tower@inmet.UUCP (12/18/83)
#R:pyuxss:-22300:inmet:11200003:177600:585 inmet!tower Dec 16 12:08:00 1983 Vitamin A overdose can also occur due to a deficiency of the essnetial amino acids and fats. The blood has a special enzyme/fatty acid complex that transports Vitamin A to the eyes (The major place its used in the body). One of the first things the body stops producing in the face of protein deficiency is this complex, which leaves the Vitamin A naked in the blood and allows it to get to places it shouldn't be. Vitamin A in its raw form is quite poisonous. Interesting how much trouble evolution went to to get sight... -len tower harpo!inmet!tower Cambridge, MA
andrea@hp-sdd.UUCP (andrea) (01/17/85)
Is this any relation to macrobiotic diet? Well-known yin/yang theory,
many books available.
Andrea Frankel, Hewlett-Packard (San Diego Division) (619) 487-4100 x4664
net: {allegra|ihnp4|decvax|ucbvax}!hplabs!hp-sdd!andrea
...searchlights casting for faults in the clouds of delusioncarol@hpfcly.UUCP (carol) (06/18/85)
What is the brand name of this product? thankyou, carol
rodean@hpfclo.UUCP (rodean) (07/17/85)
> I think the major complaint about modern obstetrics is that some OBs > behave as if all pregnancies were high-risk by definition. > -- > Elizabeth Hanes Perry > UUCP: {decvax |ihnp4 | linus| cornell}!dartvax!betsy > CSNET: betsy@dartmouth > ARPA: betsy%dartmouth@csnet-relay > "Ooh, ick!" -- Penfold Malpractice suits are probably the major reason for this situation. I recall reading that OB's have one of the highest premiums for malpractice insurance. Therefore as much is done as possible to lower the risks. During my wife's first delivery, things were so hectic that no IV was used. The nurse could not get the needle into the vein; the vein just rolled away. For the second delivery, everyone knew that things would go fast again (they did, total labor/delivery time was 2 1/2 hours) and again they had trouble getting the needle inserted, although our doctor finally managed to do so. Although the IV was neither the sole nor primary reason, my wife came through the second delivery much better than the first, even though more extensive repair work was required. Bruce Rodean {ihnp4|hplabs}!hpfcla!rodean
rodean@hpfcla.UUCP (rodean) (07/24/85)
> I just read the Atlantic Monthly article on aspartame (NutraSweet, Equal) > last night. (August 1985 issue, pp 14-20.) > In his book > 'Sweet and Dangerous', which was published in 1972, Yudkin > talks about sugar as if it were the universal usurper of > humankind's vital sap -- a poison. > At a meeting of the International Dairy Federation in > 1973 he boasted that his research on sugar would soon > "free butterfat from guilt." I'm not going to jump on either bandwagon here, but it seems to me that medical research that is 12-13 years old might be rather dated and not really useful. Anyone care to comment on that? Bruce Rodean {ihnp4|hplabs}!hpfcla!rodean
holly@hpfcla.UUCP (holly) (07/31/85)
Last summer (1984), I read an article in NEWSWEEK Magazine about genetic research. What a fascinating article. I am not sure which issue it was but I read it while sitting in a doctor's office in September. See if you can find it at your local library. It explained in detail how far the research has gone, their triumphs, etc. If I remember correctly, one major advance in medicine due to genetic research is treatment for the disease which leaves newborn children without an immune system. Not AIDS. Remember the boy in the bubble in Texas. They've been very successful in treating these children in the last couple of years and curing them. Try to read the article. I would really like to read it again myself.
mer@prism.UUCP (08/31/85)
One of the symptomatic differences between the various drugs-not categories-is that many of them have a tranquilizing effect, either inherently or because of a tranquilizer actually included in the pill. For example, Elavil is a anti-depressant, where Triavil includes the anti-d in Elavil with a couple of other drugs (thus *Tri*avil). I have taken both of those as well as Tofranil (imipramine) and found that only Tofranil doesn't make me dopey. Some of this is individual body chemistry, I'm sure, and some is inherent in the drug. There are various other side effects associated with them; I'm only familiar with those associated with Tofranil. Some of those are: dry mouth, dizziness, hypersensitivity to marijuana (I discovered this inadvertantly when I was a teenager, but it was later confirmed by a psychiatrist), delay in orgasm (maybe only in women). The only one *I've* experienced is the dry mouth and the afore-mentioned hypersensitivity. And the stuff really does work; I still get depressed over things, but the duration and depth of the depression is greatly lessened. One of the most outstanding things about anti-depressants is that they are *not* stimulants: they sort of have a "negative" effect in that you aren't *more* anything, just less depressed.
ajs@hpfcla.UUCP (09/27/85)
Re: navels > ...it takes a few minutes [after birth] for the circulation to be > rerouted to the lungs... Before my daughter was born I studied a little on fetal circulation. It's amazingly complicated and wonderful. Also one of the best arguments I've ever seen for evolution -- no sane creator would design in such a weird reversal (or would she?), just so the navel ends up on the abdomen instead of the chest, where a more straightforward circulation would be possible. > ...has implications for when in the birth process the umbilical cord > should be cut. We delayed a minute or so just to be sure Megan started out with as much of her own blood (from the placenta) as possible. Bad move; she had jaundice almost bad enough to require bili-lights. (Jaundice happens when the liver doesn't come up to speed fast enough to start processing blood breakdown products, I think. The more blood in the system, the worse it's likely to be.) -- Still, no answer to the question of why navels don't heal... Alan Silverstein, Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Systems Division, Colorado {ihnp4 | hplabs}!hpfcla!ajs, 303-226-3800 x3053, N 40 31'31" W 105 00'43"
smh@rduxb.UUCP (henning) (09/30/85)
**** **** From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA rduxb!smh Does anyone know how Hodgkins disease spreads? I know that it is a viral form of cancer and has a latency period of about 2 years, but are there any theories or facts on how it is contracted?
dawn@prism.UUCP (10/02/85)
My husband, who is trying to quit smoking, has developed a
problem that I've never heard anyone mention before -- his
mouth aches and feels very raw. This irritation goes away
when he smokes a single cigarette.
Has anyone out there either experienced this problem, or read
anything about it? What might be the cause, and what might
he try to overcome his discomfort?
His dentist has examined his mouth and gums, and claims that
they are in good condition.
Thanks in advance!
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/* Written 4:59 pm Sep 23, 1985 by friesen@psivax in prism:net.med */ > Well, *maybe*. If I remember my eastern forests right, this is > likely due to differences in light requirements... -- /* End of text from prism:net.med */ Thanks for that insight! I was being a bit flip about planting ferns to eliminate poison ivy -- but I'm serious about the fern-juice remedy! Has anyone else ever heard about it or tried it? By the way -- the only OTC remedy that ever came close to fern-juice for me was Rhulicream. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dawn Stockbridge Hall {cca, datacube, ihnp4, inmet, mit-eddie, wjh12}... Mirror Systems, Inc. ...mirror!prism!dawn "Knowing is not enough: We must apply. Willing is not enough: We must do. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
dawn@prism.UUCP (10/02/85)
I retract part of my earlier posting -- I inadvertently treated
the net to a bit of the Stockbridge-family folklore! (My mother
confessed...I have been misled!)
In fact, the chord is clamped and cut after the infant takes
its first breath. The clamp is removed after 24 hours; the stump
dries up and falls off a few days later. (Alcohol is sometimes
used to hasten the drying and fight off infection.)
I now no longer claim to know why some people have in-ys and others
have out-ys. Does anyone else?
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Dawn Stockbridge Hall {cca, datacube, ihnp4, inmet, mit-eddie, wjh12}...
Mirror Systems, Inc. ...mirror!prism!dawn
"Knowing is not enough: We must apply. Willing is not enough: We must do.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ayers@convexs.UUCP (12/12/85)
>Don't they realise that there are intelligent (shock!) non M.D.s?
No...
<You can call me Ray, or you can call me Jay, or you can call me...>
blues, II