waashk/20ng huggingface dataset:
I know that the placebo effect is where a patient feels better or  even gets better because of his/her belief in the medicine and  the doctor administering it.  Is there also an anti-placebo  effect where the patient dislikes/distrusts doctors and medicine  and therefore doesn't get better or feel better in spite of the  medicine?  Is there an effect where the doctor believes so strongly in a  medicine that he/she sees improvement where the is none or sees  more improvement than there is?  If so, what is this effect  called?  Is there a reverse of the above effect where the doctor  doesn't believe in a medicine and then sees less improvement than  there is?  What would this effect be called?  Have these effects  ever been studied?  How common are these effects?  Thank you in  advance for all replies.
In article <1993Apr28.064144.24115@nuscc.nus.sg>, isckbk@nuscc.nus.sg (Kiong Beng Kee) wrote: >  >  > My wife had hives during the first two months > of her pregnancy.  My son (3 months old), breast-fed, > now has the same symptoms.  She has been to a skin-specialist, > but he has merely prescribed various medicines (one > each visit as though by trial and error :-)) >  > Anti-histamines worked on both of them, but looks like > becoming less effective. >  > Are there other solutions?  Thanks. > --  > Kiong Beng Kee > Dept of Information Systems and Computer Science > National University of Singapore > Lower Kent Ridge Road, SINGAPORE 0511  Food products can get through breast milk and cause allergies in the young.  Since the son is allergic it would be best not to go to bottle feedings, but rather eliminate foods from mother's diet.  Your pediatrician should be able to give you a list of foods to avoid.
The reason I'm posting this article to this newsgroup is to: 1. gather any information about this disorder from anyone who might    have recently been *e*ffected by it ( from being associated with    it or actually having this disorder ) and 2. help me find out where I can access any medical literature associated    with seizures over the internet.  Recently, I had a baby boy born with seizures which occured 12-15 hours after birth. He was immediately transferred to a major hospital in Boston and has since been undergoing extensive drug treatment for his condition. This has been a major learning experience for me and my wife not only in learning the medical problems that faced our son but also in dealing with hospitals, procedures...etc.  I don't want to go into a lot of detail, but his condition was termed  quite severe at first then slowly he began to grow and put on weight as a normal baby would. He was put on the standard anti-convulsion drugs and that did not seem to help out. His MRI, EKG, cat-scans are all normal, but the EEG's show alot of seizure activity. After many metabolic tests, body structure tests, and infection/virus tests the doctors still do not know quite what type of siezures he is having (although they do have alot of evidence that it is now pointing to infantile spasms ). This is where we stand right now....
Does anyone know how posionous centipedes and millipedes are? If someone was bitten, how soon would medical treatment be needed, and what would be liable to happen to the person?  (Just for clarification - I have NOT been bitten by one of these,  but my house seems to be infested, and I want to know 'just in case'.)
In article <C6Bot5.12A@r-node.hub.org> taob@r-node.hub.org writes: >In article <C65oIL.436@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>, Alexander P. Zijdenbos writes... >> I am neither a real believer, nor a disbeliever when it comes to >    But no one (or at least, not many people) are trying to pass off God
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...  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?  A long time ago (possibly two years ago) there was a discussion here about altitude adjustment.  Has anyone saved the messages?  Many thanks,
What can be done, short of circumcision, for an adult male whose foreskin will not retract?
As I recall from my bout with kidney stones, there isn't any medication that can do anything about them except relieve the pain.  Either they pass, or they have to be broken up with sound, or they have to be extracted surgically.  When I was in, the X-ray tech happened to mention that she'd had kidney stones and children, and the childbirth hurt less.
Does the Proventil inhaler for asthma relief fall into the steroid or nonsteroid category?  Looking at the product literature it's not clear.
In article <1993Apr20.184034.13779@dbased.nuo.dec.com>, dufault@lftfld.enet.dec.com (MD) writes:   > >        The reason I'm posting this article to this newsgroup is to: >1. gather any information about this disorder from anyone who might >   have recently been *e*ffected by it ( from being associated with >   it or actually having this disorder ) and >2. help me find out where I can access any medical literature associated >   with seizures over the internet.
In article <1p7ciqINN3th@tamsun.tamu.edu> covingc@ee.tamu.edu (Just George) writes: >I will be traveling to Bangaldesh this summer, and am wondering >if there are any immunizations I should get before going. >  You can probably get this information by calling your public health department in your county (in Pittsburgh, they give the shots free, as well).  There are bulletins in medical libraries that give recommendations, or you could call the infectious diseases section of the medicine department of your local medical school.  You also will probably want to talk about Malaria prophylaxis.  You will need your doctor to get the prescription.   --  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <1993Apr8.123213.1@tardis.mdcorp.ksc.nasa.gov> fresa@tardis.mdcorp.ksc.nasa.gov writes: >Could someone please define a "brain abscess" for me? A relative has one near >his cerebellum.   A brain abscess is an infection deep in the brain substance.  It is hard to cure with antibiotics, since it gets walled off, and usually, it needs surgical drainage.    --  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Banks  N3JXP      | "Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and geb@cadre.dsl.pitt.edu   |  it is shameful to surrender it too soon."
Somewhere or other I read that when a person of Chinese heritage was told that he had high blood pressure he responded by eating celery (sorry, I don't recall the "dosage").  Apparently this is supposed to work in reducing hypertension.  Can anyone out there verify this?  And if it does work, does anyone know the appropriate amounts and possible side-effects?
Having been gone for 10 days, I'm way behind on my News reading, so many pardons if I am repeating something that has been said already.  I read a good book while I was away, THE ANTIBIOTIC PARADOX: HOW MIRACLE DRUGS ARE DESTROYING THE MIRACLE, Stuart B. Levy, M.D., 1992, Plenum Press, ISBN:0-306-44331-7.  It is about drug resistant microorganisms & the history of antibiotics.  It is interesting & written at a level which I think many sci.med readers would appreciate -- which is:  it assumes an intelligent reader who is capable of understanding scientific concepts, but who may not yet have been exposed to this particular information. I.e., it assumes you are smart enough to understand it, but it does not assume that you already have a degree in microbiology or medicine. Table of contents:  Chapter 1 	From Tragedy the Antibiotic Age is Born Chapter 2 	The Disease and the Cure:  The Microscopic World of Bacteria and 	Antibiotics Chapter 3 	Reliance on Medicine and Self-Medication: The Seeds of Antibiotic 	Misuse Chapter 4 	Antibiotic Resistance:  Microbial Adaptation and Evolution Chapter 5 	The Antibiotic Myth Chapter 6 	Antibiotics, Animals and the Resistance Gene Pool Chapter 7 	Further Ecological Considerations:  Antibiotic Use in Agriculture, 	Aquaculture, Pets, and Minor Animal Species Chapter 8 	Future Prospects:  New Advances Against Potential Disaster Chapter 9 	The Individual and Antibiotic Resistance Chapter 10 	Antibiotic Resistance: A Societal Issue at Local, National, and 	International Levels.  Includes bibliography and index.  I personally found that it made very good Airplane-Reading. -rg
In article <C5uq9B.LrJ@toads.pgh.pa.us> geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks) writes: >In article <116305@bu.edu> dozonoff@bu.edu (david ozonoff) writes: >> >>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. > >Years ago when I was an intern, an obese young woman was brought into >the ER comatose after having been reported to have grand mal seizures >why attending a "corn festival".  We pumped her stomach and obtained >what seemed like a couple of liters of corn, much of it intact kernals.   >After a few hours she woke up and was fine.  I was tempted to sign her out as >"acute corn intoxication." >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Gordon Banks  N3JXP      | "Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and  How about contaminants on the corn, e.g. aflatoxin???
I heard a great Civil War story...      A guy on the battlfield is shot in the groin,   the bullet continues on it's path, and lodges in the abdomen of a female spectator.    Lo and behold....  As the legend goes,   both parents survived,  married,  and raised the child.
In article <639@cfdd50.boeing.com> lry1219@cfdd50.boeing.com (Larry Yeagley) writes: >I have an acquaintance who has been diagnosed as having blood clots and >"compartment syndrome". I searched the latest edition of the Columbia medical >encyclopedia and found nothing. Mosby's medical dictionary gives a very brief >description which suggests it's an arterial condition. Can someone point me (an  Compartment syndrome occurs when swelling happens in a "compartment" bounded by fascia.  The pressure rises in the compartment and blood supply and nerves are compromised.  The treatment is to open the compartment surgically.  THe most common places for compartment syndromes are the forearm and calf.  It is an emergency, since if the pressure is not relieved, stuff will die.    --  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <lu2defINNac7@news.bbn.com> levin@bbn.com (Joel B Levin) writes: >bobm@Ingres.COM (Bob McQueer) writes: >|One question I do have - a doctor who flushed out my ears once also advocated >|a drop of rubbing alcohol in them afterwards to flush out any remaining >|trapped water - said he told swimmers to do this after swimming, too.  It >|works, but it stings like the devil, so I've always been content to let any >|water in my ears from swimming or flushing them out figure out how to get >|out by itself if shaking my head a few times won't do the trick.  Any >|comments?
Hello!  I need a technique for separation of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) from the peripheral blood of mice. Because of the low PMN:Lymphocyte ratio (approx. 20:80) it«s not just as easy as the corresponding technique used with human blood.   																																										Yours,                                             													 Per-Arne Melander
>From: anello@adcs00.fnal.gov (Anthony Anello) >Can anyone tell me if a bloodcount of 40 when diagnosed as hypoglycemic is >dangerous, i.e. indicates a possible pancreatic problem?  One Dr. says no, the >other (not his specialty) says the first is negligent and that another blood  Blood glucose levels of 40 or so are common several hours after a big meal.  This level will usually not cause symptoms.  >test should be done.  Also, what is a good diet (what has worked) for a hypo- >glycemic?  If you mean "reactive" hypoglycemia, there are usually no symptoms, hence there is no disease, hence the dietary recommendations are the same as for anyone else.  If a patient complains of dizziness, faintness, sweating, palpitations, etc. reliably several hours after a big meal, the recommendations are obvious - eat smaller meals.
A relative of mine has recently been diagnosed with "stage 3 papillary cell ovarian cancer".  We are urgently seeking the best place in the country for treatment for this.  Does anyone have any suggestions?  As you might suspect, time is of the essence.
In article <C5pvp5.82L@chinet.chi.il.us> dhartung@chinet.chi.il.us (Dan Hartung) writes:  >Just had the opportunity to watch this flick on A&E -- some 15 years >since I saw it last.    Wow, the WWII channel did something not-WWII?  >I was very interested in the technology demonstrated in this film >for handling infectious diseases (and similar toxic substances). >Clearly they "faked" a lot of the computer & robotic technology; >certainly at the time it was made most of that was science fiction >itself, let alone the idea of a "space germ".    The graphics capabilities of the computers were very faked for movie  audiences who have not ability or patience with numbers.  The book was more  realistic in that respect.  In all respects, actually.  The robotics are  still out of range, but not impossible.  >Quite coincidentally [actually this is what got me wanted to see >the movie again] I watched a segment on the otherwise awful _How'd >They Do That?_ dealing with a disease researcher at the CDC's top >lab.  There was description of the elaborate security measures taken >so that building will never be "cracked" so to speak by man or >nature (short of deliberate bombing from the air, perhaps).  And >the researchers used "spacesuits" similar to that in the film.  SF (and I"ve always wondered how Crichton escapes this classification) is  usually ahead of science in both prediction and precaution.  NASA's  decontaimination processes were supposedly taken to prevent SF story  disasters.  I mean, NASA scientists were often SF readers (and  sometimes writers) and felt pre-warned by their reading.  >I'm curious what people think about this film -- short of "silly". >Is such a facility technically feasible today?    I think the film still holds up among the best of SF films, but that isn't  saying a whole lot.  >As far as the plot, and the crystalline structure that is not Life >As We Know It, that's a whole 'nother argument for rec.arts.sf.tech >or something.
In article <C5uBrn.F0u@fig.citib.com> ghica@fig.citib.com (Renato Ghica) writes: > >has any one heard of a sedative called "Rhoepnol"? Made by LaRouche, >I believe. Any info as to side effects or equivalent tranquillizers?  You probably mean "RoHypnol", a member of the benzodiazepine family, chemical name is flunitrazepam. It is such a strong tranquilizer that it is probably best refered to as a hypnotic, rather than a tranquilizer. Just one pill will knock you on your ass. Side effects may be similar to valium, xanax, serax, librium and other benzodiazepines.
In article <BHATT.93Apr12161425@wesley.src.honeywell.com> bhatt@src.honeywell.com writes: >I thought I will explore the net wisdom with the following questions: > >  Is there any better way to control the pain than what the surgeon suggested? >  How long will such pain last?  Will the pain recur in the future? > No one can answer that.  If she gets reflex sympathetic dystrophy, it could last forever.  Just hope she does not.  Most don't.  >  Do damaged (partially cut) tendons heal completely and is all of the finger >  strength regained?  How long does it take for the complete healing process? >  Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't.  You just have to do the best job you can reattaching and hope.  You should know in a few months.       --  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Banks  N3JXP      | "Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and geb@cadre.dsl.pitt.edu   |  it is shameful to surrender it too soon."
pk115050@wvnvms.wvnet.edu wrote: : 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, : etc...) :  : Thank you, :  : Dave Carvell : pk115050@wvnvms.wvnet.edu  First off, I would consider the severity of the pain. I had stones several years ago, and there's now way I could have made it without heavy duty doses of morphine and demerol and a two week stay in the hospital. I was told that there was nothing that I could take that would dissolve them. If the stones are passible, the best thing she could do is drink LOTS of water, and hope that they pass, but every time they move a little, the pain will be excrutiating. I was told by my doctor at that time that the pain was comparable to that of childbirth. (Yes, by a male doctor, so I'm sure some of you women will disagree). I'd really like to know the truth in this, so maybe some of you women who have had a baby and a kidney stone could fill me in.  --
Greeting  I am starting work on a project where I am trying to make strain gages bond to bone in vivo or a period of several months.  I am currently using hydroxyapaptite back gages, and I have tried M-bonding the gages to the bone.  Apart from those two application methods there doesn't seem to be much else in the literature.  I have only an engineering  background not medical or biological.  I would be interest in any ideas about how to stimulte bone growth on the surface of cortical bone.  Thanks for oyur help in Advance.
banschbach@vms.ocom.okstate.edu (Marty Banschbach) writes: [...] B >  Medicine has not, and probalby never will be, practiced this way.  There B >  has always been the use of conventional wisdom.  A very good example is B >  kidney stones.  Conventional wisdom(because clinical trails have not been B >  done to come up with an effective prevention), was that restricitng the B >  intake of calcium and oxalates was the best way to prevent kidney stones B >  from forming.  Clinical trials focused on drugs or ultrasonic blasts to B >  breakdown the stone once it formed.  Through the recent New England J of B >  Medicine article, we now know that conventional wisdom was wrong, B >  increasing calcium intake is better at preventing stone formation than is B >  restricting calcium intake.     [...] B >  Marty B.   Marty, I personally wouldn't be so quick and take that NEJM article   on kidney stones as gospel. First of all, I would want to know who  sponsored that study.  I have seen too many "nutrition" bulletins over the years from  local newspapers, magazines, to TV-guide, with disclaimers on the  bottom informing us that this great health news was brought to us  compliments of the Dairy Industries.  There are of course numerous other interest groups now that thrive  financially on the media hype created from the supposedly enormous   benefits of increasing one's calcium intake.   Secondly, were ALL the kidney stones of the test subjects involved   in that project analysed for their chemical composition?  The study  didn't say that, it only claimed that "most kidney stones are large-  ly calcium."  Perhaps it won't be long before another study comes up with the exact  opposite findings. A curious phenomenon with researchers is that they  are oftentimes just plain wrong. It wouldn't be the first time.    Sodium/magnesium/calcium/phosphorus ratios are, in my opinion, still   the most reliable indicators for the cause, treatment, and prevention   of kidney stones.  I, for one, will continue to recommend the most logical changes in  one's diet or through supplementation to counteract or prevent kidney  stones of either type; and they definitely won't include an INCREASE  in calcium if the stones have been identified as being of the calcium  type and people's chemical analysis confirms that they would benefit  from a PHOSPHORUS-raising approach instead!       Ron Roth  =====================================================================  --  Internet: rn.3228@rose.com  -  Rosenet: ron roth@rosehamilton  --   * A stone on the ground is better than a stone in the body.
In article <C5x3L0.3r8@athena.cs.uga.edu> mcovingt@aisun3.ai.uga.edu (Michael Covington) writes:     Newsgroups: sci.med    Path: news.larc.nasa.gov!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!emory!athena!aisun3.ai.uga.edu!mcovingt    From: mcovingt@aisun3.ai.uga.edu (Michael Covington)    Sender: usenet@athena.cs.uga.edu    Nntp-Posting-Host: aisun3.ai.uga.edu    Organization: AI Programs, University of Georgia, Athens    References: <PAULSON.93Apr19081647@cmb00.larc.nasa.gov> <116305@bu.edu> <C5uq9B.LrJ@toads.pgh.pa.us>    Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 03:41:24 GMT    Lines: 27     In article <C5uq9B.LrJ@toads.pgh.pa.us> geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks) writes:    >In article <116305@bu.edu> dozonoff@bu.edu (david ozonoff) writes:    >>    >>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.    >    >Years ago when I was an intern, an obese young woman was brought into    >the ER comatose after having been reported to have grand mal seizures    >why attending a "corn festival".  We pumped her stomach and obtained    >what seemed like a couple of liters of corn, much of it intact kernals.      >After a few hours she woke up and was fine.  I was tempted to sign her out as    >"acute corn intoxication."    >----------------------------------------------------------------------------    >Gordon Banks  N3JXP      | "Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and     How about contaminants on the corn, e.g. aflatoxin???       --     :-  Michael A. Covington, Associate Research Scientist        :    *****    :-  Artificial Intelligence Programs      mcovingt@ai.uga.edu :  *********    :-  The University of Georgia              phone 706 542-0358 :   *  *  *    :-  Athens, Georgia 30602-7415 U.S.A.     amateur radio N4TMI :  ** *** **  <><  What is aflatoxin?  Sharon
In article <AAghzshe-3@integral.stavropol.su> mymail@integral.stavropol.su writes: >% mail newsserv@kiae.su >Subject:  PLEASE, HELP!!! >                    Dear  Ladies and  Gentlemen! >      We should be grateful for any information about address and (or) >   E-mail address of Loma-Linda Hospital (approximate position: USA, >   California, near Vaimor town, 60 miles from Los-Angelos). >      A patient needs consultation in this clinics before operation. >                With respect,                  Igor V. Sidelnikov >QUIT  This is also being replied to via e-mail.  I dialed my university librarian, and he looked it up:  Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA 92350  I don't know an Internet address for them, but they can be reached by telephone at (714) 824-4300.  Good luck.