pcl@ixn5c.UUCP (Paul Lustgarten) (01/10/83)
Welcome to the newsgroup for medical & health related material. The charter of this newsgroup is quite broad, including (besides the obvious) things like the politics & sociology of health care, news items, physiology & anatomy, 'mental health', etc. Since there is a potential problem here with someone incurring liability for practicing medicine without a license, I recommend that we keep this in mind, and in particular: 1) Cite sources whenever possible. 2) Don't present yourself as a medical authorities unless you are. 3) Avoid presenting your ideas/suggestions as instructions on what someone else 'should' do for some medical problem (this might legally qualify you as 'practicing medicine', which is probably o.k. if you have the right credentials). Paul Lustgarten Bell Labs - Indian Hill