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In article <1993Apr22.202051.1@vms.ocom.okstate.edu>, banschbach@vms.ocom.okstate.edu writes: > 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   If you do a MEDLINE search on "turmeric" you'll see that it is a potent lipoxygenase inhibitor which is being investigated in a number of areas. I'm in cardiology and about 4 years ago the cardiothoracic surgery lab at my hospital compared the effect of a teaspoon of dissolved turmeric vs. a $2000 bolus of tPA in preventing myocardial reperfusion injury in a perfused Langendorff sheep heart. The turmeric was more effective :-)   A colleague of mine in the School of Pharmacy (Dr. Ron Kohen) has a paper "in press" on the free radical scavenging activity and antioxidant activity of tea.  Josh backon@VMS.HUJI.AC.IL
In article <1993Apr27.182155.23426@oswego.Oswego.EDU> matthews@oswego.Oswego.EDU (Harry Matthews) writes: :All right, listen up....  What are the possibilities of transmission through :swimming pool water?  Especially if the chlorination isn't up to par? : :I've heard of community swimming pools refered to as PUBLIC URINALS so what :else is going on?  No dice.  As soon as the sperm cells hit the water they would virtually explode.  The inside of the cell is hypertonic, and since the membrane is semipermeable water would rush in and cause the cell to burst.
[reply to todamhyp@charles.unlv.edu (Brian M. Huey)]   >I think that's the correct spelling..   Kirilian.   >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.   There turned out to be a very simple, conventional explanation for the phenomenon.  I can't recall the details, but I believe it had to do with the object between the plates altering the field because of purely mechanical properties like capacitance.  The "aura" was caused by direct exposure of the film from variations in field strength.
In article <C5Mv3v.2o5@world.std.com> rsilver@world.std.com (Richard Silver) writes: ->  -> Some recent postings remind me that I had read about risks  -> associated with the barbecuing of foods, namely that carcinogens  -> are generated. Is this a valid concern? If so, is it a function  -> of the smoke or the elevated temperatures? Is it a function of  -> the cooking elements, wood or charcoal vs. lava rocks? I wish  -> to know more. Thanks.   	I've read mixed opinions on this.  Singed meat can contain carcinogens, but unless you eat barbecued meat every meal, you're probably not at much risk.  I think I will live life on the edge and grill my food.  	I've also read that using petroleum based charcoal starter can put some unwanted toxins in your food, or at least unwanted odor. I've been using egg carton cups dipped in paraffin for fire starters, and it actually lights faster and easier than lighter fluid.  Several people have told me that they have excellent results with a chimney, basically a steel cylinder with wholes punched in the side.  I've been meaning to get one of these, but one hasn't presented itself while I've been out shopping.  You can make one from a coffee can, but I buy my coffee as whole beans in a bag, so I haven't had a big enough can laying around.
I recently learned about these devices that supposedly induce specific  brain wave frequencies in their users simply by wearing them. Mind machines consist of LED gogles, head phones, and a microprocessor that controls them. They strobe the (closed) eye and send sound pulses in sync with the flashing LEDs. I understand that these devices are experimental, but they are available. I've heard claims that they can induce sleep, and light trance states for relaxation. Essentially they are supposed to work without aid of drugs etc... I would think that if they work as reported they would be incredibly useful, The few sources I've seen are biased (they are selling the things, and a friend who has tried them claims that "every home should have one"). So  do these mind machines (aka Light and Sound machines) work? can they induce alpha, theta, and/or delta waves in a person wearing them? What research if any has been done on them? Could they be used in lieu of a tranquilizer? Or are they just another bit of quackery?  Web Homer
In article <1993Apr17.125545.22457@rose.com> ron.roth@rose.com (ron roth) writes: > >   OTOH, who are we kidding, the New England Medical Journal in 1984 >   ran the heading: "Ninety Percent of Diseases are not Treatable by >   Drugs or Surgery," which has been echoed by several other reports. >   No wonder MDs are not amused with alternative medicine, since >   the 20% magic of the "placebo effect" would award alternative  >   practitioners twice the success rate of conventional medicine...  1: "90% of diseases" is not the same thing as "90% of patients".     In a world with one curable disease that strikes 100 people, and nine    incurable diseases which strikes one person each, medical science will cure    91% of the patients and report that 90% of diseases have no therapy.  2: A disease would be counted among the 90% untreatable if nothing better than    a placebo were known.  Of course MDs are ethically bound to not knowingly    dispense placebos...
Speaking of educational systems, I recently had a colleague tell me that the reason one of our fifth grade students is so physically developed is because she was sexually abused as a younger child. This, she went on to say, kicks the pituitary gland into action and causes puberty.
In article <93099.141148C09630GK@wuvmd.wustl.edu>, C09630GK@WUVMD (Gary Kronk) writes: |> I have been contemplating this idea for some time as well. I am not a |> doctor, but my wife is a nurse and I know a lot of doctors and nurses. |> The point here being that doctors and nurses do not seem to get sick |> nearly as much as people outside the medical profession.  This is a lovely area for anecdotes, but I am sure you are on to something. 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. I never had younger siblings myself, and when I went on the pediatric wards I suddenly found myself confronting all sorts of infectious challenges that my body was not ready for. 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. I don't think it is that the immune system is hyped up in any way. Also, don't forget that the hospital flora is very different from the home, and we carry a lot of that around.
Does anyone know if either theophylline or ephedrine, or the two in combination, can reduce the body's ability to make use of  available water?  I had kind of an odd experience on a group hike recently, becoming dehyrated after about 9 hours of rigorous hiking despite having brought 1 1/2 gallons of water (c. 6 liters). I drank close to twice as much as anyone else, and no one else was dehydrated.  I don't think general physical condition was an issue, since I was in at least the middle of the pack in terms of general stamina, so far as I could tell.
In article <1993Apr27.233234.2929@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> wvhorn@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (William VanHorne) writes: >Newsgroups: sci.energy,sci.image.processing,sci.anthropology,alt.sci.physics.new-theories,sci.skeptic,sci.med,alt.alien.visitors >Path: unidus.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de!rrz.uni-koeln.de!gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!wvhorn >From: wvhorn@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (William VanHorne) >Subject: Re: Krillean Photography >Message-ID: <1993Apr27.233234.2929@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> >Sender: news@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu >Nntp-Posting-Host: bottom.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu >Organization: The Ohio State University >References: <1993Apr26.204319.11231@ultb.isc.rit.edu> <C64MvG.BoI@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <C65oIL.436@vuse.vanderbilt.edu> >Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1993 23:32:34 GMT >Lines: 33 >Xref: unidus.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de sci.energy:6430 sci.image.processing:2668 sci.anthropology:2183 alt.sci.physics.new-theories:1762 sci.skeptic:18848 sci.med:18773 alt.alien.visitors:10138  >In article <C65oIL.436@vuse.vanderbilt.edu> alex@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Alexander P. Zijdenbos) writes: >> >>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. >> >>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. >> >>Especially the USA should be grateful; after all, Columbus did not >>drop off the edge of the earth.  >It is one thing to be open-minded about phenomona that have not >be demonstrated to be false, and quite another to "believe" in >something like Krilian photography, where *all* the claimed effects >have be demonstrated to be artifacts.  There is no longer any reason >to adopt a "wait and see" attitude about Krilian photography, it >has been experimentally shown to be nothing but simple coronal >discharge.  The "auras" shown by missing leaf parts came from  >moisture left by the original whole leaf, for example.    >That's what science is, son.
Could anyone give me information on Umbilical hernias. The patient is over weight and has a protruding hernia.  Surgery may be risky due to the obesity. What other remedies could I try?  Thanx in advance
[reply to mcovingt@aisun3.ai.uga.edu (Michael Covington)]   >Sounds as though his heart's in the right place, but he is not adept at >expressing it.  What you received was _meant_ to be a profound apology. >Apologies delivered by overworked shy people often come out like that...   The guy didn't sound too shy to me.  He sounded like a jerk.  I say ditch him for someone more knowledgeable and empathetic.
In article <1993Apr30.162636.22327@cc.ic.ac.uk>, ewolff@ps.ic.ac.uk (Erik The Viking) writes:  >Hi. > >My wife has aquired some thyroidal (sp?) deficiency over the past year >that gives symptoms such as needing much sleep, coldness and proneness >to gaining weight. She has been to a doctor and taken the ordinary (?) >tests and her values were regarded as low. The doctor (and my wife) are >not very interested in starting medication as this "deactivates" the >gland, giving life-long dependency to the drug (hormone?). > ... >My questions are: has anyone had/heard of success in using this approach? >Her values have been (slowly but) steadily sinking, any comment on the >probability of improvement? Although the doctor has told her to 'eat >normally', my wife has dieted vigorously to keep her weight as she feels >that is part of keeping an edge over the illness/condition, may this >affect the treatment, development? >  There are several different types of Thyroid diseases which would cause a hypothyroid condition (reduction in the output of the thyroid, mainly thyroxin). Except for ones caused by infections, the treatment is generally thyroxin pills. Hypothyroid conditions caused by infections usually disappear when the infection does...this doesn't sound like the case with your wife. Thyroxin orally does "shut down the thyroid" through a feedback loop involving the pituitary (I believe). The pituitary "thinks" that the correct amount of thyroxin is being produced so it doesn't have to tell the thyroid to produce more. This process is reversable! I have Hashimoto's thyroiditis (an autoimmune condition) and was on thyroxin for approx 6 mo when my endocrinologist suggested I not take the pills for 6 wks. When I was retested for thyroxin levels, they were normal. I still get tested every 6mo because the condition might reappear. The pills are safe and have very few side-affects (& those mostly at beginning of treatment). Having a baby might be a problem and would at least require closer monitoring of hormone levels. Thyroxin controls energy production which explains sleepiness, coldness, and weight gain. There is also water retention (possibly around heart), changes in vision, and coarser hair and skin among other things.  I am not a doctor, so I'm sure I mistated something, but the important thing is that thyroid problems are usually easily corrected and if they aren't corrected can cause problems in the rest of the body. Get a second opinion from a good endocrinologist and have him/her explain things in detail to you and your wife.
Getting back to the original question in this thread:  I experienced breathing difficulties a few years ago similar to those described.  In my case, it turned out that I was developing Type I diabetes.  Although I never sought direct confirmation of this from my doctor, I think that the breathing problem was associated with the presence of ketones due to the diabetes.  I think that ketosis can occur in lesser degree if one is restricting their food intake drastically.  I don't know if this relevant in this case, but you might ask your daughter if she has been eating properly.
In article <C5E2G7.877@world.std.com> rsilver@world.std.com (Richard Silver) writes: > >Is there a right-eye dominance (eyedness?) as there is an >overall right-handedness in the population? I mean do most >people require less lens corrections for the one eye than the >other? If so, what kinds of percentages can be attached to this?  There is eye dominance same as handedness (and usually for the same side).  It has nothing to do with refractive error, however.   --  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <stephen.736228799@mont> stephen@mont.cs.missouri.edu (Stephen Montgomery-Smith) writes:  > 1)  Does it cause the body any harm if one picks one's nose?  For example, > might it lead to a loss of ability to smell?  It may be a good way to catch a cold.  It's easy to pick up cold viruses on your fingers, either from touching a contaminated surface, or by shaking hands with someone that has a cold.  Then putting your fingers in your nose will transfer the viruses to your nose.   -- Steven Litvintchouk MITRE Corporation 202 Burlington Road Bedford, MA  01730-1420
In article <werner-240393161954@tol7mac15.soe.berkeley.edu> werner@soe.berkeley.edu (John Werner) writes: >In article <19213@pitt.UUCP>, geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks) wrote: >>  >> Explain.  I thought there were 3 types of cones, equivalent to RGB. > >You're basically right, but I think there are just 2 types.  One is >sensitive to red and green, and the other is sensitive to blue and yellow.  >This is why the two most common kinds of color-blindness are red-green and >blue-yellow. >  Yes, I remember that now.  Well, in that case, the cones are indeed color sensitive, contrary to what the original respondent had claimed. --  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <4974@master.CNA.TEK.COM> mikeq@freddy.CNA.TEK.COM (Mike Quigley) writes:  >In article ?????? I write: >>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?  >Ohboy. Here we go again. And one wonders why the American >education system is in such abysmal shape?  Actually, this was a school in England.  This same biology teacher also told me that the reason that stars twinkle is that the small spot of light on the retina sometimes falls between the light recepive cells. So his info was suspect from the start.
-*---- Sci.med removed from followups.  (And I do not read any of the other newsgroups.)  -*---- In article <1993Apr30.170233.12510@rosevax.rosemount.com> grante@aquarius.rosemount.com (Grant Edwards) writes: > As a self-proclaimed atheist my position is that I _believe_ that  > there is no god.  I don't claim to have any proof.  I interpret > the agnostic position as having no beliefs about god's existence.  That's fine.  These words have multiple meanings.  As a self-proclaimed atheist, I believe that *some* conceptions of god are inconsistent or in conflict with fact, and I lack belief in other conceptions of god merely because there is no reason for me to believe in these.  I usually use the word agnostic to mean someone who believes that the existence of a god is unknown inherently unknowable.  Note that this is a positive belief that is quite different from not believing in a god; I do not believe in a god, but I also do not believe the agnostic claim.
From: romdas@uclink.berkeley.edu (Ella I Baff) writes:  JB>    RR> "I don't doubt that the placebo effect is alive and well with JB>    RR>  EVERY medical modality - estimated by some to be around 20+%, JB>    RR>  but why would it be higher with alternative versus conventional JB>    RR>  medicine?" JB>   JB>  Because most the the time, closer to 90% in my experience, there is no JB>  substance to the 'alternative' intervention beyond the good intentions of the JB>  practitioner, which in itself is quite therapeutic. [.......] JB> JB>  John Badanes, DC, CA JB>  romdas@uclink.berkeley.edu     Well, if that's the case in YOUR practice, I have a hard time     figuring out how you even managed to make it into the bottom half    of your class, or did you create your diplomas with crayons?      If someone runs a medical practice with only a 10% success rate,    they either tackle problems for which they are not qualified to    treat, or they have no conscience and are only in business for    fraudulent purposes.     OTOH, who are we kidding, the New England Medical Journal in 1984    ran the heading: "Ninety Percent of Diseases are not Treatable by    Drugs or Surgery," which has been echoed by several other reports.    No wonder MDs are not amused with alternative medicine, since    the 20% magic of the "placebo effect" would award alternative     practitioners twice the success rate of conventional medicine...     --Ron--
In article <1993Apr30.194806.10652@banana.fedex.com>, claude@banana.fedex.com (claude bowie) writes: > i heard a news report indicating research showing improved          > hearing in people taking vitamin A. the research showed that new     > growth replaced damaged "hairlike" nerves. has anyone heard about > this?  >  Claude, I've not heard or read anything that would suggest that vitamin A( retinol) could reverse hearing loss due to nerve damage(usually caused by  high sound levels, but also occassionally due to severe infection).  The  types of cells that vitamin A regulates are the general epithelial cells  and these cell types are not the ones that function in the ear hearing  process.  The hair cell nerve-like epithelial cells in the ear may respond  to vitamin A during cellular differentiation(embryogenesis) but I don't  know if they are still capable of responding in adults.  If they are  capable of responding with new hair growth, this would be a very major  breakthrough in hearing loss.  With all of the medical interest in vitamin  A, it would not be too surprising if a clinical study was done using  vitamin A to reverse hearing loss.  But with only a news announcement to go  on(and this type of communication is notoriously bad), I can't comment on  your question anymore than I already have.  If one study has been done,  more will need to follow to firm up a link between vitamin A and hearing  loss if there really is one.
In article <myers.735287742@peach.cs.scarolina.edu> myers@cs.scarolina.edu (Daniel Myers) writes: >I am under the impression that MSG "enhances" flavor by causing the >taste buds to swell.  No, that's not how it works.  >If this is correct, I do not find it unreasonable >to assume that high doses of MSG can cause other mouth tissues to swell.  This may be through a different mechanism.  >Also, as the many of the occurances (including two of the above) >involved beef, and as beef is frequently tenderized with MSG, this is >what I suspect as being the cause.  Tenderizing beef involves sprinking or marinading it in papain, an enzyme. "Meat tenderizer" packets might contain papain and MSG and seasonings, but MSG doesn't act as a tenderizer.
In article <1993Apr20.180835.24033@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> dougb@ecs.comm.mot.com writes: :My wife's ob-gyn has an ultrasound machine in her office.  When :the doctor couldn't hear a fetal heartbeat (13 weeks) she used :the ultrasound to see if everything was ok.  (it was) : :On her next visit, my wife asked another doctor in the office if :they read the ultrasounds themselves or if they had a radiologist :read the pictures.  The doctor very vehemently insisted that they :were qualified to read the ultrasound and radiologists were NOT! : :[stuff deleted]  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).
Iridology is descendant from a 19th-century theory which mapped certain diseases to sectors of the iris of the eye.  There's enough natural variation in color that a skilled examiner can find indicators of virtually any disease.