waashk/20ng huggingface dataset:
Here is a press release from Medical Science Communications.   Results of GUSTO Heart Attack Study to be Released Friday  To: Assignment Desk, Medical Writer  Contact: Jim Augustine of Medical Science Communication,           703-644-6824, or Steve Hull or Tracy Furey,           800-477-9626 or April 29-30, 202-393-2000 or           202-662-7592 (J.W. Marriott)     News Advisory:     Results of the largest heart attack study ever undertaken, the Global Utilization of Streptokinase and t-PA for Occluded Coronary Arteries trial (GUSTO), will be presented Friday, April 30, at the Clinical Research Meeting.    A press conference will be held at 12:30 p.m.    GUSTO evaluates the most aggressive emergency-room treatment strategies available to clear blocked heart arteries and restore blood flow to the heart, a process called thrombolysis.  The thrombolytic strategies compared in GUSTO use powerful drugs to break up blood clots in heart vessels quickly and prevent clots from recurring.  These strategies have never been compared directly in a large-scale clinical trial until GUSTO.  The results are expected to have an important impact on heart attack treatment worldwide.    The press conference will be held at two locations: live at the National Press Club, Main Lounge, 13th Floor, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington D.C., and via satellite at The Hotel Macklowe, 145 W. 44th Street, 4th Floor, New York City, between Broadway and 6th Avenue.    GUSTO results will be presented by Eric Topol M.D., GUSTO Study Chairman, professor and chairman of the Department of Cardiology at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Robert Califf, M.D., clinical director, GUSTO Coordinating Center and Associate Professor of Medicine at Duke University Medical Center; and Allan Ross, M.D., coordinator of the GUSTO Angiographic Substudy and professor and director of the Division of Cardiology at The George Washington University Medical Center.     ------    Editorial Notes/Attention television: The press conference may be viewed in its entirety via satellite starting at 12:30 p.m. (EDT) C-band Telestar 302, Transponder 2V (dual audio 6.2, 6.8) or KUSBS6, Transponder 8.  Following the press conference, there will be a news package and b-roll feed.  Camera-ready illustrations also will be available at the press conference.    Telephone hook up to the press conference is planned. Availability is limited; please call MCS for more information.    For reporters who will be at the Sheraton Washington attending the Clinical Research Meeting on Friday morning, minibus transportation will be provided to the press conference.  The bus will depart at 12 p.m.; it also will be available for return to the Sheraton after the press conference.    For more information, contact Steve Hull or Tracy Furey of MCS, for the GUSTO Study Group, at 800-477-9626; or at the J.W. Marriott April 29 to April 30 at 202-393-2000 or 202-662-7592.  For more information about the Clinical Research Meeting, contact Jim Augustine of Medical Science Communications at 703-644-6824.   -30-
You may want to inquire about taking Lupron as a medication. It's supposed to be a new treatment, and it's described in Nov. 1992 issue of J. of Obst. and Gyn.
In article <1993Apr14.174824.12295@westminster.ac.uk>, kxaec@sun.pcl.ac.uk (David Watters) wrote: >  > Dear all, >  > I am a Crohn's Disease sufferer and I'm interested if anyone knows of any current research that is going on into the subject. I've done some investigation myself so you don't need to spare me any details. I've had the fistulas, the ileostomy, etc.. >  > Is a "cure" on the horizon ? >  > I am not in the medical profession so if you do reply I would appreciate plain speak. >  > I'd prefer to be mailed direct as I don't always get a chance to read the news. >  > Thank you in advance. >  > Dave. The best group to keep you informed is the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America.  I do not know if the UK has a similar organization.  The address of the CCFA is   CCFA 444 Park Avenue South 11th Floor New York, NY  10016-7374 USA  They have a lot of information available and have a number of newsletters.   Good Luck.
I have a BACK MACHINE and have had one since January.  While I have not  found it to be a panacea for my back pain, I think it has helped somewhat.  It MAINLY acts to stretch muscles in the back and prevent spasms associated with pain.  I am taking less pain medication than I was previously.      The folks at BACK TECHNOLOGIES are VERY reluctant to honor their return  policy.  They extended my "warranty" period rather than allow me to return  the machine when, after the first month or so, I was not thrilled with it.  They encouraged me to continue to use it, abeit less vigourously.     Like I said, I can't say it is a cure-all, but it keeps me stretched out and I am in less pain.
>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.
My mother has been advised to have a bone scan performed?  What is this procedure for, and is it painful?  She's been having leg and back pain which her GP said was sciatica.  Her oncologist listened to her symptoms and said that it didn't sound like sciatica, and she should get a bone scan.
JB>  romdas@uclink.berkeley.edu (Ella I Baff) writes: JB>   JB>    Ron Roth recommends: "Once you have your hypoglycemia CONFIRMED through the JB>                          proper channels, you might consider the following:..." JB>                          [diet omitted] JB>   JB>  1) Ron...what do YOU consider to be "proper channels"...this sounds suspiciously    I'm glad it caught your eye. That's the purpose of this forum to  educate those, eager to learn, about the facts of life. That phrase  is used to bridle the frenzy of all the would-be respondents, who  otherwise would feel being left out as the proper authorities to be  consulted on that topic. In short, it means absolutely nothing.  JB>  like a blood chemistry...glucose tolerance and the like...suddenly chemistry JB>  exists? You know perfectly well that this person can be saved needless trouble JB>  and expense with simple muscle testing and hair analysis to diagnose...no JB>  "CONFIRM" any aberrant physiology...but then again...maybe that's what you mean"   Muscle testing and hair analysis, eh?  So what other fascinating   space-age medical techniques do you use?  Do you sit under a pyramid  over night as well to shrink your brain back to normal after a mind-  expanding day at your 'Save the Earth' clinic?  JB>  2) Were you able to understand Dick King's post that "90% of diseases is not thy JB>  evaluate the statistic you cited from the New England Journal of Medicine. Coul?   Once I figure out what *you* are trying to say, I'll still have   to wrestle with the possibility of you conceivably not being able  to understand my answer to your question?!  JB>  3) Ron...have you ever thought about why you never post in misc.health.alterna- JB>  tive...and insist instead upon insinuating your untrained, non-medical, often JB>  delusional notions of health and disease into this forum? I suspect from your JB>  apparent anger toward MDs and heteropathic medicine that there may be an               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   You little psychoanalytical rascal you!  Got me all figured out, ja?    JB>  underlying 'father problem'...of course I can CONFIRM this by surrogate muscle JB>  testing one of my patients while they ponder my theory to see if one of their JB>  previously weak 'indicator' muscles strengthens...or do you have reservations JB>  about my unique methods of diagnosis? [......] JB>   JB>  John Badanes, DC, CA JB>  romdas@uclink.berkeley.edu   Oh man, when are you going to start teaching all this stuff?  I'll  bet everyone on this net must be absolutely dying to learn more about   going beyond spinal adjustments and head straight for the mind for  some Freudian subluxation.    --Ron--
In article <1993Apr13.111834.1@cc.uvcc.edu> harrisji@cc.uvcc.edu writes:  > >Chromosome studies have shown no abnormalities.  Enzyme studies and >urine analyses have not turned up anything out of the ordinary.  >MRI images of the brain show scar tissue in the white matter.  >Subsequent MRI analysis has shown that the deterioration of the >white matter is progressive. > >Because neither family has a history of anything like this, and >because two of our four children are afflicted with the disorder, >we believe that it is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder of >some kind.  Naturally, we would like to know exactly what the >disease is so that we may gain some insight into how we can expect >the disorder to progress in the future.  We would also like to be >able to provide our normal children with some information about >what they can expect in their own children. >  It could be one of the leukodystrophies (not adrenal, only boys get that).  Surely you've been to a university pediatric neurology department.  If not that is the next step.  Biopsies might help, especially if peripheral nerves are also affected. There are so many of these diseases that would fit the symptoms you gave that more can't be said at this time.  I agree with your surmise that it is an autosomal recessive. If so, your normal children won't have to worry too much unless they marry near relatives.  Most recessive genes are rare except in inbred communities (e.g. Lithuanian Jews). --  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <C63zF3.7n5@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> scheiber@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Jennifer Scheiber) writes: :In article <10030@blue.cis.pitt.edu> kxgst1+@pitt.edu (Kenneth Gilbert) writes: :>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. : : what is the likely hood of conception if sperm is deposited just outside :the vagina?  ie.  __% chance. : -------------------------------------------------------------------------  Hmmm.... I really don't know.  Probably quite low overall.  Why don't we get a couple hundred willing couples together and find out ;->
I have a friend who has a very pronounced slouch of his upper back. He always walks and sits this way so I have concluded that he is hunchback. Is this a genetic disorder, or is it something that people can correct. i.e. is it just bad posture that can be changed with a bit of will power?
In article <lindaeC4JGLK.FxM@netcom.com> lindae@netcom.com writes:  > >My biggest resentment is the doctor who makes it seem like most >people with dizziness can be cured.  That's definitely not the >case.  In most cases, like I said above, it is a long, tedious >process that may or may not end up in a partial cure.   >  Be sure to say "chronic" dizziness, not just dizziness.  Most patients with acute or subacute dizziness will get better. The vertiginous spells of Meniere's will also eventually go away, however, the patient is left with a deaf ear.   >To anyone suffering with vertigo, dizziness, or any variation >thereof, my best advice to you (as a fellow-sufferer) is this... >just keep searching...don't let the doctors tell you there's >nothing that can be done...do your own research...and let your  This may have helped you, but I'm not sure it is good general advice.  The odds that you are going to find some miracle with your own research that is secret or hidden from general knowledge for this or any other disease are slim.  When good answers to these problems are found, it is usually in all the newspapers.  Until then, spending a great deal of time and energy on the medical problem may divert that energy from more productive things in life.  A limited amount should be spent to assure yourself that your doctor gave you the correct story, but after it becomes clear that you are dealing with a problem for which medicine has no good solution, perhaps the best strategy is to join the support group and keep abreast of new findings but not to make a career out of 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."
Does anyone here know anything about chelation therapy using EDTA?  My uncle has emphesema, and a doctor wants to try it on him.  We are wondering if:  1.  Is there any evidence EDTA chelation therapy is beneficial for his condition, or any condition?  2.  What possible side effects are there.  How can they be mimimized?  Please respond via e-mail to    rme1@cornell.edu
In article <16BB6CDEB.RICK@ysub.ysu.edu> RICK@ysub.ysu.edu (Rick Marsico)  writes:  >Does the Proventil inhaler for asthma relief fall into the steroid >or nonsteroid category?  Looking at the product literature it's >not clear.  Non-steroid.  Proventil is a brand of albuterol, a bronchodilator.    Regards,
In article <C6BK0F.H7I@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> res4w@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (Robert E. Schmieg) writes:  [Partial deletion]  >potentially fatal from hepatic necrosis.  If I recall >correctly, the metabolism of acetaminophen at high doses >involves N-hydroxylation to N-acetyl-benzoquinoneimine, which >is a highly reactive intermediate, which then reacts with >sulfhydryl groups of proteins and glutathione.  When hepatic >glutathione is used up, this intermediate then starts >attacking the hepatic proteins with resulting hepatic >necrosis.  The insidious part of acetaminophen toxicity is the >delay (2-4 days) between ingestion and clinical signs of liver >damage.  This is NOT a nice way to die. > Nice explanation except that it isn't N-hydroxylation that causes the formation of the N-acetyl-p-benzoquinone imine (NAPQI), but rather a direct two-electron oxidation. In addition, there is one school of thought that contends that oxidative stress rather than arylation of protein is the more critical factor in the hapatotoxcity of acetaminophen.    As far as drug toxicities go, acetaminophen has and continues to be one of the most intensely scrutinized. An excellent recent review of the topic can be found in:   	Vermeulen, Bessems and Van de Straat. 	 	Molecular Aspects of Paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity and its 	Mechanism-Based Prevention. Drug Metabolism Reviews, 24(3) 367- 	407 (1992).  	(Acetaminophen is known as paracetamol in Europe)  I couldn't agree with you more about what an awful way to die a toxic dose of acetaminophen causes.  I've heard a number of descriptions by physicians associated with poison control centers, and they describe a lingering very painful death.
I am looking for some clarification on a subject that I am trying to find some information on.  How is HSV-2 (Herpes) transmitted?  I currently know that it can be transmitted during inflammation but, what I am looking for is if it can be transmitted  during in other periods.  Also, I want to know if you can be accurately tested  for it while you are not showing symtoms?  If you can help I would greatly appreciate it.
A(> From: adwright@iastate.edu () A(> A woman I know is tapering off klonopin. I believe that is one of the A(> benzodiazopines. She is taking a very minimal dose right now, half a tablet A(> a day. She is also pregnant. My question is Are there any known cases where A(> klonopin or similar drug has caused harmful effects to the fetus? A(>  How about cases where the mother took klonopin or similar substance and had A(> normal baby. Any information is appreciated. She wants to get a feel for A(> what sort of risk she is taking. She is in her first month of pregnancy.  Klonopin, according to the PDR (Physician's Desk Reference), is not a proven teratogen.  There are isolated case reports of malformations, but it is impossible to establish cause-effect relationships.  The overwhelming majority of women that take Klonopin while pregnant have normal babies.
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. > >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. > >FLAME OFF, or end sermon :-)  We know that sermon.  It is posted roughly every month or so by different persons, and that doesn't make it any better.  How did you get the idea that skeptics are closed-minded?  Why don't you consider the possibility that they came to their conclusions by the proper methods?  Besides, one can come to a conclusion without closing one's mind to other possibilities.  I you don't agree with a person, please ask him why he thinks like that, instead of insulting him.  Perhaps he's right.  Follow your own advice, be open-minded.  If you don't post a bit of evidence for your claims, I'll complain that it's always those "neither a real believer, nor a disbeliever" types who  narrow-mindedly judge others without knowing their motives.
I'm looking for good background and review paper references that can help me understand the dynamics of cytoskeleton in normal and transformed cells.  In particular, I'm not interested in translational behavior and cell motility, but rather in the internal motions of the cytoskeleton and its components under normal and transformed circumstances.  Also, I'd appreciate any data on force constants, mechanical, and elastic properties of microtubules, and viscous properties of cytoplasm.  Any other info relevant to the vibrational or acoustical properties of these would be useful to me.  Thanks...
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 test should be done.  Also, what is a good diet (what has worked) for a hypo- glycemic?  TIA.   Anthony Anello Fermilab Batavia, Illinois
In article <1993Mar27.004627.21258@rmtc.Central.Sun.COM> lrd@rmtc.Central.Sun.COM writes: >I just started working for a rehabilitation hospital and have seen RSD >come up as a diagnosis several times.  What exactly is RSD and what is >the nature of it?  If there is a FAQ on this subject, I'd really >appreciate it if someone would mail it to me.  While any and all  Reflex sympathetic dystrophy.  I'm sure there's an FAQ, as I have made at least 10 answers to questions on it in the last year or so. --  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Banks  N3JXP      | "Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and geb@cadre.dsl.pitt.edu   |  it is shameful to surrender it too soon."
pchurch@swell.actrix.gen.nz (Pat Churchill) writes:   >My 14-y-o son has the usual teenage spotty chin and greasy nose.  I >bought him Clearasil face wash and ointment.  I think that is probably >enough, along with the usual good diet.  However, he is on at me to >get some product called Dalacin T, which used to be a >doctor's-prescription only treatment but is not available over the >chemist's counter.  I have asked a couple of pharmacists who say >either his acne is not severe enough for Dalacin T, or that Clearasil >is OK.  I had the odd spots as a teenager, nothing serious.  His >father was the same, so I don't figure his acne is going to escalate >into something disfiguring.  But I know kids are senstitive about >their appearance.  I am wary because a neighbour's son had this wierd >malady that was eventually put down to an overdose of vitamin A from >acne treatment.  I want to help - but with appropriate treatment.  >My son also has some scaliness around the hairline on his scalp.  Sort >of teenage cradle cap.  Any pointers/advice on this?  We have tried a >couple of anti dandruff shampoos and some of these are inclined to >make the condition worse, not better.  >Shall I bury the kid till he's 21 :)  :) No...I was one of the lucky ones. Very little acne as a teenager. I didn't have any luck with clearasil. Even though my skin gets oily it really only gets miserable pimples when it's dry.   Frequent lukewarm water rinses on the face might help. Getting the scalp thing under control might help (that could be as simple as submerging under the bathwater till it's softened and washing it out). Taking a one a day vitamin/mineral might help. I've heard iodine causes trouble and that it   is used in fast food restaurants to sterilize equipment which might be where the belief that greasy foods cause acne came from. I notice grease  on my face, not immediately removed will cause acne (even from eating meat).  Keeping hair rinse, mousse, dip, and spray off the face will help. Warm water bath soaks or cloths on the face to soften the oil in the pores will help prevent blackheads. Body oil is hydrophilic, loves water and it softens and washes off when it has a chance. That's why hair goes limp with oilyness.   Becoming convinced that the best thing to do with a whitehead is leave it alone will save him days of pimple misery. Any prying of black or whiteheads can cause infections, the red spots of pimples. Usually a whitehead will break naturally in a day and there won't be an infection afterwards.  Tell him that it's normal to have some pimples but the cosmetic industry makes it's money off of selling people on the idea that they are an incredible defect to be hidden at any cost (even that of causing more pimples).
Hi,  we are just completing a project on nebuliser performance, and have a wealth of data on particle size and output which we are going to use to adjudicate a contract next week.  Although the output data is easy for us to present, there seems to be little concensus on the optimum diameter of the nebulised droplets for straightforward inhalation therapy (eg: for asthmatics).  Some say that the droplets must be smaller than 5 microns, whilst others say that if they are too small they will not be effective.  Anyone up on this topic who could summarise the current status ?  Cheers, Pete --  Pete Phillips, Deputy Director, Surgical Materials Testing Lab,  Bridgend General Hospital, S. Wales. 0656-652166 pete@smtl.demon.co.uk