence for a human aura, electromagnetic     or otherwise), professor of electrical engineering at London's     City University, and a past president of the Society for Psychic Research      named A. J. Ellison.      After years of studying the method and the claims, Ellison     came to the conclusion that the photographic images are what we     calls 'Lichtenberg Figures,' an effect of intermittent ionization of     the air around the object.  It's a bit more complicated than     'not wiping off the plates,' but it comes down to the same thing     in the end, Kirlian electrophotography has much more limited     value (if any) than was previously widely thought.  Electrical and     magnetic fields generated by the body are much too small to be     of much use diagnostically without very elaborate equipment and     usually also tracer chemicals.  					kind regards,
In article <1993Apr14.4274.32512@dosgate> russell.sinclair-day@canrem.com (russell sinclair-day) writes:  > What we are really worried about is not knowing the facts. The doctor  > has stated that things will not be good if she is a carrier and avoids  > further questions on the subject. We really would like to know so we  > can take steps and plan in advance for any eventualities. >  > Thank-you for your very informative post. Right now I am just trying  > to find out everything that I can. >  >                         Russ.  Unfortunately, Hep B infection can eventuate in chronic hepatitis and subsequent cirrhosis.  Although not many patients with Hep B go on to chronic hepatitis, it does still occur in a good number (20%?) and is something to keep in mind.  Hepatitis C (was: non-A, non-B Hep) much more frequently leads to chronic hep and cirrhosis.  There is also an autimmune chronic hepatitis that affects mostly younger women which also leads to cirrhosis.    Of course, cirrhosis is a most unkind disease.  The most dangerous effects relate to portal hypertension and loss of liver function.  Patients develop life-threatening variceal bleeds and hepatic comas, among many other problems, as a result of disturbances in hepatic circulation.  Less ominously, they can exhibit the effects of hyperestrogenemia which often characterize patients with cirrhosis.  These effects include telangiactasias (small red skin lesions) and, in men, gynecomastia (breast development).  The only real treatment for cirrhosis is liver transplant.  Keep in mind that cirrhosis is not expected, at least statistically, in your friend's case.  Nevertheless you might want to bring up the subject of chronic disease and cirrhosis with the doctor.  Hopefully he or she can then carefully explain these sequelae of Hep B infection to you, and offer you support.
A friend has the following symptoms which have occurred periodically every few months for the last 3 years.  An episode begins with extreme tiredness followed by:  	1. traveling joint pains and stiffness affecting mostly the elbows, 	knees, and hips. 	2. generalized muscle pains 	3. tinnitus and a feeling of pressure in her ears 	4. severe sweating occuring both at night and during the day 	5. hemorrhaging in both eyes.  Her opthamologist calls it peripheral    retinal hemorhages and says it looks similar to diabetic retinopathy.  (She         isn't diabetic--they checked. 	6. distorted color vision and distorted vision in general (telephone 	   poles do not appear to be straight) 	7. loss of peripheral vision.  	 	Many tests have been run and all are normal except for something  called unidentified bright objects found on a MRI of her brain.  The only thing that seems to alleviate one of these episodes is prednisone.  At times she had been on 60 mg per day.  Whenever she gets down to 10-15 mg the symptoms become acute again.
In article <1qhu7s$d3u@agate.berkeley.edu> spp@zabriskie.berkeley.edu (Steve Pope) writes:     It's worse than that -- there *is* no such thing as    a double-blind study on the effects of MSG, by    virtue of the fact that MSG changes the taste of food in    a characteristic way that is detectable by the subject and    that cannot be duplicated by a placebo.  Common! You can easily disguise  to flavor of  MSG by putting  it in a capsule. Then,  the  study  becomes  a  double  blind of  MSG capsules against control  capsules (containing exactly  the same contents minus the MSG). --
In article <1993Mar25.020646.852@news.columbia.edu> jhl14@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Jonathan H. Lin) writes: >I was wondering what steps are being taken to prevent the spread of >multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.  I've heard that some places are >thinking of incarcerating those with the disease.  Doesn't this violate >the civil rights of these individuals?  Are there any legal precedents >for such action? >  Who knows in this legal climate, but there is tremendous legal precendent for forcibly quarantining TB patients in sanitariums.  100 yrs ago it was done all the time.  It has been done sporadically all along in patients who won't take their medicine.  If you have TB you may find yourself under surveilence of the Public Health Department and you may find they have the legal power to insist you make your clinic visits. --  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Banks  N3JXP      | "Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and geb@cadre.dsl.pitt.edu   |  it is shameful to surrender it too soon."
(Disclaimer: I'm a sufferer, not a doctor.)  I'm not sure there's a really sharp distinction between allergic and vasomotor rhinitis.  Basically, vasomotor rhinitis means your nose is stuffy when it has no reason to be (not even an identifiable allergy).  Decongestants and steroid sprays work for vasomotor rhinitis.  Also, I can get surprising relief from purely superficial measures such as saline moisturizing spray and moisturizing gel.
In article <21APR199308571323@ucsvax.sdsu.edu> mccurdy@ucsvax.sdsu.edu  (McCurdy M.) writes: >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.  This is the second post which seems to be blurring the distinction between real disease caused by Candida albicans and the "disease" that was being asked about, systemic yeast syndrome.  There is no question that Candida albicans causes thrush.  It also seems to be the case that active yogurt cultures with acidophilous may reduce recurrences of thrush at least for vaginal thrush -- I've  never heard of anyone taking it for oral thrush before (though  presumably it would work by the same mechanism).  Candida is clearly a common minor pathogen and a less common major pathogen.  That does not mean that there is evidence that it causes the "systemic yeast syndrome".
SP> From: paulson@tab00.larc.nasa.gov (Sharon Paulson) SP> to describe here.  I have a fourteen year old daugter who experienced SP> a seizure on November 3, 1992 at 6:45AM after eating Kellog's Frosted SP> Flakes.  SP> Well, we were going along fine and the other morning, April 5, she had SP> a bowl of another Kellog's frosted kind of cereal, Fruit Loops (I am  SP> When I mentioned what she ate the first time as a possible reason for SP> the seizure the neurologist basically negated that as an idea.  Now SP> after this second episode, so similar in nature to the first, even SP> he is scratching his head.  There's no data that sugar-coated cereals cause seizures.  I haven't even seen anything anecdotal on it.  Given how common they are eaten - do you know any child or adolescent who *doesn't* eat the stuff? - I think that if there were a relationship we would know it by now. Also, there's nothing weird in those cereals.  As far as the brain is concerned (except for a few infantile metabolic disorders such as galactosemia), sugar is sugar, regardless if it is coated on cereal, sprinkled onto cereal, or dissolved in soda, coffee or whatever.  There was some interest a few years ago in aspartame lowering seizure thresholds, but I don't believe anything ever came of it.
In article <80389@cup.portal.com> mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) writes: >First off, if I'm not mistaken, only hibernating animals have brown fat, >not humans.  	Human infants do have bown fat deposits while adult humans are believed not to have brown fat. 	Also while brown fat may play an important role in rousing hibernators, it is definitely not limited to hibernating animals -- it is a common energy source for nonshivering thermogenesis.
I am sorry to once again bother those of you on this newsgroup.  If you have any suggestions as to where I might find out about the subject of this letter (the origin of Morphine, ie. who first isolsted it, and why he/she attempted such an experiment).  Once agian any suggestion would be appreciated. 	CSH p.s. My instructer insists that I get 4 rescources from this newsgroup, so please send me and info you think may be helpful.  Facts that you know, but don't know what book they're from are ok. ATTENTION: If you do NOT like seeing letters such as this one on your newsgroup direct all complaints to my instructor at <bshayler@eis.CalStat.Edu>   --  "Kilimanjaro is a pretty tricky climb. Most of it's up, until you reach the very, very top, and then it tends to slope away rather sharply." 					Sir George Head, OBE (JC)
> Not everything that goes in comes out, and personaly I don't mind giving > my body a hand once in a while. >  > Just my experience, >  > George Paap  I've got a very nice collection of historical books on medical quackery, and on the topic of massage this is a recurring theme.  Ordinary massage is intended to make a person feel better, especially if they have muscular or joint problems.  But -- like chiropracty -- there are some practitioners who take the technique to a far extreme, invoking what seems to me to be quack science to justify their technique.  In the case of massage, there is a technique called "deep abdominal massage" in which the masseur is literally attempting to massage the intestines! The notion is that undigested food adheres to the inner surface of the intestines and putrifies, releasing poisons which cause various disease syndromes.  By this vigorous and painful procedure, it is alleged that these deposits can be loosened up and passed out.
In article <D0ZB3B1w164w@oneb.almanac.bc.ca> jc@oneb.almanac.bc.ca writes: >  >fell about 3 weeks ago down into the hold of the boat and broke or >cracked a rib and wrenched and bruised my back and left arm. >  My question,  I have been to a doctor and was told that it was  >best to do nothing and it would heal up with no long term effect, and  >indeed I am about 60 % better, however, the work I do is very  >hard and I am still not able to go back to work.  The thing that worries me >is the movement or "clunking" I feel and hear back there when I move  >certain ways...  I heard some one talking about the rib they broke  >years ago and that it still bothers them..  any opinions?    Your doctor is right. It is best to do nothing, besides taking some pain medication initially. Some patients don't like this and expect, or demand, to have something done. In these cases some physicians will "tape" the  patient (put a lot of heavy adhesive tape around the chest), or prescribe an elastic binder. All this does is make it harder to breath, but the patient doesn't feel cheated, because soemthing is being done about the problem. Either way, the end results are the same.  ==================================
In article <westesC60xqF.59r@netcom.com>, westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) writes: >Does anyone know of research done on the use of haldol in the elderly?  Does  >short-term use of the drug ever produce long-term side-effects after >the use of the drug?  My grandmother recently had to be hospitalized >and was given large doses of haldol for several weeks.  Although the >drug has been terminated, she has changed from a perky, slightly >senile woman into a virtual vegetable who does not talk to anyone >and who cannot even eat or brush her teeth without assistance.  It >seems incredible to me that such changes could take place in the >course of just one and one-half months.  I have to believe that the >combination of the hospital stay and some drug(s) are in part >catalysts for this.  Any comments? > >--  >Will Estes		Internet: westes@netcom.com
I have heard that epileptic patients go into seizures if they eat anything with MSG added.  This may have something to do with the excitotoxicity of neurons.
I got this recipe from a watier on the greek island of samos. They use it as a spread for bread there butit is excellent on gyro's as well. By the way, the actual name is tzatziki. Here is the recipe:  yoghurt, chopped garlic, peeled chopped cucumber, salt, white pepper, a little olive oil and a little vinegar.  I would love to hear of any other good greek recipes out there.
In article <1993Mar24.182145.11004@equator.com> jod@equator.com (John Setel O'Donnell) writes:  >IMHO, you have Lyme disease.    >I sent you in private email a summary of the treatment protocols put >forth by the Lyme Disease Foundation.  I respectfully suggest that you >save yourself a great deal of suffering by contacting them for a >Lyme-knowledgeable physician referral and seek treatment at once. >You'll know in 2 weeks if you're on the right course; and the clock is >ticking on your 6 weeks if you have it. 1-800-886-LYME.  If these folks are who I think they are, Lyme-knowledgeable may mean a physician to whom everything that walks in the door is lyme disease, and you will be treated for lyme, whether or not you have it.  Hope you have good insurance.    --  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <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.
I have a 42 yr old male friend, misdiagnosed as having  osteopporosis for two years, who recently found out that his  illness is the rare Gaucher's disease.   Gaucher's disease symptoms include: brittle bones (he lost 9   inches off his hieght); enlarged liver and spleen; internal  bleeding; and fatigue (all the time). The problem (in Type 1) is  attributed to a genetic mutation where there is a lack of the  enzyme glucocerebroside in macrophages so the cells swell up.  This will eventually cause death.  Enyzme replacement therapy has been successfully developed and  approved by the FDA in the last few years so that those patients  administered with this drug (called Ceredase) report a remarkable  improvement in their condition. Ceredase, which is manufactured  by biotech biggy company--Genzyme--costs the patient $380,000  per year. Gaucher's disease has justifyably been called "the most  expensive disease in the world".  NEED INFO: I have researched Gaucher's disease at the library but am relying  on netlanders to provide me with any additional information: **news, stories, reports **people you know with this disease **ideas, articles about Genzyme Corp, how to get a hold of    enough money to buy some, programs available to help with    costs. **Basically ANY HELP YOU CAN OFFER  Thanks so very much!
In article <1993Apr19.043654.13068@informix.com> proberts@informix.com (Paul Roberts) writes: >In article <1993Apr12.165410.4206@kestrel.edu> king@reasoning.com (Dick King) writes: >> >>I recall reading somewhere, during my youth, in some science popularization >>book, that whyle isotope changes don't normally affect chemistry, a consumption >>of only heavy water would be fatal, and that seeds watered only with heavy >>water do not sprout.  Does anyone know about this? >> > >I also heard this. I always thought it might make a good eposide of >'Columbo' for someone to be poisoned with heavy water - it wouldn't >show up in any chemical test.  No one else seems to know, so I'll post this.  This topic came up on sci.physics.fusion shortly after the cold-fusion flap started.  As I recall, its been done to some experimental mice. They showed various ill effects and eventually died.  The reason is that deuterium does not have exactly the same reaction rates as hydrogen due to its extra mass (which causes lower velocity, Boltzman constant, mumble).  This throws various bits of body biochemistry out of kilter, and you get sick and die.  I've never heard of anyone being poisened this way, in or out of real life.  The process takes quite a while.  If anyone wants to write this book, I would imagine you would have to:  1: Replace a significant fraction of the water in the body with heavy    water.  2: Wait while normal breakdown and repair processes cause other    molecules in the body to be synthesised using the deuterium.  During this process the victim would gradually deteriorate and eventually die, but I imagine it would take weeks during which the poisoner would have to ensure that a significant proportion of the water the victim ingested was heavy.  You would get such a mess of symptoms that the doctors would be both alarmed and confused.  Why should every organ in the body suddenly begin to deteriorate?  If you can figure out how the poisoner gets the heavy water into the victim in a hospital then you could have a real story here.  Come to think of it, <2> would continue even after the heavy water was no longer being ingested, so hospitalisation might be too late.  The most detectable effect would be that the victim's body fluids would literally be "heavy".  Water has a molecular weight of 18 and heavy water has a MW of 20.  Thus the victim's weight will increase by about 1% for every 10% of body water replaced by heavy water.  Maybe the detection occurs because some pathologist in the lab notices that the victim's urine is strangely dense.  Is there any medical test involving the specific gravity of a body fluid?  Paul.
DN> From: nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye) DN> Briefly, this is a condition in which patients who have significant DN> residual weakness from childhood polio notice progression of the DN> weakness as they get older.  One theory is that the remaining motor DN> neurons have to work harder and so die sooner.  If this theory were true, the muscle biopsy would show group atrophy (evidence of acute loss of enlarged motor units); it doesn't. Instead, the biopsy shows scattered, angulated, atrophic fibers. This is more consistent with load-shedding by chronically overworked motor neurons - the neurons survive, at the expense of increasingly denervated muscle.
In article <1993Apr17.184305.18758@spdcc.com> dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer) writes:     Newsgroups: sci.med    Path: news.larc.nasa.gov!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!think.com!hsdndev!spdcc!dyer    From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)    Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA    References: <20996.3049.uupcb@factory.com> <79727@cup.portal.com>    Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1993 18:43:05 GMT    Lines: 18     In article <79727@cup.portal.com> mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) writes:    >I remember hearing a few years back about a new therapy for hyperactivity    >which involved aggressively eliminating artificial coloring and flavoring    >from the diet.  The theory -- which was backed up by interesting anecdotal    >results -- is that certain people are just way more sensitive to these    >chemicals than other people.  I don't remember any connection being made    >with seizures, but it certainly couldn't hurt to try an all-natural diet.     Yeah, the "Feingold Diet" is a load of crap.  Children diagnosed with ADD    who are placed on this diet show no improvement in their intellectual and    social skills, which in fact continue to decline.  Of course, the parents    who are enthusiastic about this approach lap it up at the expense of their    children's development.  So much for the value of "interesting anecdotal    results".  People will believe anything if they want to.     --     Steve Dyer    dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer   Thanks for all the interest in this problem of mine. I don't think it is a reaction to sugar or junk food per se since Kathryn has never shown any signs of hyperactivity or changes in behavior in response to food. She has always been very calm and dare I say, a neat, smart kid.  The fact that this happened while eating two sugar coated cereals made by Kellog's makes me think she might be having an allergic reaction to something in the coating or the cereals.  Of the four of us in our immediate family, Kathryn shows the least signs of the hay fever, running nose, itchy eyes, etc. but we have a lot of allergies in our family history including some weird food allergies - nuts, mushrooms.   Anyway, our next trip is to an endocrinologist to check out the body chemistry.  But so far, no more sugar coated cereals and no more seizures either.  Every day that goes by without one makes me heave a sigh of relief.  Thanks again.