waashk/20ng huggingface dataset:
My name is Noah Dacumos and I am a student at San Leandro High.  I am doing a project for my physics class and I would like some info on the discovery of penicillin, its discoverer(Sir Alexander Fleming), and how it helps people with many incurable bacterias.  Also how it effects those who are allergic to it.  Any info will be greatly appreciated.
In article <annick.735440726@cortex.physiol.su.oz.au>, annick@cortex.physiol.su.oz.au (Annick Ansselin) writes: > In <C5nFDG.8En@sdf.lonestar.org> marco@sdf.lonestar.org (Steve Giammarco) writes: >  >>> >>>And to add further fuel to the flame war, I read about 20 years ago that >>>the "natural" MSG - extracted from the sources you mention above - does not >>>cause the reported aftereffects; it's only that nasty "artificial" MSG - >>>extracted from coal tar or whatever - that causes Chinese Restaurant >>>Syndrome.  I find this pretty hard to believe; has anyone else heard it? >  > MSG is mono sodium glutamate, a fairly straight forward compound. If it is > pure, the source should not be a problem. Your comment suggests that  > impurities may be the cause. > My experience of MSG effects (as part of a double blind study) was that the > pure stuff caused me some rather severe effects. >  >>I was under the (possibly incorrect) assumption that most of the MSG on >>our foods was made from processing sugar beets. Is this not true? Are  >>there other sources of MSG? >  > Soya bean, fermented cheeses, mushrooms all contain MSG.  >  >>I am one of those folx who react, sometimes strongly, to MSG. However, >>I also react strongly to sodium chloride (table salt) in excess. Each >>causes different symptoms except for the common one of rapid heartbeat >>and an uncomfortable feeling of pressure in my chest, upper left quadrant. >  > The symptoms I had were numbness of jaw muscles in the first instance > followed by the arms then the legs, headache, lethargy and unable to keep > awake. I think it may well affect people differently.
I don't know much and in fact, have asked questions here myself. My doctor told me that Paxil is a "cleaner" SRI in that it produces fewer side effects. As to a comparison between Zoloft and Prozac, I'm not able to remember what he said about the differences between those two drugs. Sorry
Scientific American had a nice short article on the history of the hypodermic about 10 or 15 years ago.  Prior to liquid injectables, there were paddle-like needles used to implant a tiny pill under the skin.
In article <221@ky3b.UUCP>, km@ky3b.pgh.pa.us (Ken Mitchum) writes: > As a physician, I almost never get sick: usually, when something horrendous > is going around, I either don't get it at all or get a very mild case. > When I do get really sick, it is always something unusual. >  > This was not the situation when I was in medical school, particularly on > pediatrics.... Pediatrics for me was three solid > months of illness, and I had a temp of 104 when I took the final exam! >  > I think what happens is that during training, and beyond, we are constantly > exposed to new things, and we have the usual reactions to them, so that later > on, when challenged with something, it is more likely a re-exposure for us, > so we deal with it well and get a mild illness.   This is also commonly seen in new teachers.  The first few years, they're sick a lot, but gradually seem to build up immunities to almost everything common.  Come to think of it, I was about my healthiest when I was working in a pathogens lab, exposed to who-knows-what all the time.  Pre-OSHA, of course.
A friend of mine is having some symptoms and has asked me to post the following information.  A few weeks ago, she noticed that some of her hair was starting to fall out.  She would touch her head and strands of hair would just fall right out. (by the way, she is 29 or 30 years old).   It continued to occur until she had a bald spot about the size of a half dollar.  Since that time, she  has gotten two more bald spots of the same size.  Other symptoms she's described include:  several months of an irregular menstrual cycle (which is strange for her, because she has always been extremely regular); laryngitis every few days -- she will wake up one morning and have almost no voice, and then the next day it's fine; dizzy spells -- she claims that she's had 4 or 5 very bad dizzy spells early in the morning, including one that knocked her to the ground; and general fatigue.  She went to a dermatologist first who couldn't find any reason for the symptoms and sent her to an internist who suspected thyroid problems.  He did the blood work and claims that everything came back normal.    She's very concerned and very confused.  Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions?  I told her that I thought she should see an endocrinologist.  Does that sound like the right idea?  ** By the way, in case you are going to ask...no, she has recently taken any medications that would cause these symptoms...no, she hasn't recently changed her hair products and she hasn't gotten a perm,  coloring, or other chemical process that might cause hair to fall out.
In article <1993Apr12.201056.20753@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> mcg2@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (Marc Gabriel) writes:  >Now, I'm not saying that culturing is the best way to diagnose; it's very >hard to culture Bb in most cases.  The point is that Dr. N has developed a >"feel" for what is and what isn't LD.  This comes from years of experience. >No serology can match that.  Unfortunately, some would call Dr. N a "quack" >and accuse him of trying to make a quick buck. > Why do you think he would be called a quack?  The quacks don't do cultures. They poo-poo doing more lab tests:  "this is Lyme, believe me, I've seen it many times.  The lab tests aren't accurate.  We'll treat it now."  Also, is Dr. N's practice almost exclusively devoted to treating Lyme patients?  I don't know *any* orthopedic surgeons who fit this pattern.  They are usually GPs. --  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Banks  N3JXP      | "Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and geb@cadre.dsl.pitt.edu   |  it is shameful to surrender it too soon."
To: nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye)  There is a person on the FIDO CFS echo who claims that he was  cured of CFS by taking accutane.  He also claims that you are  using it in the treatment of Fibromyalgia Syndrome.  Are you  using accutane in the treatment of Fibromyalgia Syndrome?  Have  you used it for CFS?  Have you gotten good results with it?  Are  you aware of any double blind studies on the use of accutane in  these conditions?  Thank you in advance for all replies.
In article <47835@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> wsun@jeeves.ucsd.edu (Fiberman) writes: >I have had a sore throat for almost a week.  When I look into >the mirror with the aid of a flash light, I see white plaques in >the very back of my throat (on the sides).  I went to a health >center to have a throat culture taken.  They said that I do not >have strep throat.  Could a viral infection cause white plaques >on the sides of my throat?  First, I am not a doctor.  I know about this because I have been through it.  It sounds like tonsilitis (lit. swollen tonsils).  Feel under your jaw hinge for a swelling on each side.  If you find them, its tonsilitis. I've had this a couple of times in the past.  The doctor prescribed a weeks course of penicillin and that cleared it up.  In my case it was associated with glandular fever, which is a viral infection which (from my point of view) resembled flu and tonsilitis that kept coming back for a year or so.  There is a blood test for this.  In conclusion, see a doctor (if you have not done so already).  Paul.
In article <10030@blue.cis.pitt.edu> kxgst1+@pitt.edu (Kenneth Gilbert) writes: >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? > >Sounds to me like someone was pulling your leg.  There is only one way for >pregnancy to occur: intercourse.  These days however there is also >artificial insemination and implantation techniques, but we're speaking of >"natural" acts here.  It is possible for pregnancy to occur if semen is >deposited just outside of the vagina (i.e. coitus interruptus), but that's >about at far as you can get.  Through clothes -- no way.  Better go talk >to your biology teacher. >=  Kenneth Gilbert              __|__        University of Pittsburgh   =
In article turpin@cs.utexas.edu (Russell Turpin) writes:  >I hope Gordon Banks did not mean to imply that notions such as >hard-to-see candida infections causing various problems should not >be investigated.  Many researchers have made breakthroughs by  >figuring out how to investigate things that were previously thought >"virtually impossible to test for." > >Indeed, I would be surprised if "candida overbloom" were such a >phenomena.  I would think that candida would produce signature >byproducts whose measure would then set a lower bound on the  >extent of recent infection.  I realize this might get quite  >tricky and difficult, probably expensive, and likely inconvenient >or uncomfortable to the subjects, but that is not the same as  >"virtually impossible."  I recall reading in the recently revised edition of the "Yeast Connection" that there is indeed work by researchers to do this.  Of course, they are working on the theory that candida overbloom with penetration into mucus membrane tissue with associated "mild" inflammatory response can and does occur in a large number of people.  If you reject this "yeast hypothesis", then I'd guess you'd view this research as one more wasteful and quixotic endeavor.  Stay tuned.  Jon Noring  --   Charter Member --->>>  INFJ Club.
In article <1993Apr19.205615.1013@unlv.edu> todamhyp@charles.unlv.edu (Brian M. Huey) writes:   >In article <1993Apr19.205615.1013@unlv.edu>, todamhyp@charles.unlv.edu (Brian M. Huey) writes: >> I think that's the correct spelling.. > >The proper spelling is Kirlian. It was an effect discoverd by >S. Kirlian, a soviet film developer in 1939. > >As I recall, the coronas visible are ascribed to static discharges >and chemical reactions between the organic material and the silver >halides in the films. > >-- >         Tarl Neustaedter       Stratus Computer >         tarl@sw.stratus.com    Marlboro, Mass. >Disclaimer: My employer is not responsible for my opinions. > >I think that's the correct spelling.. >        I am looking for any information/supplies that will allow >do-it-yourselfers to take Krillean Pictures. I'm thinking >that education suppliers for schools might have a appartus for >sale, but I don't know any of the companies. Any info is greatly >appreciated. >        In case you don't know, Krillean Photography, to the best of my >knowledge, involves taking pictures of an (most of the time) organic >object between charged plates. The picture will show energy patterns >or spikes around the object photographed, and depending on what type >of object it is, the spikes or energy patterns will vary. One might >extrapolate here and say that this proves that every object within >the universe (as we know it) has its own energy signature. > > To construct a Kirlian device find a copy of _Handbook of Psychic Discoveries_ by Sheila Ostrander and Lynn Schroeder 1975 Library of Congress 73-88532.  It describes the necessary equipment and  suppliers for the Tesla coil or alternatives, the copper plate and setup. I used a pack of SX-70 film and removed a single pack in a dark room, then made the exposure, put it back in the film pack and ran it out through the rollers of the camera forinstant developing and very high quality.  It is a good way to experience what Kirlian Photography is really and what it is not.  As you know all ready, it is the pattern in the bioplasmic energy fieldthat is significant. Variations caused by exposure time, distance from the plate, or pressure on the plate, or variations in the photo materials are not important.
In article <LMC001@wrc.wrgrace.com> custer@wrc.wrgrace.com (Linda Custer) writes: >This is my first post, and I am not even sure it will work. Here goes. > >Did anyone read the editorial on page 70 in the 29 march 1993 edition of Time >Magazine, noting that managed care is extremely inefficient?  Of all the possible >clients that Billary could be pandering to, the insurance industry is the worst! > >Comments?   I agree. Adding layers of managers and bureaucrats simply eat up money that could be spent on those who actually are doing the work such as doctors and nurse, and supplies.  The most efficient system is probably one that has limited management and a fixed budget such as England's or even Canada's.  I'm afraid we are on the wrong track.  The problem may be that the insurance lobby is too powerful.     --  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Banks  N3JXP      | "Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and geb@cadre.dsl.pitt.edu   |  it is shameful to surrender it too soon."
Does anybody know of any information regarding the implementaion of total  quality management, quality control, quality assurance in the delivery of  health care service.  I would appreciate any information.  If there is enough interest, I will post the responses.         Thank You         Abhin Singla MS BioE, MBA, MD         President AC Medcomp Inc
In article <9551@blue.cis.pitt.edu> Kenneth Gilbert, kxgst1+@pitt.edu writes: >This is one of those sticky areas of medicine where battles frequently >rage.  With respect to your OB, I suspect that she has been certified in >ultrasound diagnostics, and is thus allowed to use it and bill for its >use.  Many cardiologists also use ultrasound (echocardiography), and are >in fact considered by many to be the 'experts'.  I am not sure where OBs >stand in this regard, but I suspect that they are at least as good as the >radioligists (flame-retardant suit ready).  If it were my wife, I would insist that a radiologist be involved in the process.  Radiologist are intensively trained in the process of interpreting diagnostic imaging data and are aware of many things that other physicians aren't aware of.  Would you want a radiologist to deliver your baby?  If you wouldn't, then why would you want a OB/GYN to read your ultrasound study?   In my opinion the process should involve a OB/GYN and a radiologist.
In article <1993Apr28.100131.157926@zeus.calpoly.edu> dfield@flute.calpoly.edu (InfoSpunj (Dan Field)) writes: >The term "stat" is used not only in medicine, but is a commonly used >indicator that something is urgent.   > >Does anyone know where it came from?  My dictionary was not helpful. > >--    From the word 'statim' (Latin, I think), meaning immediately.   =========================
In article romdas@uclink.berkeley.edu (Ella I Baff) writes:  >   >If anybody, doctors included, said to me to my face that there is no >   >evidence of the 'yeast connection', I cannot guarantee their safety. >   >For their incompetence, ripping off their lips is justified as far as >   >I am concerned. > >This doesn't sound like Candida Albicans to me.  No, just a little anger.  Normally I don't rip people's lips off, except when my candida has overcolonized and I become:  "Fungus Man"!  :^)  Jon  --   Charter Member --->>>  INFJ Club.
In article <dubin.735083450@spot.Colorado.EDU> dubin@spot.colorado.edu writes:  > >I recall that the issue is that fat on the meat liquifies and then >drips down onto the hot elements--whatever they are--that the extreme >heat then catalyzes something in the fat into one or more >carcinogens which then are carried back up onto the meat in the smoke. >    Hmmm. Care to be more vague?
In article rind@enterprise.bih.harvard.edu (David Rind) writes:  >Do you believe that any quacks exist?  How about quack diagnoses?  Is >being a "licensed physician" enough to guarantee that someone is not >a quack, or is it just that even if a licensed physician is a quack, >other people shouldn't say so?  Can you give an example of a >commonly diagnosed ailment that you think is a quack diagnosis, >or have we gotten to the point in civilization where we no longer >need to worry about unscrupulous "healers" taking advantage of >people.   I would say there are also significant numbers of unscrupulous doctors (of the squeaky-clean, traditional crew-cut, talk to the AMA before starting any treatment, kind) who recommend treatments that, though "accepted", may not be necessary for the patient at the time.  And all for making a quick buck.  I would not be surprised if the cost of medical services in the U.S. is significantly inflated by these "quacks of a different color".  In fact, I'd say these doctors are the most dangerous since they call into question the true focus of the medical profession.  The AMA and the Boards should focus on these "quacks" instead of devoting unbelievable energy on 'search-and- destroy-missions' to pull the licenses of those doctors who are trying non- traditional or not fully accepted treatments for their desperate patients that traditional/accepted medicine cannot help.   *************************************************** Now to make a general comment on many recent posts: ***************************************************  Lately I've seen the word "quack" bandied about recklessly.  When a doctor or doctor-wanna-be has decided to quit discussing any controversial medical subject in a civilized manner, all he/she has to do is say "quack-quack" and somehow they magically expect the readership of this newsgroup to roll over on their backs and pee-pee on themselves in obedience.  What do they teach you in medical school - how to throw your authority around?  Let me put it another way to make my point clear:  "quack" is a nebulous word lacking in any precision.  Its sole use is to obfuscate the issues at hand. The indiscriminate use of this word is a sure sign of incompetency;  and coming from any medical doctor (or wanna-be), where competency is expected, is real scary.  But what do I know, I've already been diagnosed by the sci.med.gods in this newsgroup as being 'anal retentive', and 'psychotic'.  I look forward to more net.diagnoses.  Hey, they're free.   Jon "Quacks 'R Us" Noring   (p.s., may I suggest - seriously - that if the doctors and wanna-be-doctors on the net who refuse to have an open mind on alternative treatments and theories, such as the "yeast theory", should create your own moderated group. You can call it sci.med.traditional.moderated or sci.med.AMA-approved, so you can keep anal-retentives like me out of it.)  --   Charter Member --->>>  INFJ Club.
This question derives from the Waco incident: 	Could CS ("gas") particles create an allergic response which would  result in laryngospasm and asphyxiation?- especially in children.
In article <9304261811.AA07821@DPW.COM> jprice@dpw.com (Janice Price) writes: > >I saw a printed up flyer that stated the person was a >"licensed herbologist and iridologist"  I don't believe any state licenses herbologists or iridologists.
In article <1993Apr26.070649.2138@hemlock.cray.com> n3022@cray.com writes: >Does anyone have information about the struggles that Patti >Duke went through in her personal life with severe mood swings. >Did she have some form of chemical imbalance that triggered >these problems?  I recall that she wrote a book about her troubles. >Does someone have the title of that book?  She's published two books about her manic-depressive illness:   _Call Me Anna: the Autobiography of Patty Duke_, Patty Duke and  Kenneth Turan, Bantam Books 1987   and  _A Brilliant Madness:  Living with Manic-Depressive Illness_, Patty  Duke and Gloria Hochman, Bantam Books 1992
In article <C65oIL.436@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>, alex@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Alexander P. Zijdenbos) writes: =FLAME ON = =Reading through the posts about Kirlian (whatever spelling) =photography I couldn't help but being slightly disgusted by the =narrow-minded, "I know it all", "I don't believe what I can't see or =measure" attitude of many people out there.  Where have you seen that attitude?  =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.  =I am convinced that it is a serious mistake to close your mind to =something, ANYTHING, simply because it doesn't fit your current frame =of reference. History shows that many great people, great scientists, =were people who kept an open mind - and were ridiculed by sceptics.  Fine, jackass.  Suppose you point out even ONE aspect of Kirlian photography that's not explained by a corona discharge. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
In article <1993Mar28.200619.5371@cnsvax.uwec.edu> nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye) writes:  >and may be a total disaster and that the Canadian model is preferable, a >position with which I agree.  The other is surprising sympathy for the >physicians in all of this, to the effect that beating up on us won't >help anything. >   I'm not sure about that.  Did you see the "poll" they took that showed that most people thought physicians should be paid $80,000 per year tops?  That's all I make, but I doubt that most physicians are going to work very hard for that kind of bread.  Many wouldn't be able to service their med school debts on that.  Mike Royko had a good column about it.  --  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Banks  N3JXP      | "Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and geb@cadre.dsl.pitt.edu   |  it is shameful to surrender it too soon."
In article <C67t3M.Fxx@athena.cs.uga.edu>, mcovingt@aisun3.ai.uga.edu (Michael Covington) writes... >In article <1rm2bn$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!  :) >  >  >--   There's always the old switcheroo.  My brother works at a dialysis clinic.  They were interviewing  candidates for a technician job (mainly electronics tech), and a urine screen was part of the interview.  The bathroom was across the hall from a lab.  One candidate managed to switch his urine sample with one he grabbed from the lab.  (No one was in it at the time.)
In article <1993Apr21.091844.4035@omen.UUCP> caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) writes: >In article <19687@pitt.UUCP> geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks) writes: >> >>Can you provide a reference to substantiate that gaining back >>the lost weight does not constitute "weight rebound" until it >>exceeds the starting weight?  Or is this oral tradition that >>is shared only among you obesity researchers? > >Not one, but two: > >Obesity in Europe 88, >proceedings of the 1st European Congress on Obesity > >Annals of NY Acad. Sci. 1987 > Hmmm. These don't look like references to me. Is passive-aggressive behavior associated with weight rebound? :-)
I looked for diab in my .newsrc and came up with nuthin. Anyone have any good sources for where I can read? In particular, I'm interested in finding out more about intravenous insulin injection for hepatic vein liver activation. (Whew! Wotta mouthful!)  Anything that smells like a pointer would be helpful: newsgroup, mailinglist, etc....  Many thanks.