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In article <1993Apr15.190711.22190@walter.bellcore.com>, jchen@wind.bellcore.com (Jason Chen) writes: > In article <1993Apr15.135941.16105@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>, dougb@comm.mot.com (Doug Bank) writes: >  > |> I woke up at 2 AM and puked my guts outs. > |> I threw up for so long that (I'm not kidding) I pulled a muscle in > |> my tongue.  Dry heaves and everything.  No one else got sick, and I'm > |> not allergic to anything that I know of.   >  > The funny thing is the personaly stories about reactions to MSG vary so > greatly. Some said that their heart beat speeded up with flush face. Some > claim their heart "skipped" beats once in a while. Some reacted with > headache, some stomach ache. Some had watery eyes or running nose, some > had itchy skin or rashes. More serious accusations include respiration  > difficulty and brain damage.  >  > Now here is a new one: vomiting. My guess is that MSG becomes the number one > suspect of any problem. In this case. it might be just food poisoning. But > if you heard things about MSG, you may think it must be it.  Surprise surprise, different people react differently to different things. One slightly off the subject case in point. My brother got stung by a bee. I know he is allergic to bee stings, but that his reaction is severe localized swelling, not anaphylactic shock. I could not convince the doctors of that, however, because that's not written in their little rule book.  I would not be surprised in the least to find out the SOME people have bad reactions to MSG, including headaches, stomachaches and even vomiting. Not that the stuff is BAD or POISON and needs to be banned, but people need to be aware that it can have a bad effect on SOME people.  Lone Wolf
In article <1993Apr27.151619.2636@netnews.noc.drexel.edu> giamomj@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu (Mike G.) writes: >Need info on Circumcision, medical cons and pros > >In article <C63yG5.8tH@cs.uiuc.edu> Gunnar Blix, blix@milton.cs.uiuc.edu >writes: >>I need information on the medical (including emotional :-) pros and >>cons of circumcision (at birth).  I am especially interested in >>references to studies that indicate disadvantages or refute studies >>that indicate advantages.  A friend who is a medical student is >>writing a survey paper, and apparently the studies she has run into >>are all for circumcision, the main argument being a lower risk of >>penile cancer. >> >>Please email responses as I am not a frequent reader of either group. >>I will summarize to the net. > >I'm very surprised that medical schools still push routine circumcision >of newborn males on the population. Since your friend is not a man, she   Money probably has a lot to do with keeping the practice of routine  circumcision alive... It's another opporitunity to charge a few hundred extra bucks for a completely unnecessary procedure, the rationale for  which until recently has been accepted without question by most parents of newborns.    One could also imagine that complications arising from circumcision (infections, sloppy jobs, etc) are far more common than the remote chance of penile cancer it is purported to prevent.      >can't imagine what it's like to have a penis, much less a foreskin. I >guess if American medicine did an artistic job of circumcising every >male, then the visual result would be somewhat more natural in >appearance... > >The penile cancer thing has been *completely* debunked...she must be >going to school on a South Pacific island. Tell her to check the Journal >or Urology for circumcision articles. I remember at least 1 on an old >Jewish man (cut at birth) who developed penile cancer....I mean, if the >cancer risk was that great, the Europe who have been circumcising like >crazy, too. Teaching a boy how to keep his cockhead clean is the issue: a >little proper hygiene goes a long way - Americans are just too hung up on >the penis to consider cleaning it: that's just way too much like >mastubation. So you have surgical intervention that is basically >unnecessary.
Last year, I was totally surprised when my annual physical disclosed an inguinal hernia.  I couldn't remember doing anything that would have caused it.  That is, I hadn't been lifting more than other people do, and in fact probably somewhat less.  Eventually the thing became more painful and I had the repair operation.  This year I developed a pain on the other side.  This turned out to be another inguinal hernia.  So I go back to the hospital Monday for another fun 8-) operation.  I don't know of anything I'm doing to cause this to happen.  I'm 38 years old and I don't think I'm old enough for things to start falling apart like this.  The surgeon who is doing the operation seems to suspect a congenital weakness, but if so, why did it suddenly appear when I was 37 and not really as active as I was when I was younger?  Does anyone know how to prevent a hernia, other than not lifting anything?  It's rare that I lift more than my 16-month-old or a sack full of groceries, and you may have noticed that your typical grocery sack is fairly small these days.  Is there some sort of exercise that will reduce the risk?  Of course, my wife thinks it's from sitting for long periods of time at the computer, reading news...
I was wondering if anyone had any information about Molluscous contagiosem. I acquired it, and fortunately got rid of it, but the question still lingers in my mind: Where did it come from?  The little bit of info that I have  received about it in the past states that it can be transmitted sexually, but also occurs in small children on the hands, feet and genitalia.  Any information will be greatly appreciated.    "I grow old, I grow old; I shall wear my trousers rolled."
In article <stephen.735806195@mont> stephen@mont.cs.missouri.edu (Stephen Montgomery-Smith) writes: :When I was a school boy, my biology teacher told us of an incident :in which a couple were very passionate without actually having :sexual intercourse.  Somehow the girl became pregnent as sperm :cells made their way to her through the clothes via persperation. : :Was my biology teacher misinforming us, or do such incidents actually :occur?  Sounds to me like someone was pulling your leg.  There is only one way for pregnancy to occur: intercourse.  These days however there is also artificial insemination and implantation techniques, but we're speaking of "natural" acts here.  It is possible for pregnancy to occur if semen is deposited just outside of the vagina (i.e. coitus interruptus), but that's about at far as you can get.  Through clothes -- no way.  Better go talk to your biology teacher.
In article <C64FuM.5B8@news.claremont.edu> ebrandt@jarthur.claremont.edu (Eli Brandt) writes: >In article <MMEYER.93Apr26102056@m2.dseg.ti.com> mmeyer@m2.dseg.ti.com (Mark Meyer) writes: >>	Besides, Kirilian photography is actually photography of my >>friend's two-year-old son Kiril.  Perhaps you meant "Kirlian"? > >I think it was a typo for "Karelian photography", which is the >practice of taking pictures of either Finns or Russians, depending >on whom one asks.  Think we can lose the sci.image.processing group from this thread, folks?  Thanks bunches.  							spl
In article <ASHWIN.93May1225032@leo.gatech.edu> ashwin@cc.gatech.edu (Ashwin Ram) writes: >Does the "Thermoscan" instrument really work?  It is supposed to give you a >fast and accurate temperature reading in the ear.  How far in the ear does >one have to insert the instrument?  Is it worth the $100 it is currently >selling for?  No, they do not work well.  My doctor started using one recently, and I thought the concept was so amazing that I bought one too.    The thing works by reading the infrared emissions from the ear drum. The ear drum is hotter than the ear canal walls, so you have to point the thing very carefully.  This means tugging on the top of the ear to straighten out the ear canal, then inserting the thing snugly, then pushing a button.  Unfortunately, there are many things that can go wrong. It is almost impossible to aim the thing correctly when you do it on  yourself.  I get readings which differ from each other by up to 2 degrees, and may differ from an oral thermometer by up to 2 degrees.    I talked to one of the nurses in my doctor's office recently about this, and she said she didn't like them either, for same reasons.  She did give me some instruction on how to tug on my ear, and what correct insertion feels like, but she said she thought it was impossible to do correctly on one's self.  She also said that she and other nurses had complained to the company about inaccurate readings, and that someone from the company had told them to take great care to clean the infrared window at the end of the probe with alcohol from time to time.  She demonstrated this prior to reading my temperature, and managed to get a reading within 0.5 degree of the oral temperature I took at home before driving to the Dr's office.  I have also noticed tha some nurses click the button, then remove the probe immediately.  This causes wrong readings.  In my experience, you have to leave the probe in a good 1 to 2 seconds after clicking the button to get a good measurement.  The nurse I talked with agreed.  I suspect that many people don't realize this, and therefore get bad readings for yet another reason.
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...
Hi, I am not sure where to post this message, please contact me if I'm way off the mark. On 19.3.93 my wife went to her General Practitioner (Doctor). He mentioned an article from a medical journal that is of great interest to us. He had read it in the previous three months but has been unable to find it again. The article was about Whiplash Injury/Cervical Pain. It mentions the use of a MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imagery) machine as a diagnostic tool and the work of a neurosurgeon who relived cervical pain. This article is most likely in an Australian medical journal. I very much want to obtain the name of the article, journal and author because the case matches my wife. We would very much appreciate anyone's help in this matter via email preferably. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gavin Anderson                              email: GAnderson@cmutual.com.au Analyst/Programmer.                         phone: +61-3-607-6299 Colonial Mutual Life Aust. (ACN 004021809)  fax  : +61-3-283-1095 -----------Some people never consciously discover their antipodes----------  --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gavin Anderson                              email: GAnderson@cmutual.com.au Analyst/Programmer.                         phone: +61-3-607-6299 Colonial Mutual Life Aust. (ACN 004021809)  fax  : +61-3-283-1095
In article <1993Apr12.151035.22555@omen.UUCP> caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) writes: > >In article <1993Apr11.192644.29219@clpd.kodak.com> young@serum.kodak.com writes: >> >>	Human glucose: 70 - 110 mg./dL. (fasting) [2] > >Are these numbers for whole blood, or plasma?  	Serum, actually, but plasma numbers are the same.  Whole blood 	numbers for humans tend to be somewhat lower (roughly 5 to 10  	percent lower).  I find the following range for whole blood in 	FUNDAMENTALS OF CLINICAL CHEMISTRY: N. W. Teitz, editor; W. B. 	Saunders, 1987:  	Human glucose (whole blood, fasting levels) --> 60 - 95 mg./dL.  >Which are the strips calibrated for?  (Obviously they measure whole blood)  	Indeed, they do measure whole blood levels, although they are not 	as accurate as a serum test done in a laboratory.  One problem is 	that cells in the sample continue to metabolize glucose after the 	sample is drawn, reducing the apparent level.  According to Teitz, 	however, results compare "reasonably well" with laboratory results, 	although "values below 80 mg./dL. tend to be lower with strip tests, 	whereas values above 240 mg./dL. can be very erratic."  >What is the conversion factor between human plasma glucose and >whole blood (pin prick) glucose concentration?  	As stated above, whole blood levels tend to be roughly 5 to 10  	percent lower than serum levels.  Sample freshness will affect 	whole blood levels, however.  I don't believe there is a well- 	defined "conversion factor," since cell metabolism will affect 	samples to varying degrees.  The serum/plasma test is much  	preferred for any except general "ball park" testing.
Does anyone know the approximate prescription cost of a 250 ml bottle of Roxonal (morphine)?
In article <1993Apr14.122647.16364@tms390.micro.ti.com> david@tms390.micro.ti.com (David Thomas) writes:  >>In article <13APR199308003715@delphi.gsfc.nasa.gov>, packer@delphi.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer) writes: >>>Is there such a thing as MSG (monosodium glutamate) sensitivity? >>>I saw in the NY Times Sunday that scientists have testified before  >>>an FDA advisory panel that complaints about MSG sensitivity are >>>superstition. Anybody here have experience to the contrary?  >>> >>>I'm old enough to remember that the issue has come up at least >>>a couple of times since the 1960s. Then it was called the >>>"Chinese restaurant syndrome" because Chinese cuisine has >>>always used it. > >So far, I've seen about a dozen posts of anecdotal evidence, but >no facts.  I suspect there is a strong psychological effect at  >work here.  Does anyone have results from a scientific study >using double-blind trials?    Check out #27903, just some 20 posts before your own. Maybe you missed it amidst the flurry of responses? Yet again, the use of this newsgroup is hampered by people not restricting their posts to matters they have substantial knowledge of.  For cites on MSG, look up almost anything by John W. Olney, a toxicologist who has studied the effects of MSG on the brain and on development.  It is undisputed in the literature that MSG is an excitotoxic food additive, and that its major constituent, glutamate is essentially the premierie neurotransmitter in the mammalian brain (humans included).  Too much in the diet, and the system gets thrown off.  Glutamate and aspartate, also an excitotoxin are necessary in small amounts, and are freely available in many foods, but the amounts added by industry are far above the amounts that would normally be encountered in a ny single food.  By eating lots of junk food, packaged soups, and diet soft drinks, it is possible to jack your blood levels so high, that anyone with a sensitivity to these compounds will suffer numerous *real* physi9logical effects.  Read Olney's review paper in Prog. Brain Res, 1988, and check *his* sources. They are impecable. There is no dispute.
As nobody in the food industry has even bothered to address my previous question "WHY DO YOU NEED TO PUT MSG IN ALMOST EVERY FOOD?" I must assume that my wife's answer is closer to the truth than I hoped it was.  She believes that MSG is added to food to cause people to eat more of it and not quit when they shoud be sated.  To put it a different way, she  believes that for some people MSG causes them to act toward food like an addict.   (Eat all the chips, chow down on several packages of noodle soup .... you get the idea! }  IF she is right, then the moral and ethical standards of the  food, chemical and regulatory groups need to be addressed!!!  Can MSG be considered a conditioning substance (not addictive but sort of habit forming) ?  This brings up a side question of mine.   I have noticed that cats (my children's and my parent's) seem to fixate on a particular brand of pet food. The cat will eat any product within one brand and not any other brand.  I have wondered if this is not a case of preference, but, some sort of chemical training or addiction. My questions, for the net, are: Does the FDA regulate the contents of pet food?  Is it allowed for pet food to contain addictive or conditioning substances?  Is MSG put in  pet food?  ----------------------------------- I speak for myself and not Motorola -----------------------------------
In article <DEHP.117@calvin.edu> DEHP@calvin.edu (Phil de Haan) writes:     In article <1qk708INNa12@mojo.eng.umd.edu> georgec@eng.umd.edu (George B. Clark) writes:    >You can also swab the inside of your nose with Bacitracin using a    >Q tip. Bacitracin is an antibiotic that can be bought OTC as an    >ointment in a tube. The doctor I listen to on the radio says to apply    >it for 30 days, while you are taking other antibiotics by mouth.     I have a new doctor who gave me a prescription today for something called     Septra DS.  He said it may cause GI problems and I have a sensitive stomach     to begin with.  Anybody ever taken this antibiotic.  Any good?  Suggestions     for avoiding an upset stomach?  Other tips?  I've taken Septra.  My daughter has taken it many times for ear infections.  It works sometimes.  It is a sulfa drug.  About the only problem I found was that I'm sensitive and developed a rash after nine days of a ten day course.  No more Septra for me.  My doctor was remiss in not telling me to watch out for a rash.  I was quite in the dark and didn't realize that it could be a drug reaction.  No harm done though.  Doug
In article <1993Apr21.134848.19017@peavax.mlo.dec.com>, lunger@helix.enet.dec.com (Dave Lunger) writes: >  > What does a lack of taste of foods, or a sense of taste that seems "off" > when eating foods in someone who has cancer mean? What are the possible > causes of this? Why does it happen?  I can't answer most of your questions, but I've seen it happen in  family members who are being treated with radiation and/or chemotherapy. Jory Graham published a cookbook many years ago (in cooperation with  the American Cancer Society, I think) called "Something has to taste good" (as I recall).  The cookbook was just what we needed several times when favorite foods suddenly became "yech".
nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye) writes:  >[reply to rsilver@world.std.com (Richard Silver)] >  >>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?  Thanks. >  >There is an "eyedness" analogous to handedness but it has nothing to do >with refractive error.  To see whether you are right or left eyed, roll >up a sheet of paper into a tube and hold it up to either eye like a >telescope.  The eye that you feel more comfortable putting it up to is >your dominant eye.  Refractive error is often different in the two eyes >but has no correlation with handedness. >  >David Nye (nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu).  Midelfort Clinic, Eau Claire WI >This is patently absurd; but whoever wishes to become a philosopher >must learn not to be frightened by absurdities. -- Bertrand Russell   What do you mean "more comfortable putting it up to."  That seems a bit hard to evaluate.  At least for me it is.    Stare straight Point with both hands together and clasp so that only the pointer fingers are pointing straight forward to a a spot on the wall about eight feet away.  First stare at the spot with both eyes open.  Now close your left eye.  Now open your left eye.  Now close your right eye. now open your right eye.  If the image jumped more when you closed your right eye, you are right eye dominant.  If the image jumped more when you closed your left eye, you are left eye dominant.
In article <noringC5yL3I.3qo@netcom.com> noring@netcom.com (Jon Noring) writes: >In article rind@enterprise.bih.harvard.edu (David Rind) writes: > >>Do you believe that any quacks exist?  How about quack diagnoses?  Is >>being a "licensed physician" enough to guarantee that someone is not >>a quack, or is it just that even if a licensed physician is a quack, >>other people shouldn't say so?  >I would say there are also significant numbers of unscrupulous doctors (of >the squeaky-clean, traditional crew-cut, talk to the AMA before starting >any treatment, kind)  Umm, weren't you the one objecting to someone who is a "licensed physician" being called a quack?  Or is it just that being a licensed physician is a good defense against charges of quackery when the physician agrees with your system of beliefs?  >Lately I've seen the word "quack" bandied about recklessly.  Actually, I almost never use the term quack.  When I discuss "systemic yeast syndrome", however, I always point out that mainstream medicine views this as a quack diagnosis (and I agree with that characterization).  >Let me put it another way to make my point clear:  "quack" is a nebulous word >lacking in any precision.  Really?  I bet virtually everyone reading these posts understands what Steve Dyer, Gordon Banks, and I am implying when we have talked about systemic yeast syndrome as a quack diagnosis.  Would you prefer the word "charlatan"?  (I don't happen to think that all quacks are charlatans since I suspect that some believe in the "diseases" they are diagnosing.)  >(p.s., may I suggest - seriously - that if the doctors and wanna-be-doctors on >the net who refuse to have an open mind on alternative treatments and >theories, such as the "yeast theory", should create your own moderated group.  Why?  Is there some reason why you feel that it shouldn't be pointed out in SCI.med that there is no convincing empirical evidence to support the  existence of systemic yeast syndrome?
In article <19930430140738SFB2763@MVS.draper.com> SFB2763@MVS.draper.com   (Eileen Bauer) writes: > 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.
Recently I've come upon a body of literature which promotes colon cleansing as a vital aid to preventive medicine through nutrition.  In particular, Dr. Bernard Jenssen in his book "Colon Cleansing for Health and Longevity" -- the title actually escapes me, but it is very similar to that -- claims that regular self-administered colonics, along with certain orally ingested "debris-loosening agents", boosts the immune system to a significant degree.  He also plugs a unique appliance called the "Colema Board", which facilitates the self-administration of colonics.  It sells for over $100 from a California-based company.  He also plugs Vitra-Tox products as his chemical agents of choice: these include volcanic ash, supposedly for its electrical charge, and psyllium powder, for its bulkiness.  If anyone knows anything about colon cleansing theory, its particulars, or the Colema Board and related products, I'd be very interested to hear about research and personal experience.  This article is crossposted to alt.magick as the issue touches upon fasting and cleansing through a "ritual" system of purification.  -- Eli