Guest guest Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 Thanks Carol, this indeed very interesting and maybe some of it should be printed out and handed to MDs who are allowing patients to suffer because of their reluctance to give pain meds. Hugs June http://opioids.com/chronicpain/ I thought this was an interesting article. Love to all, Carol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 Hi Carol: This is an interesting article. Thanks for sharing it. Love and prayers to you and all. Jan in CA +/:=) Carol <carol@...> wrote:http://opioids.com/chronicpain/ I thought this was an interesting article. Love to all, Carol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2003 Report Share Posted May 2, 2003 > LONDON (Reuters) - Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton were geniuses but > British scientists believe they may have suffered from Asperger syndrome -- > a form of autism. > > > > > The condition, first described by Viennese physician Hans Asperger in 1944, > is a disorder that causes deficiencies in social and communication skills > and obsessive interests. > > > > But it does not affect learning or intellect and many people with AS have > exceptional talents or skills. > > > > Although it is impossible to make a definitive diagnosis in people who are > dead, Simon Baron-Cohen of Cambridge University and Ioan of Oxford > University studied the personalities of Einstein and Newton to see if the > two scientists had symptoms of AS. > > > > " Newton seems a classic case. He hardly spoke, was so engrossed in his work > that he often forgot to eat, and was lukewarm or bad-tempered with the few > friends he had, " New Scientist magazine said on Wednesday. > > > > Baron-Cohen said Einstein was also a loner and as a child he repeated > sentences obsessively. Although Einstein made friends and spoke out on > political issues, Baron-Cohen suspects he showed signs of Asperger > syndrome. > > > > " Passion, falling in love and standing up for justice are all perfectly > compatible with Asperger syndrome, " he told the weekly science magazine. > > > > " What most people with AS find difficult is casual chatting -- they can't > do small talk, " he added. > > > > But Glen Elliott, a psychiatrist at the University of California at San > Francisco, said geniuses can be socially inept and impatient with other > people without being autistic. > > > > " Impatience with the intellectual slowness of others, narcissism and > passion for one's mission in life might combine to make such an individual > isolative and difficult, " he told the magazine. > > > > Baron-Cohen said he hopes the research can improve understanding of > Asperger syndrome and make life easier for people who suffer from the > condition. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2003 Report Share Posted June 23, 2003 Gosh, I just can't decide - troll or spam? Jim > > http://www2.bostonherald.com/sport/baseball/howard06172003.htm > > > > > > Emotionally, steroids are well-documented to cause wild emotional > mood swings. Dr. Melloni, assistant professor of psychology > at Northeastern University, has conducted extensive studies in > animals and found that steroids turned hamsters violent. > > ``If you isolate a hamster, it will not become violent. Like human > beings, it has to learn how to fight,'' Melloni said. ``With anabolic > steroids, you can create aggressive behavior. Your brain is sort of > like a computer circuit board. The circuits control certain > functions, and very clearly, exposure to anabolic steroids activates > those circuits responsible for inducing aggression.'' > > Melloni said it will take at least two more years of research to > determine how long the aggressive cycles last. He added that in > addition to increasing the level of rage, steroids also prevent the > part of the brain that halts aggression at the same time, > effectively, in Melloni's words, ``possibly making another person out > of an individual.'' > > ``It's a shame people are using these drugs. They do produce hormones > for enhancing physical performance, but they come with all the > negative baggage,'' he said. ``People need to know that you're not > just playing with your biceps and triceps. You're playing with that > lovely thing in your head that makes you what you are.'' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2003 Report Share Posted June 23, 2003 Hmmm, sort of a one sided view isn't this? What about those of us who's level is so low, we can hardly get it up? > > http://www2.bostonherald.com/sport/baseball/howard06172003.htm > > > > > > Emotionally, steroids are well-documented to cause wild emotional > mood swings. Dr. Melloni, assistant professor of psychology > at Northeastern University, has conducted extensive studies in > animals and found that steroids turned hamsters violent. > > ``If you isolate a hamster, it will not become violent. Like human > beings, it has to learn how to fight,'' Melloni said. ``With anabolic > steroids, you can create aggressive behavior. Your brain is sort of > like a computer circuit board. The circuits control certain > functions, and very clearly, exposure to anabolic steroids activates > those circuits responsible for inducing aggression.'' > > Melloni said it will take at least two more years of research to > determine how long the aggressive cycles last. He added that in > addition to increasing the level of rage, steroids also prevent the > part of the brain that halts aggression at the same time, > effectively, in Melloni's words, ``possibly making another person out > of an individual.'' > > ``It's a shame people are using these drugs. They do produce hormones > for enhancing physical performance, but they come with all the > negative baggage,'' he said. ``People need to know that you're not > just playing with your biceps and triceps. You're playing with that > lovely thing in your head that makes you what you are.'' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2003 Report Share Posted October 18, 2003 , Good article, but it was dated 1999... Any idea of where things are today? Bob B. interesting article > > http://www.naturalhealthvillage.com/newsletter/990515/liam.htm > > A family goes in hiding to avoid chemo for their son in New Zealand, and > successfully cures him with alternatives. > > > > Get HUGE info at http://www.cures for cancer.ws, and post your own links there. Unsubscribe by sending email to cures for cancer-unsubscribeegroups or by visiting http://www.bobhurt.com/subunsub.mv > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2003 Report Share Posted October 18, 2003 , Good article, but it was dated 1999... Any idea of where things are today? Bob B. interesting article > > http://www.naturalhealthvillage.com/newsletter/990515/liam.htm > > A family goes in hiding to avoid chemo for their son in New Zealand, and > successfully cures him with alternatives. > > > > Get HUGE info at http://www.cures for cancer.ws, and post your own links there. Unsubscribe by sending email to cures for cancer-unsubscribeegroups or by visiting http://www.bobhurt.com/subunsub.mv > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 Wow, imagine! and ehre we thought it was teh bad mother.... now it turns out it is the bad bug....... now seriously - it IS interesting and even hope creating! F -- ( ) interesting Article Diseases of the Mind Bacteria, viruses and parasites may cause mental illnesses like depression and perhaps even autism and anorexia http://www.msnbc.com/news/997153.asp By Janet Ginsburg NEWSWEEK INTERNATIONAL Dec. 1 issue - Olga Skipko has had the good fortune to live most of her adult life in the Polish village of Gruszki, in the heart of the Puszcza Bialowieska, one of Europe's most beautiful forests and home to wolves, lynxes and the endangered European bison. Unfortunately, the forest is also a breeding ground for disease-carrying ticks. Skipko, 49, thinks she was bitten about 10 years ago, when she began having the classic symptoms of Lyme borreliosis, a tickborne nervous-system disease: headaches and aching joints. She didn't get treatment until 1998. " I was treated with antibiotics and felt a bit better, " she says. THAT WAS only the beginning of her troubles. A few years later, she began to forget things and her speaking grew labored. It got so bad that she had to quit her job in a nursery forest and check herself in to a psychiatric clinic. " I hope they will help me, " she says. " I promised my children that when I come back home, I will be able to do my favorite crosswords again. " Doctors ran a battery of tests and concluded that her mental problems were the advanced stage of the Lyme disease she had contracted years ago. Scientists have long known that some diseases can cause behavioral problems. When penicillin was first used to treat syphilis, thousands of cured schizophrenics were released from mental asylums. Now, however, scientists have evidence that infections may play a far bigger role in mental illness than previously thought. They've linked cases of obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia to a variety of infectious agents, and they're investigating autism, Tourette's and anorexia as well. They're beginning to suspect that bad bugs may cause a great many other mental disorders, too. " The irony is that people talked about syphilis as the 'great imitator', " says University of Louisville biologist Ewald, " but it may be the 'great illustrator'-a model for understanding the causes of chronic diseases. " Mental illnesses constitute a large and growing portion of the world 's health problems. According to the World Health Organization, depression is one of the most debilitating of diseases, on a par with paraplegia. Psychiatric illnesses make up more than 10 percent of the world's " disease burden " (a measure of how debilitating a disease is), and are expected to increase to 15 percent by 2020. Much of this may be the work of viruses, bacteria and parasites. Psychiatrist E. Fuller Torrey, of the Stanley Medical Research Institute in land, has found from studying historical asylum records that hot spots-higher-than-normal incidences-of mental illness can shift, much like infectious-disease outbreaks, which lends credence to the notion that infectious agents play a big role. " Mental disorders are the major chronic recurrent disorders of youth in all developed countries, " says Harvard policy expert Kessler, who directs the WHO's mental-health surveys. Perhaps the most well known disease that's been linked to mental disorders is Lyme disease, which is caused by the Borrelia burgdorferi germ. First identified in the mid-1970s among children near Lyme, Connecticut, the disease has long been known to cause nervous-system problems and achy joints if left untreated. Now scientists are finding that Lyme disease can also trigger a whole smorgasbord of psychiatric symptoms, including depression. One New York man (we'll call him Joe) found out firsthand how debilitating the disease can be. When he began having bouts of major depression back in 1992, he had forgotten all about the tick bite he had gotten four years earlier. He spent two years in a blur of antipsychotic drugs, mental institutions, jails and suicide attempts. On a hunch, a doctor at a psychiatric hospital in New Jersey had Joe tested for Lyme disease. After an intensive course of antibiotics, Joe's improvement was dramatic and immediate. " I started to have this fog lift, " he recalls. Still, he will probably have to be on psychotropic drugs for the rest of his life. Some psychiatrists fret that there may be thousands of people suffering from Lyme-induced depression without knowing why. Not only is Lyme disease tricky to diagnose-not everybody gets the circular rash, and lab tests still aren't wholly reliable-it can take a decade or more for mental disorders to set in. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control says that nine out of 10 cases of Lyme diseases remain unreported. There are 15 species of borellias-making them the most common tickborne disease-producing bacteria in the world. For its part, the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which can be found in undercooked meat and cat feces, can lead to full-blown psychotic episodes. Some studies suggest that the parasite stimulates the production of a chemical similar to LSD, producing hallucinations and psychosis. Even when the parasite lies dormant in muscle and brain tissue, it can affect attention span and reaction time in otherwise healthy people. Researchers at University in Prague have discovered that people who test positive have slightly slower-than-average reaction times and-possibly as a result-are almost three times as likely to have car accidents. That's a disturbing prospect, considering that the disease is so widespread: billions of people are thought to be infected. Even a simple sore throat can lead to psychiatric problems. Few children avoid coming down with a streptococcus infection, also known as strep. Scientists now think that one in 1,000 strep sufferers also develops abrupt-onset obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in a matter of weeks. Strep bacteria trigger OCD by igniting an overzealous response from the immune system, which attacks certain types of brain cells, causing inflammation. Symptoms generally die down after a few months but can flare up again, especially if there's another bout of strep, says Swedo, a childhood-disease expert at the National Institutes of Health. The most effective treatment, still experimental, is to filter out the misbehaving antibodies from the blood. Best is to treat strep early on. The specter of a depression germ or contagious obsessive-compulsive disorder is unnerving, but it also opens up many more treatment options-antibiotics, vaccines, checking for ticks. Geneticists believe that diseases may trigger the onset of inherited mental illnesses by activating key genes. Avoiding and treating infection may be just as important as the genes you inherit, and a whole lot easier to do something about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 I visited a cranial osteopath for Aidan when he was 18 months old to see if he could help his tort and remaining plagio. He held a vibrator thing to his " pressure points " and to his head. Aidan flipped out when it touched his head, can't quite blame him. I think that these guys can be helpful with a younger baby but not necessarily an older one. Just our experience. Oh, and his tort was worse after that visit for quite awhile. Waste of $250 for us but I'm sure that others have had better experience. Natasha > http://www.healthy.net/asp/templates/Article.asp?Id=1060 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Hi Natasha: Just wanted to put my 2 cents in - my daughter saw her Osteopath and I believe he saved her from severe problems (she was jerking rythmically before the treatments - and the jerking completely went away after 2 treatements). She saw her osteopath for about 7 months - she was 8 weeks old to 9 months old. At 9 months she was doing great and it became more difficult to treat her due to her developmental stage. Now that she's almost 2 1/2 years old, we go 2 times per year just to keep an eye out for any problems which, thankfully we have not run into yet. My daughter now LOVES to get treated, and if she has pain or tight muscles she asks to see the Dr. She lays very still and loves what he does - she even " treats " me when she gets home. Her doctor never used any instruments on her - just his hands. It could be that you got a dud. Sorry for your bad experience. With kind regards, , Rhiannon's mom > > http://www.healthy.net/asp/templates/Article.asp?Id=1060 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 I'm happy to hear that you had a positive experience. I do think that I had a dud. Natasha > > > http://www.healthy.net/asp/templates/Article.asp?Id=1060 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 In a message dated 5/27/2004 12:08:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time, katyr64@... writes: http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2004/05_25-28/BUS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Good for her!!! Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 I came across her site a few days ago. Pretty neat success story. Too bad she is going to try to copywrith the shape cuz what a fun idea. Shaye Interesting article Hi there.....my Dad just sent a link to an article about a soapmaker in polis. (I grew up in that area. Lived there all my life before moving to NY 15 years ago.) Anyway, thought some of you might find it interesting too. http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2004/05_25-28/BUS Her website is http://www.what-fun.com She's got great packaging but I'm not sure how she's going to trademark the pvc pipe thing. Also wondering how one would wash with that shape of soap? They sure are pretty though! Love the idea of the six-packs! Cute stuff! $100,000 a year. Wouldn't that be awesome? In my wildest dreams...... :-) Katy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2004 Report Share Posted July 27, 2004 > http://www.candidapage.com/aldehyde.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 In a message dated 11/4/2004 5:59:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, katyr64@... writes: _http://www.nature.com/news/2004/041101/full/041101-8.html_ (http://www.nature.com/news/2004/041101/full/041101-8.html) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I saw that too. Isn't it fantastic?? Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2005 Report Share Posted May 6, 2005 Gee, could mercury and other toxins be causing those differences in immune system function?! S S <tt> Its pretty interesting.<BR> A cause could be found??<BR> <BR> <BR> <a href= " http://tinyurl.com/ckqyl " >http://tinyurl.com/ckqyl</a><BR> <BR> <BR> </tt> <br><br> <tt> =======================================================<BR> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 Oh, here it is! SunnySunny Kierstyn, RN DC Fibromyalgia Care Center of Oregon @ Turtle Island Health Center 56 Oakway Center Eugene, Oregon, 97401 541-683-5600 From: "Chuck Simpson, DC" <CSimpson@...>"sunny Kierstyn" <skrndc1@...>Subject: interesting articleDate: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 07:13:03 -0700Hi Sunny,High Milk Consumption Linked to Obesity in Kids<http://www.medpagetoday.com/tbindex.cfm?tbid=1159>BOSTON-School age children who gulp down more than three glasses of milkdaily may wind up heavier than their more abstemious classmates -- thosewho down just one or two glasses.http://www.medpagetoday.com/tbindex.cfm?tbid=1159C Simpson With MSN Spaces email straight to your blog. Upload jokes, photos and more. It's free! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 It's a great peice of technology. During my round of exams this year I was told this Pillcam was available but because my esophagus empties so slowly I couldn't swallow the camera. They couldn't chance it getting hung up at the LES or in one of the other crimps in my E . So I have had 3 endoscopies this year. Also can't take biopsies with the camera and would have to have the endoscopy anyway. > " Pillcam enables Jefferson Physicians to diagnose diseases of > esophagus without using endoscope " > > http://www.news-medical.net/?id=10865 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 Patients who will be diagnosed as a result of the Pillcam should not eat for two hours prior to the procedure. Dr. Infantolino cautions that the new device is not suitable for those with swallowing disorders, pacemakers or with known or suspected gastrointestinal obstruction, strictures or fistulas. Thanks , That was a great article until I read the part I copied and pasted above! How frustrating for us! http://www.jefferson.edu/ interesting article > " Pillcam enables Jefferson Physicians to diagnose diseases of > esophagus without using endoscope " > > http://www.news-medical.net/?id=10865 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2005 Report Share Posted August 13, 2005 Thank you for posting this and I am sending it to many of my friends. I come from family backgroung with multiple mental illness cases and find this paper quite engaging. Thanks again. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 Where else, but on the Samters forum, could we learn about these kind of medical breakthroughs?!!?! After steroids, and diet, and desensitization and irrigation, this is clearly the silver bullet. -- Ken West Check the library . . . samters/links > From: Rex Young <rex@...> > Reply-samters > Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 17:45:08 -0700 > samters > Subject: Interesting article > > http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1702692,00.html > > > Rex Young > rex@... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 Now all we need is a critter that eats polyps! Jim --- Ken West <kenwest@...> wrote: --------------------------------- Where else, but on the Samters forum, could we learn about these kind of medical breakthroughs?!!?! After steroids, and diet, and desensitization and irrigation, this is clearly the silver bullet. -- Ken West Check the library . . . samters/links > From: Rex Young <rex@...> > Reply-samters > Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 17:45:08 -0700 > samters > Subject: Interesting article > > http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1702692,00.html > > > Rex Young > rex@... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 But I bet we'd be allergic to the critter! Billie in TexasJim Brown <jim747@...> wrote: Now all we need is a critter that eats polyps!Jim--- Ken West <kenwest@...> wrote:---------------------------------Where else, but on the Samters forum, could we learn about these kind ofmedical breakthroughs?!!?!After steroids, and diet, and desensitization and irrigation, this isclearly the silver bullet.-- Ken West Check the library . . . samters/links> From: Rex Young <rex@...>> Reply-samters > Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 17:45:08 -0700> To: samters > Subject: Interesting article> > http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1702692,00.html> > > Rex Young> rex@...> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 This article was predictable - since there was a very major article released last week about the BAND being far superior. I know Joanne well, and she is an experienced and knowledgeable (and successful) Bandster, and I know she posted this just to share info - whether it as biased and INcorrect as this article, or not. Sandy r > > > > > 10:49 PM CDT on Monday, July 17, 2006 > Bloomberg News > > > NEW YORK – Doctors in New York compared two kinds of surgery to help > severely obese people lose weight and found that the most common form > used in the U.S. is superior. > > Gastric bypass, which makes the stomach smaller and reduces the > amount of food processed by the small intestine, causes fewer > complications and results in more weight loss than lap band surgery, > or laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, researchers said Monday. > > " What's important isn't what's the least invasive but what's the most > effective procedure, " said Ferzli, head of surgery at Lutheran > Medical Center in Brooklyn, co-author of the study, which appeared in > the Archives of Surgery. > > Weight-loss operations of all types will total an estimated 177,600 > worldwide this year, according to the American Society for Bariatric > Surgery, a professional group based in Gainesville, Fla. Banding, > which involves only the stomach and requires less time in the > hospital, has become fashionable in recent years. > > " The [gastric] bypass is the operation that every other operation is > trying to compare to, " said Dr. Ferzli, who said he has performed > hundreds of bariatric surgeries. > > All of the patients in the study registered 50 or higher on an index > of body mass. A person 5 feet, 8 inches tall would need to weigh 329 > pounds to hit 50 on the index. > > The BMI number is computed by taking weight in kilograms and dividing > by the square of height in meters. The National Heart, Lung and Blood > defines 25 as the lower limit of being " overweight, " and 30 or higher > as " obese. " > > Bariatric operations aren't ordinarily performed unless a person's > BMI hits 40, in the absence of weight-related diseases, Dr. Ferzli > said. The study looked at 106 consecutive patients. Sixty chose > gastric banding, and 46 chose gastric bypass, also known as > laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Both types of operations are > laparoscopic, meaning that doctors make only a small incision. > > While banding requires shorter operations and hospital stays, > patients receiving that procedure went on to lose, on average, only > 31 percent of their excess weight, compared with 52 percent of the > Roux-en-Y group, after a follow-up time of about 16 months, the > doctors reported. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 In a message dated 7/19/2006 4:47:32 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, MoonshadowRN@... writes: //That's exactly it! We all know the bypsass people lose faster, then start to regain around 18 months. It's is NO COINCIDENCE that this study goes out only 16 months. // In fairness to the Bypass people not ALL bypass people regain. As with the band it is those dedicated to their weightloss who will be successful. I have had 2 Gastric Bypass Surgeries, DS and Lap Band. I can share that with the lap band I believe it has TAUGHT me how to eat which will lead to a lifetime of healthy eating. With DS I dropped the weight really quickly, came to an abrupt stop and then didn't know how to lose the rest. I did not develop good eating habits and went back to a lot of my old ways of eating. Kim 401/250 DS 5/5/02 250/201/140 Banded 1/16/06 pre/now/goal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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