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In article <1993Mar26.005148.7899@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> stevel@aio.jsc.nasa.gov (Steve Lancaster) writes:  >3) Is there any way around the scheduled drug mess so that he can use >just the substance that works and not one adulterated with Tylenol?  >Can the MD perscribe a year long supply on one script? His doctor >basically refused to prescribe it, saying "His clinic does not prescribe >controled substances. Its is 'company' rule.!" > Short of changes by the feds, there is no way.  Codeine alone is very difficult to prescribe without a lot of hassles.  Tylenol #3 is the best compromise.  That way he can get refills.  The amount of acetominophen he is getting with his codeine won't hurt him any.  --  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <1993Apr5.044140.1@vaxc.stevens-tech.edu>, u92_hwong@vaxc.stevens-tech.edu writes: >  > Hi there, >  > 	I have a very oily skin.  My problem is when I wash my face, it becomes > oily in half an hour.  Especially in the nose region.  Is this an illness?  How > can I prevent it from occuring in such short time?  Is there a cleanser out > there that will do a better job -- that is after cleaning, my face won't become > oily in such a short time. >  > 	Thank you for any suggestion. >  >if this is a disease, everyone should have it.  My skin has always been oily - i used to say "if i were hot enough, you could fry an egg on my oily face". i am now 50 yrs old and my skin looks younger (i'm told) than some people's skin at 30 (it's still oily).  i have only a very few tiny wrinkles.  Thank your lucky stars for that skin.
In article <1993Apr15.150550.15347@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> ccreegan@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Charles L. Creegan) writes: > >What about Kekule's infamous derivation of the idea of benzene rings >from a daydream of snakes in the fire biting their tails?  Is this >specific enough to count?  Certainly it turns up repeatedly in basic >phil. of sci. texts as an example of the inventive component of >hypothesizing.   I sometimes wonder if Kekule's dream wasn't just a wee bit influenced by aromatic solvent vapors ;-) heh heh.
Isn't there a relatively new treatment for kidney stones involving    a non-invasive use of ultra-sound where the patient is lowered    into some sort of liquid when he/she undergoes treatment? I'm sure    I've read about it somewhere. If I remember it correctly it is a    painless and effective treatment.    A couple of weeks ago I visited a hospital here in Stockholm and    saw big signs showing the way to the "Kidney stone chrusher" ...
In article <1993Mar24.182145.11004@equator.com> jod@equator.com (John Setel O'Donnell) writes: >IMHO, you have Lyme disease.  I told you this in private email and predicted >that you might next start having the migrating pains and further joint  IMHO, the original poster has no business soliciting diagnoses off the net, nor does Dr./Mr.  O'Donnell have any business supplying same. This is one major reason real physicians avoid this newsgroup like the plague. It is also another example of the double standard: if I as a physician offered to diagnose and treat on the net, I can be sued. But people without qualifications are free to do whatever they want and disclaim it all with "I'm not a doctor."  Get and keep this crap off the net. Period.
dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer) writes:  >In article <1qnns0$4l3@agate.berkeley.edu> spp@zabriskie.berkeley.edu (Steve Pope) writes: >>The mass of anectdotal evidence, combined with the lack of >>a properly constructed scientific experiment disproving >>the hypothesis, makes the MSG reaction hypothesis the >>most likely explanation for events.  >You forgot the smiley-face.  >I can't believe this is what they turn out at Berkeley.  Tell me >you're an aberration.  >--  >Steve Dyer >dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
To: smithmc@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Lost Boy)   LB> I know from personal experience that men CAN get yeast infections. I   LB> get rather nasty ones from time to time, mostly in the area of the  LB> scrotum and the base of the penis.   I used to have problems with recurrent athlete's foot until I  started drying between my toes with my blow drier after each time  I bathe.  I also dry my pubic area while I am at it to prevent  problems.  You might want to try it.
In article <1993Apr16.032251.6606@rock.concert.net> naomi@rock.concert.net (Naomi T Courter) writes: > >can anyone give me more information regarding endometriosis?   i heard >it's a very common disease among women and if anyone can provide names >of a specialist/surgeon in  the north carolina research triangle  park >area (raleigh/durham/chapel  hill) who is familiar with the condition, >i would really appreciate it. >thanks.  >--Naomi
In article <ng4.733990422@husc.harvard.edu>, ng4@husc11.harvard.edu (Ho Leung Ng) writes: >  >    When I was a kid in primary school, I used to drink tons of milk without > any problems.  However, nowadays, I can hardly drink any at all without > experiencing some discomfort.  What could be responsible for the change? >  > Ho Leung Ng > ng4@husc.harvard.edu
Lawrence Curcio (lc2b+@andrew.cmu.edu) wrote: : 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.   : My own father turned into a vegetable for a short time while in the : hospital. He was fifty-three at the time, and he was on 21 separate : medications. The family protested, but the doctors were adamant, telling : us that none of the drugs interact. They even took the attitude that, if : he was disoriented, they should put him on something else as well! With : the help of an MD friend of the family, we had all his medication : discontinued. He had a seizure that night, and was put back on one drug. : Two days later, he was his old self again. I guess there aren't many : medical texts that address the subject of 21-way interactions.  I saw the same thing happen to my father, and I can more or less validate your take on hospitals.  It seems to me that medical science understands precious little about taking care of the human machine.  Drugs are given as a response to symptoms (and I guess that makes sense since all the studies that  validate the effectiveness of those drugs are based on a narrow assessment of the degree of particular symptoms).  But there seems to be very little appreciation for the well-being of a person outside of the numbers that appear on a test.  I watched my dad wither away and lose huge amounts of body fat and muscles tissue while in the hospital.  There is something a little crazy about a system in which there is more attention paid to giving you every latest drug available than there is attention paid to whether you have had enough to eat to prevent loss of muscle tissue.  It is really, really bizarre.
In article <116305@bu.edu> dozonoff@bu.edu (david ozonoff) writes:     Path: news.larc.nasa.gov!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!bu.edu!dozonoff    From: dozonoff@bu.edu (david ozonoff)    Newsgroups: sci.med    Date: 21 Apr 93 16:18:19 GMT    References: <PAULSON.93Apr19081647@cmb00.larc.nasa.gov>    Sender: news@bu.edu    Lines: 22    X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5     Sharon Paulson (paulson@tab00.larc.nasa.gov) wrote:    :     {much deleted]    :     :     : 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.     :      Many of these cereals are corn-based. After your post I looked in the    literature and located two articles that implicated corn (contains    tryptophan) and seizures. The idea is that corn in the diet might    potentiate an already existing or latent seizure disorder, not cause it.    Check to see if the two Kellog cereals are corn based. I'd be interested.    --    David Ozonoff, MD, MPH		 |Boston University School of Public Health    dozonoff@med-itvax1.bu.edu	 |80 East Concord St., T3C    (617) 638-4620			 |Boston, MA 02118    A couple of folks have suggested the "corn connection".  In the five month period between the two seizures, my daughter had eaten a fair amount of Kix and Berry Berry Kix in the mornings and never had a problem.  I checked the labels and the first ingredient is corn.  She has also never had a problem eating corn or corn on the cob but of course, that is usually later in the day with a full stomach so the absorption would not be so high.  I do believe that Frost Flakes have corn in them but I will have to check the Fruit Loops.  But the fact that she has eaten this other corny cereal in the morning makes me wonder.  Thanks for checking into this.  All information at this point is valuable to me.  Sharon
Sharon Paulson (paulson@tab00.larc.nasa.gov) wrote: :  : Once again we are waiting. I have been thinking that it would be good : to get to as large a group as possible to see if anyone has any : experience with this kind of thing.  I know that members of the medical : community are sometimes loathe to admit the importance that diet and : foods play in our general health and well-being.  Anyway, as you can : guess, I am worried sick about this, and would appreciate any ideas : anyone out there has.  Sorry to be so wordy but I wanted to really get : across what is going on here. :  :  I don't know anything specifically, but I have one further anecdote. A colleague of mine had a child with a serious congenital disease, tuberous sclerosis. Along with mental retardation comes a serious seizure disorder. The parents noticed that one thing that would precipitate a seizure was a meal with corn in it. I have always wondered about the connection, and further about other dietary ingredients that might precipitate seizures. Other experiences would be interesting to hear about from netters.
In article <1p8t1p$mvv@agate.berkeley.edu> romdas@uclink.berkeley.edu (Ella I Baff) writes:  > >Re: the prostate treatment is worse than the disease...In medicine there  >really is something histologically identified as prostate tissue and  >there are observable changes which take place, that whenever they occur,  >can be identified as prostate cancer. What if I told you that most chiropractorstreat Subluxation (Spinal Demons), which don't exist at all. Therefore any  >tissue damage incurred in a chiropractic treatment performed  >in an effort to exorcise this elusive Silent Killer, such as ligamentous >damage and laxity, microfracture of the joint surfaces, rib fractures,  >strokes, paralysis,etc., is by definition worse than non-treatment. > >John Badanes, DC, CA >email: romdas@uclink.berkeley.edu  What does "DC" stand for?  Couldn't be an antichiropractic posting from a chiropractor, could it?  My curiosity is piqued.  Prostate CA is an especially troublesome entity for chiropractors. It so typically causes bone pain due to spinal metastases that it gets manipulated frequently.  Manipulating a cancer riddled bone is highly dangerous, since it can then fracture.  I've seen at least three cases where this happened with resulting neurologic damage, including paraplegia.  This is one instance where knowing how to read x-rays can really help a chiropractor stay out of trouble. DO chiropractors know what bony mets from prostate look like?   --  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Banks  N3JXP      | "Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and geb@cadre.dsl.pitt.edu   |  it is shameful to surrender it too soon."
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.
In article <1993Mar26.001004.10983@news.eng.convex.com> cash@convex.com (Peter Cash) writes: > >By the way, does the brain even have pain receptors? I thought not--I heard >that brain surgery can be performed while the patient is conscious for >precisely this reason. > No, no, we aren't talking about receptors for the brain's sensory  innervation, but structures such as the thalamus that handle pain for the entire organism.  Apples and oranges.  --  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <10587@blue.cis.pitt.edu> kxgst1+@pitt.edu (Kenneth Gilbert) writes:  > >Seriously though, I wonder how someone with CPH would end up getting a >biopsy in the first place?  My understanding (and feel free to correct me) >is that the enzymes are at worst mildly elevated, with overall normal >hepatic function.  I would think that the only clue might be a history of >prior HepB infection and a positive HepB-sAg.  Or is it indeed on a >continuum with CAH, and the distinction merely one of pathology and >prognosis, but otherwise identical clinical features? >   Chronic persistent hepatitis is usually diagnosed when someone does a liver biopsy on a patient that has persistently elevated serum transaminases months after a bout of acute viral hepatitis, or when someone is found to have persistently elevated transaminases on routine screening tests. The degree of elevation (in the serum transaminases) can be trivial, or as much as ten times normal. Other blood chemistries are usually normal.  As a rule, patients with CPH have no clinical signs of liver disease.  Chronic active hepatitis can also be asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic, at least initially, and that's why it's important to tell them apart by means of a biopsy. The patient with CPH only needs to be reassured. The patient with CAH needs to be treated.  ======================================
In article <1r6g8fINNe88@ceti.cs.unc.edu>, jge@cs.unc.edu (John Eyles) wrote: >  >  > 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 > jge@cs.unc.edu  If she is having problems with fresh vegetables, the guess is that there is some obstruction of the intestine.  Without knowing more it is not possible to say whether the obstruction is permanent due to scarring, or temporary due to swelling of inflammed intestine.  In general, there are no dietary limitations in patients with Crohn's except as they relate to obstruction.  There is no evidence that any foods will bring on  recurrence of Crohn's.  It is important to distinguish recurrence from recurrent symptoms.  A physician would think of new inflammation as  recurrence, while pains from raw veggies just imply a narrowing of the intestine.    Your friend should look into membership in the Crohn's and Colitis  Foundation of America.   1-800-932-2423  Good luck to your friend.
Someone I know has recently been diagnosed as having Candida Albicans,  a disease about which I can find no information.  Apparently it has something to do with the body's production of yeast while at the same time being highly allergic to yeast.  Can anyone out there tell me any more about it?  Thanks.
All right, listen up....  What are the possibilities of transmission through swimming pool water?  Especially if the chlorination isn't up to par?
In article <1rm2bn$kps@transfer.stratus.com> Randy_Faneuf@vos.stratus.com writes: > > Someone please help me. I am searching to find out (as many others may) >an absolute 'cure' to removing all detectable traces of marijuana from >a persons body. Is there a chemical or natural substance that can be >ingested or added to urine to make it undetectable in urine analysis. >If so where can these substances be found.   You could do what I do: never go near the stuff!  :)
I hope this is the correct newsgroup for this.  What is the scoop on Methanol and its future as an alternative fuel for vehicles ?  How does it compare to ethanol ?  There was some news about health risks involved.  Anybody know about that.  How does the US Clean Air act impact the use of Methanol by the year 1995 ?  I think its Methyl Tertiary butyl ether which the future industries will use as a substitute for conventional fuels.  There is company Methanex which produces 12% of the world's supply of Methanol. Does anybody know about it ?  Please reply by e-mail as I do not read these newsgroups.  Thanks in advance.
In article <1993Apr21.143910.5826@wvnvms.wvnet.edu> pk115050@wvnvms.wvnet.edu writes: >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,  Morphine or demerol is about the only effective way of stopping pain that severe.  Obviously, she'll need a prescription to get such drugs. Can't she go to the county hospital or something?   --  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <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"?
In article <4159@mdavcr.mda.ca> vida@mdavcr.mda.ca (Vida Morkunas) writes: >I live at sea-level, and am called-upon to travel to high-altitude cities >quite frequently, on business.  The cities in question are at 7000 to 9000 >feet of altitude.  One of them especially is very polluted...  Mexico City, Bogota, La Paz? > >Often I feel faint the first two or three days.  I feel lightheaded, and >my heart seems to pound a lot more than at sea-level.  Also, it is very >dry in these cities, so I will tend to drink a lot of water, and keep >away from dehydrating drinks, such as those containing caffeine or alcohol. >  >Thing is, I still have symptoms.  How can I ensure that my short trips there >(no, I don't usually have a week to acclimatize) are as comfortable as possible? >Is there something else that I could do?  ---  An unconventional remedy that you might try for altitude sickness in the Andes is chewing coca leaves or taking teas made from coca leaves. You might notice that many of the natives have wads in their mouths... the tea can be obtained in S. American pharmacies. This remedy alleviates some of the lightheadedness and dizziness - but don't try to jog with it. I've tried this when travelling and hiking in Peru and Ecuador. The amount of cocaine you would ingest are too minute to cause any highs...
[Cross-posted from alt.psychology.personality since it talks about  physician's personalities.  Apologies to sci.med readers not  familiar with the Myers-Briggs "NT/NF" personality terms.  But,  in a word or two, the NTs (iNtuitive->Thinkers) are approximately your  philosophy/science/tech pragmatic types, and the NFs (iNtuitive-Feelers)  are your humanities/social-"science"/theology idealistic types.  They  hate each others' guts (:-)) but tend to inter-marry.  The letter "J" is a reference to conscienciousness/decisiveness.]  Jon Noring emits typical NF-type stuff  > [Physicians] are just responding in their natural way: > Hyper-Choleric Syndrome (HCS).  .. > ..it is fascinating that a disproportionate number of > physicians will type out as NT .. > One driving characteristic of an NT, especially an NTJ, is their obvious > choleric behavior (driver, type A, etc.) - the extreme emotional need to > control, to lead, and/or to be the best or the most competent. ..  Please get it right, Jon. (This NTJ has a strong desire to correct semantic mistakes,  because the NFs of this world are fouling the once-pristine NT  intellectual nest with their verbal poop.)  The dominant correlation is NT <-> Phlegmatic (and _not_ NT <-> Choleric). One of the semantic roots of "choleric" is the idea of "hot" (emotional) and one of the semantic roots of "phlegmatic" is "cold" (unemotional).  Here is a thumbnail sketch (taken from Hans Eysenck, refering to Wundt) relating the Ancient Greek quadratic typology with modern terms: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                  Emotional                                         ^      ("Melancholic")                 |                     ("Choleric")                                      |                          Thoughtful Suspicious     |    Quickly-aroused Hotheaded                   Unhappy Worried    |   Egocentric Histrionic                            Anxious   |  Exhibitonist                               Serious | Active             Unchangeable < ------------------------------------------------> Changeable                                 Calm | Playful                                    Reasonable  |  Carefree               Steadfast Persistent   |   Hopeful Sociable      Highly-principled Controlled    |    Controlled Easy-going                                      |                   ("Phlegmatic")                   |                     ("Sanguine")                                      |                                      v                                Non-emotional ------------------------------------------------------------------------------  I suspect that your characterisation of NTs as "choleric" is what you psych-types call a "projection" of your own NF-ness onto us.  > Maybe we need more NF doctor's.  :^)  Perhaps in serious pediatics and "my little boy's got a runny nose, doctor" general practice, but, please God, not in neurology, opthamology, urology, etc. etc.  And NF-psychiatry should seperate from NT-(i.e. real) psychiatry and be given a new name .. something  like "channeling"  :-).
I am currently doing a group research project on the drug Xanax.  I would be exponentially gracious to receive any and all information you could provide me regarding its usage, history, mechanism of reaction, side effects, and other pertinent information.  I don't care how long or how short your  response is.
In article <1993Apr17.190104.14072@freenet.carleton.ca>, ab961@Freenet.carleton.ca (Robert Allison) writes: |>  |> My family doctor and the physiotherapist (PT) she sent me to agree that the |> pain in my left shoulder is bursitis. I have an appointment with an orthpod |> (I love that, it's short for 'orthopedic surgeon, apparently) but while I'm |> waiting the PT is treating me. |>  |> She's using hot packs, ultrasound, and lasers, but there's no improvement |> yet. In fact, I almost suspect it's getting worse. |>  |> My real question is about the laser treatment. I can't easily imagine what |> the physical effect that could have on a deep tissue problem. Can anyone |> shed some light (so to speak) on the matter?  If it works it's only due to the heat produced by the laser.