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In article <rhaller-260493122521@rhaller.cc.uoregon.edu>, rhaller@ns.uoregon.edu (Rich Haller) writes: |> I have a fairly severe high frequency hearing loss. A recent rough test |> showed a gently sloping loss to 10-20db down at 1000cps. Then it falls off |> a cliff to 70-80dbs down from 1500cps on.  This type of loss is difficult |> to fit. I am currently using some old siemens behind the ear aids which |> keep me roughly functional, but leave a lot to be desired. |>  |> Recently I had an opportunity to test the Widex Q8 behind the ear aids for |> several weeks. These have four independent programs which are intended to |> be customized for different hearing situations and can be reprogramed. I |> found them to be a definite improvement over my current aids and was about |> to go ahead with them until another local outfit advertised a free trial of |> another programmable system called ReSound. |>  |> Unfortunately I was only able to try the ReSound aids in their office for |> about 30 minutes and I couldn't compare them 'head to head' with the Widex. |> Nevertheless, it did appear to me that they were superior and I was |> impressed by what I was able to read about the theory behind them which I |> will give in a separate posting. They also carry the Widex aids and had one |> patient (presumably wealthy) who decided to go ahead and get the ReSound |> even though he had purchased the Widex only 6 months ago. |>  |> The problem is that the ReSound aids are about twice as expensive as the |> Widex and other programmable aids. I could take a trip to Europe on the |> difference!  Being a lover of bargains and hating to spend money, I am |> having a hard time persuading myself to go with the ReSounds. I would |> appreciate any opinions on this and other hearing aids and projections |> about when and if I might see improvements in technology that aren't quite |> so expensive. |>  |>   Your hearing curve sounds a lot like mine (thanks, Uncle Sam!).  I've been wearing Miracle Ear canal aids for about 5 months now and I find them to be acceptable.  They are molded to the shape of your ear canal, and tuned to  your hearing curve.  They are comfortable to wear and almost invisible, if you're worried about that (although if you're currently wearing behind the ear models, that's not an issue).  The cost:  I paid $1200 each for mine, through the Miracle Ear counter at Sears.  I've heard that there is a substantial discount for senior citizens, but I haven't researched that, because I'm not a senior citizen, yet!  Give them a try; you might be pleasantly surprised!
I posted about a "pulse of (relaxation) electricity".  I now think it more like a pulse of "relaxation" or comfort than a pulse of electricity.  It is what you feel if you are overwhelmed by a feeling of comfort, such as seeing or thinking about something beautiful.       Another thing.  When you sleep, you lie down facing up, with your palms aside of you and facing down on the surface of the bed.  Then you relax, and there start involuntary nerve firings inside your flesh.  So, you feel a "shiver" below the surface of the skin (not heart-beat). Then this shiver increases, and comes up to your head, and the roam you hear loudens.  (Note that you always hear a high-pitch when you lie down in bed; this is just the noise of your blood running in your ear.)  This roam is different from the high pitch, but follows the shiver of your body.       "Shiver" is not the word.  It may be called a mild vibration or quake. What is this shiver and roam?  Can I use this to induce out-of-body experience?
Am I justified in being pissed off at this doctor?  Last Saturday evening my 6 year old son cut his finger badly with a knife. I took him to a local "Urgent and General Care" clinic at 5:50 pm.  The  clinic was open till 6:00 pm.  The receptionist went to the back and told the  doctor that we were there, and came back and told us the doctor would not  see us because she had someplace to go at 6:00 and did not want to be delayed  here.  During the next few minutes, in response to my questions, with several  trips to the back room, the receptionist told me: 	- the doctor was doing paperwork in the back, 	- the doctor would not even look at his finger to advise us on going 	  to the emergency room; 	- the doctor would not even speak to me; 	- she would not tell me the doctor's name, or her own name; 	- when asked who is in charge of the clinic, she said "I don't know."  I realize that a private clinic is not the same as an emergency room, but I was quite angry at being turned away because the doctor did not want to be bothered.  My son did get three stitches at the emergency room.  I'm still  trying to find out who is in charge of that clinic so I can write them a  letter.   We will certainly never set foot in that clinic again.
In article <uabdpo.dpo.uab.edu-280493114107@spam.dom.uab.edu> uabdpo.dpo.uab.edu!gila005 (Stephen Holland) writes: >In article <1993Apr27.180334@betsy.gsfc.nasa.gov>, >ohandley@betsy.gsfc.nasa.gov wrote: >>  >> The second issue: [summarized]  He has had extra heartbeats for the past >3 to 4 years, and once was symptomatic from them, with some >lightheadedness. >He is young, (30-ish), thin and in good >> health (recent bloodtests were all normal), and do not smoke, use drugs or >> caffeine, etc. I'm willing to accept the extra beats as "normal", but don't >> want to ignore them if they might be some kind of warning symptom. The number >> of PVC's seems to increase throughout the day, and with exercise (or something >> as simple as climbing some stairs). Also, if I get up after sitting or lying >> down for a while, I tend to get a couple of extra beats. Could they possibly >> be related to the esophagous problems? Both seemed to develop at about the >> same time. > >I' not an expert on heart problems, but PVC's are common and have been >overtreated in the past.  My personal experience, and I have the same  >history an build you do (related to the heart, that is), is that my PVC's >come and go, with some months causing anxiety.  Taking on more fluids >seems to help, and they seem worse in the summer.  Remember that a slow  >heart rate will allow more PVC's to be apparent, so perhaps it is an  >indication of a healthy cardiac system (but ask an expert about that >last point, especially)  I too have had premature ventricular heartbeat, starting in 1974.  (These  are not, by the way, "extra" heartbeats.  This is how they feel, and  this is how I described them initially to the doctor, but they're  actually *premature* heartbeats.  I would sometimes experience a lapse  after one of these that went on for a suffocatingly long period of time,  making me wonder if my heart were ever going to beat again.)   I had them persistently for eighteen years.  Then I went on a low-fat  diet, and they just stopped.  I haven't had a single episode of PVH  for almost two years.  I know:  correlation does not imply causation.  This is just FWIW.
I understand Robert Centor has a program called ROC ANALYZER, that can be used to do receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. Does  anyone know if this is avaliable from an FTP site? If not, does anyone know how to get a copy of it?  ==============================
In article <1rm29k$i7t@hsdndev.harvard.edu> rind@enterprise.bih.harvard.edu (David Rind) writes: :In article <enea1-270493135255@enea.apple.com> : enea1@applelink.apple.com (Horace Enea) writes: :>Can anyone out there tell me the difference between a "persistent" disease :>and a "chronic" one? For example, persistent hepatitis vs chronic :>hepatitis. : :I don't think there is a general distinction.  Rather, there are :two classes of chronic hepatitis: chronic active hepatitis and chronic :persistent hepatitis.  I can't think of any other disease where the :term persistent is used with or in preference to chronic. : :Much as these two terms "chronic active" and "chronic persistent" :sound fuzzy, the actual distinction between the two conditions :is often fairly fuzzy as well.  I beg to differ.  Chronic *active* hepatitis implies that the disease remains active, and generally leads to liver failure.  At the very minimum, the patient has persistently elevated liver enzymes (what some call "transaminitis").  Chronic *persistant* hepatitis simply means that the patient has HbSag in his/her blood and can transmit the infection, but shows no evidence of progressive disease.  If I had to choose, I'd much rather have the persistant type.
A bit more than a year ago, a hernia in my right groin was discovered.  It had produced a dull pain in that area.  The hernia was repaired using the least intrusive (orthoscopic?) method and a "plug and patch".  The doctor considered the procedure a success.  A few months later the same pain returned.  The doctor said that he could find nothing wrong in the area of the hernia repair.  Now the pain occurs more often.  My GP couldn't identify any specific problem.  The surgen who performed the original procedure now says that yes there is a "new" hernia in the same area and he said that he has to cut into the area for the repair this time.  My question to the net:  Is there a nonintrusive method to determine if in fact there is a hernia or if the pain is from something else?
In article <badboyC64t0z.FGq@netcom.com> badboy@netcom.com (Jay Keller) writes: > >(I've already heard from a couple who said they had it and it didn't >really help them). > >I am a moderately severe asthmatic.  ENT doc says large percentage see some >relief of their asthma after sinus surgery.  Also he said it is not unheard of >that migraines go away after chronis sinusitis is relieved. > > > Did your ENT also tell you that this procedure may remove warts from the soles of your feet and improve your sex life?
I am very interested in investigations of starvation for improving health. I am the young Russian reseacher  and have highest medical education  and expierence in reseach work in biological field and would like  to work on this problem. Can anybody send me the adresses of the hospitals or Medical Centers where   scientific problems of human starvation for the health are investigated?   Also I would like to set scientific contacts with colleagues who deals with investigations in this field. I would be very appreciated anyone reply me.   Pls, contact by post: 142292, Russia,                          Moscow Region,                         Puschino,                         P.O. box 46,                          for Kravchenko N.      ;         or by e-mail: kutuzova@venus.iteb.serpukhov.su
In article <C697IJ.IuA@srgenprp.sr.hp.com> jeffs@sr.hp.com (Jeff Silva) writes: >pk115050@wvnvms.wvnet.edu wrote:  >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.   One more reason for men to learn the Lamaze breathing techniques, in order to be able to get some pain reduction instantly, wherever you are.
I would like to know if their is any medical consensus (or consensus within this group) regarding the ethics of the following:    1: Prescription of placebo medications when the patient      did not specifically request any sort of treatment.    2: Selling a placebo medication for a profit.    3: Prescribing homeopathic remedies without advising      a patient of their "controversial nature".    4: Representing homeopathic remedies as "over the counter"      medications.
I love the FAQ.         The comment about contact lenses not being an option for any remaining correction after RK and possibly after PRK is interresting.  Why is this?  Does anyone know for sure whether this applies to PRK as well?  Also, why is it possible to get a correction in PRK with involvement of only about 5% of the corneal depth, while RK is done to a depth of up to 95%?  Why such a difference?  I thought the proceedures were simmilar with the exception of a laser being the cutting tool in PRK.  I must not be understanding all of the differences.  In the FAQ, the vision was considered less clear after the surgery than with glasses alone.  If this is completly attributable to the intentional slight undercorrection, then it can be compensated for when necessary with glasses (or contacts, if they CAN be worn afterall!).  It is important to know if that is not the case, however, and some other consequence of the surgery would often interfere with clear vision.  The first thing that came to my mind was a fogging of the lense, which glasses couldn't help.   would not help.
In article <1993Apr18.163212.9577@walter.bellcore.com>, jchen@wind.bellcore.com (Jason Chen) writes: =There is no contradiction here. It is essential in the sense that your =body needs it. It is non-essential in the sense that your body can =produce enough of it without supplement.  And when you're in a technical discussion of amino acids, it's the latter definition that's used almost universally. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
I have several isolation amplifier boards that are the ideal interface for EEG and ECG.  Isolation is essential for safety when connecting line-powered equipment to electrodes on the body.  These boards incorporate the Burr-Brown 3656 isolation module that currently sells for $133, plus other op amps to produce an overall voltage gain of 350-400.  They are like new and guaranteed good.  $20 postpaid, schematic included.  Please email me for more data.
I am looking for current sources for lists of all the home medical tests currently legally available. I believe this trend of allowing tests at home where feasible, decreased medical costs by a factor of 10 or more and allows the patient some time and privacy to consider the best action from the results of such tests. In fact I believe home medical tests and certain basic tests for serious diseases such as cancer, heart disease, should be offered free to the American public. This could actually help to reduce national medical costs since many would have an earlier opportunity to know about and work toward recuperation or cure. Mike Romano
-*---- Cross-posted and with followups directed to talk.politics.theory.  -*---- In article <79700@cup.portal.com> mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) writes: > Indeed, we are today a nation at risk!  The threat is not from bad genes, > but bad memes!  Memes are the basic units of culture, as opposed to genes > which are the units of genetics. > > We must expand the public-health laws to include quarantine of people > with harmful memes. ...  In other words, we should jail people who say the wrong  things.  In this advocacy, we can see a truly ugly meme. Does Mark Robert Thorson advocate jailing himself?
In article <1rmn0c$83v@morrow.stanford.edu>, mou@nova1.stanford.edu (Alex Mou) writes: > Hi all, >  > My skin is very dry in general. But the most serious part is located > from knees down. The skin there looks like segmented. The segmentation > actually happens beneath the skin. I would like to know if there is any > cure for this. >  > At the supermarkets or pharmacies, there are quite a lot of stuffs for > dry skins, but what to chose? >  > Thanks in advance for all advices and hints. >  > Reply by email preferred. >  > Alex >  >   As a matter of fact, I just saw a dermatologist the other day, and while I  was there, I asked him about dry skin. I'd been spending a small fortune on various creams, lotions, and other dry skin treatments. He said all I needed was a large jar of vaseline. Soak in a lukewarm tub of water for 10 minutes (ONLY 10 minutes!) then massage in the vaseline, to trap the moisture in. That will help. I haven't tried it yet, but you can bet I will. The hard part will be finding the time to rub in the vaseline properly. If it's not done right, you remain greasy and stick to your clothes. Try it. It's got to be cheaper then spending $30 for 8 oz. of 'natural' lotion.
Also remember that most people map the sanguine/choleric/melencholic/phlegmatic division onto the extraversion and neuroticism dimensions (Like Eysenck) and that the MBTI does not deal with neuroticism (Costa & McCrae).
My wife and I are in the process of selecting a pediatrician for our first child (due June 15th).  We interviewed a young doctor last week and were very impressed with her.  However, I discovered that she is actually not an Medical Doctor (M.D.) but rather a "Doctor of  Osteopathy" (D.O.).  What's the difference?  I believe the pediatrician *I* went to for many years was a D.O. and he didn't seem different from any other doctor I've seen over the years.  My dictionary says that osteopathy is "a medical therapy that emphasizes manipulative techniques for correcting somatic abnormalities thought to cause disease and inhibit recovery."  Jeez, this sounds like chiropractic.  I remember getting shots and medicine from *my* pediatrician D.O., and don't remember any  "manipulative techniques".  Perhaps someone could enlighten me as to the real, practical difference between an M.D. and a D.O.  Also, I'm interesting in hearing any opinions on choosing a pediatrician who follows one or the other medical philosophy.  Readers of sci.med:  Please respond directly to sbrenner@attmail.com; I do not read this group regularly and probably won't see your response if you just post it here.  Sorry for the cross-posting, but I'm hoping there's some expertise here.  a T d H v A a N n K c S e
In article <1993Apr26.120417.22328@linus.mitre.org> gpivar@mitre.org(The Pancake Emporium) writes: >In article <1993Apr22.211005.21578@scorch.apana.org.au>, bill@scorch.apana.org.au (Bill Dowding) writes: >|> todamhyp@charles.unlv.edu (Brian M. Huey) writes: >|>  >|> >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. >|>  >|> Krillean photography involves taking pictures of minute decapods resident in  >|> the seas surrounding the antarctic. Or pictures taken by them, perhaps. >|>  >|> Bill from oz >|>  > > >Bill, >No flame intended but you're way, way off base. In simple terms Kirilian >photography registers the electromagnetical fields around objects, in simple, >it takes pictures of your aura. >|>  > >--  >Greg  > You're confused.  You are talking about KIRILIAN photography.  Bill is talking KRILLEAN photography.
In article <1ppae1$bt0@bigboote.WPI.EDU> susan@wpi.WPI.EDU (susan) writes: > a friend of mine has a very severe cause of jiggers - > for over a year now - they cause him a lot of pain. > > i recently read (i don't know where) about a possible > cure for jiggers.  does anyone have any information on > this?  i can't remember the name of the treatment, or > where i read it. >  I'll probably get flamed for this, but when I was a kid we would go to my uncles cabin on Middle Bass Island on Lake Erie. We always came home with a nasty case of jiggers (large red bumps where the buggers had burrowed into the skin). My mother would paint the bumps with clear finger nail polish. This was repeated daily for about a week or so. The application of the polish is supposed to suffocate them as it seals of the skin. All I can say is it worked for us. One word of caution though. Putting finger nail polish on a jigger bite stings like hell.  (If I do get flamed for this just put jam in my pockets and call me toast.:)
Hi sci.med folks...  I would like to know anything you folks can tell me regarding Lithium.  I have a 10 year old son that lives with my ex-wife.  She has been having difficulty with his behavior and has had him on Ritalin, Tofranil, and now wants to try Lithuim at the local doctors suggestion.  I would like to  know whatever is important that I should know.  I worry about this sort of thing and would like pros/cons regarding Lithium therapy.  I have a booklet from the "Lithium Information Center" based at the  University of Wisconsin, but feel that it is pro-lithium and would be interested in comments from the "not necessarily PRO" side of the fence.  I am a concerned father and just wish to be well informed...  Thanks for any information you can provide.  Please email me directly...
In article <206@ky3b.UUCP> km@ky3b.pgh.pa.us (Ken Mitchum) writes: > >I found out that tuberculosis appears to be the only MEDICAL (as oppsed to psychiatric) >condition that one can be committed for, and this is because very specific laws were >enacted many years ago regarding tb. I am certain these vary from state to state.  I think in Illinois venereal disease (the old ones, not AIDS) was included. Syphillis was, for sure.     --  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 on this newsgroup happen to know WHY morphine was first isolated from opium?  If you know why, or have an idea for where I could look to find this info, please mail me. 	CSH any suggestionas would be greatly appreciated  --  "Kilimanjaro is a pretty tricky climb. Most of it's up, until you reach the very, very top, and then it tends to slope away rather sharply." 					Sir George Head, OBE (JC)
In article <lsj1gdINNkor@saltillo.cs.utexas.edu> turpin@cs.utexas.edu (Russell Turpin) writes: >-*---- >How does the helium get consumed?  I would have thought that failure >to contain it perfectly would result in its evaporation .. back into  >the atmosphere.  Sounds like a cycle to me.  Obviously, it takes  >energy to run the cycle, but I seriously doubt that helium consumption >is a resource issue. > It's not a cycle.  Free helium will escape from the atmosphere due to its high velocity.  It won't be practical to recover it.  It has to be mined.   --  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Banks  N3JXP      | "Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and geb@cadre.dsl.pitt.edu   |  it is shameful to surrender it too soon."