Saturday, 25 March 2006
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| asthma predisione and obesity Dean 06:21:32 |
| | does anyone else have problems with losing the weight after a round of
predisione....am doing the weight watcher thing helps a bit
thanks Dean
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Friday, 24 March 2006
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| how much wheeze,cough is considered unusual ? Guest 02:25:40 |
| | I am sorry for that stupid question, but I am really confused. My son
sometimes wheezes when he sleeps ( perhaps one or twice a night ),
sometimes cough at night ( one time several nights ), but he still
sleeps very well. He does not wake up, does not cry ... At day time, he
runs and plays well.
I read some web sites, they all list the asthma symtoms but I could not
find a site say how much wheeze, cough is considered may have asthma.
Thanks for your advice,
DT
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Thursday, 23 March 2006
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| Free nebulizer supplies Guest 01:14:24 |
| | I have the following supplies available for FREE -- you pay postage
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Salter Labs 1600 Nasal Cannula (1)
Salter Labs 2002 Oxygen Tubing (1)
Salter Labs 8660 NebuTech HDN Nebulizer (1)
Salter Labs 2020 Oxygen tubing (1)
Salter Labs 1600*-50 Nasal Cannula (5)
Salter labs 2020G Oxygen Tubing (1)
Hudson RCI 1884 Micro Mist Nebulizer (1)
All items are BRAND NEW and in original packaging. Would like to see
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interested (tiffanysierocki@hotmail.com) -- first come, first served.
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Tuesday, 21 March 2006
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| Harboring Doubts? Pharmamorin could help. MikeV 23:37:01 |
| | Wonder Drug Inspires Deep, Unwavering Love Of Pharmaceutical
Companies
March 6, 2006 | Issue 42.10
NEW YORK-The Food and Drug Administration today approved the sale of
the drug PharmAmorin, a prescription tablet developed by Pfizer to
treat chronic distrust of large prescription-drug manufacturers.
Pfizer executives characterized the FDA's approval as a "godsend"
for sufferers of independent-thinking-related mental-health
disorders.
PharmAmorin, now relieving distrust of large pharmaceutical
conglomerates in pharmacies nationwide.
"Many individuals today lack the deep, abiding affection for drug
makers that is found in healthy people, such as myself," Pfizer CEO
Hank McKinnell said. "These tragic disorders are reaching epidemic
levels, and as a company dedicated to promoting the health,
well-being, and long life of our company's public image, it was
imperative that we did something to combat them."
Although many psychotropic drugs impart a generalized feeling of
well-being, PharmAmorin is the first to induce and focus intense
feelings of affection externally, toward for-profit drug makers.
Pfizer representatives say that, if taken regularly, PharmAmorin can
increase affection for and trust in its developers by as much as
96.5 percent.
"Out of a test group of 180, 172 study participants reported a
dramatic rise in their passion for pharmaceutical companies," said
Pfizer director of clinical research Suzanne Frost. "And 167 asked
their doctors about a variety of prescription medications they had
seen on TV."
Frost said a small percentage of test subjects showed an interest in
becoming lobbyists for one of the top five pharmaceutical companies,
and several browsed eBay for drug-company apparel.
PharmAmorin, available in 100-, 200-, and 400-mg tablets, is
classified as a critical-thinking inhibitor, a family of drugs that
holds great promise for the estimated 20 million Americans who
suffer from Free-Thinking Disorder.
Pfizer will also promote PharmAmorin in an aggressive, $34.6 million
print and televised ad campaign.
One TV ad, set to debut during next Sunday's 60 Minutes telecast,
shows a woman relaxing in her living room and reading a newspaper
headlined "Newest Drug Company Scandal Undermines Public Trust." The
camera zooms into the tangled neural matter of her brain, revealing
a sticky black substance and a purplish gas.
The narrator says, "She may show no symptoms, but in her brain,
irrational fear and dislike of global pharmaceutical manufacturers
is overwhelming her very peace of mind."
After a brief summary of PharmAmorin's benefits, the commercial
concludes with the woman flying a kite across a sunny green meadow,
the Pfizer headquarters gleaming in the background.
PharmAmorin is the first drug of its kind, but Pfizer will soon face
competition from rival pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb.
The company is developing its own pro-pharmaceutical-company
medication, Brismysquibicin, which will induce warm feelings not
just for drug corporations in general, but solely for Bristol-Myers
Squibb.
"A PharmAmorin user could find himself gravitating toward the
products of a GlaxoSmithKline or Eli Lilly," BMS spokesman Andrew
Fike said. "This could seriously impede the patient's
prescription-drug-market acceptance, or worse, Pfizer's profits in
the long run."
"Brismysquibicin will be cheaper to produce and therefore far more
affordable to those on fixed incomes," Fike added.
The news of an affordable skepticism-inhibitor was welcomed by New
York physician Christine Blake-Mann, who runs a free clinic in
Spanish Harlem.
"A lot of my patients are very leery of the medical establishment,"
Blake-Mann said. "This will help them feel better about it, and save
money at the same time."
PharmAmorin's side effects include nausea, upset stomach, and
ignoring the side effects of prescription drug medication.
mikeV
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/46032
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Saturday, 18 March 2006
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| Why Doctors So Often Get It Wrong Alison Chaiken 18:40:15 |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/22/business/22leonhardt.html?_r=1&incamp=article_popular&oref=slogin
Read the article soon if you're so inclined; the free-access period is
likely nearly over.
--
Alison Chaiken "From:" address above is valid.
(650) 236-2231 [daytime]http://www.wsrcc.com/alison/
Waging a war is simple, but running a country is very difficult.
-- Pham Van Dong, first prime minister of unified Vietnam, 1976
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Thursday, 16 March 2006
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| Get rid of asthma permanently Guest 00:54:28 |
| | Before I found this solution, I battled asthma the same way you are
doing today - with over-the-counter products, prescription drugs and
uncomfortable devices, hoping against hope that it would disappear one
day.
Unfortunately, I can tell you from experience that those solutions do
not work; all they do is provide relief from some of the symptoms and
can even make them worse. They do attack the source of the problem and
get rid of the asthma itself.
Today, instead of avoiding the things that I love to do in my life, I
break into a great big SMILE because I am now able to travel, swim,
work in my yard, go dancing with my wife, play tennis and even
basketball - anytime I wish! It is such a relief to be able to live my
life to the fullest, without worrying about when the next debilitating
asthma attack will occur!
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Wednesday, 15 March 2006
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| My dad's dying - can't breathe... A-Son-Searching 02:59:49 |
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To whom it may concern:vaylem@cableone.net
My dad is dying, panting and gasping for every breath, all slumped over
most of the time in his chair. He's got emphasyma, COPD and whatever
other labels he's been given, but they don't mach up with his
symptoms and he cannot be the only one to have this problem! Those
lung D/O's start from the top & work their way down, don't they?
He had pneumonia as a small child with no hospitals to tend him. As a
grown, most stubborn man in his late 50's or early 60's he got it
again. It's been postulated he lost the lower half of his left lung
with the childhood bout and quite possibly the bottom of the right lung
walking because of it - pneumonia - all one winter with no doctors
or hospitals utilized. Unless someone's got a clue what's really
wrong, he's done w/ Western medicine except for the constant O2
he'd expire immediately without and the albuterol of which he uses
more than he should. He has his own oximeter to track blood saturation
and feels better with lower numbers, strangely, down to a point. I'm
an alcoholic, 20 years recovering come cinco deMayo of this year, but
I've got him drinking a cup full of 14%'ish fortified table wine
- cheap stuff - TID & it raises the numbers temporarily and,
possibly, gives him a bit of respite, but it can't help much or for
long.
He did the sheep new cell (stem cell) treatment in Mexico with some
sort of doctor of a homeopathic bent. First time, he came up like a
miracle! He was walking miles at a time, eating and sleeping better
than before he got hit with whatever this is. A month later it waned.
He got a "booster treatment" (one primary ingredient was hydrogen
peroxide) and he came up like another miracle again, but it waned
again, too. Even after a full 2nd treatment with eight'ish new cell
shots around the lung area harvested from a baby sheep again, each time
he waned, he waned a bit further. Now he's just riding it for as
long as he lasts, I guess.
This is a near genius man in electronics, written up x2 in national
publications (e.g. popular science) and one whom I've never been able
to give a chore he couldn't tackle & do it well! He's literally
good, expert, even, in most every occupation I can think of short of,
maybe, a brain surgeon. He's from that best generation that
appreciates everything, wastes nothing and has the moral standards our
United States used to be made of! He never wasted a minute when he
could be working on something and be productive. Wireless, remote, but
fully live and "in-person" classrooms around our valley with
microwave dishes pointed at the local jr. college (the College of
Southern Idaho) was his last big project. Kids in another town could
attend school in their home town taught by the professor at the college
in Twin Falls, here, each seeing the other (& hearing) on big screen
tv's. They're begging him to just consult, but he's not even up
to that!
What can this be? It's not any of the common disorders. He wasn't
one to contribute to ill-health activities. He should be able to
breathe or at least be helped, but everyone who doesn't know what
he's got wants to call it something they know about so they can add
another patient to the list, it seems. Some honorable and some
less-than-honorable men & women in the field of medicine have tried to
diagnose and treat him, but they don't know what it is and he simply
cannot be the only one on earth with this particular set of symptoms I
see to be atypical for the run-of-the-mill aforementioned diagnoses.
Please think it through, ask more questions if needed and respond, If
he had a prospect that made sense with what is known, he'd travel,
but he's done with those who can't even admit when they don't
know. It is the absolute truth that the more we learn, the more we
know there is to learn - yes? Some don't see it - even very
intelligent people! What do you say?
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Monday, 13 March 2006
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| Research into Internet Support for those who have Asthma Guest 11:07:27 |
| | Hello.
We are sending you this email to invite you to participate in an
on-line web survey. Sorry to post again, we are still looking for
participants. The study aims to investigate the internet as a form of
support for those who have Asthma. The study should only take about 20
minutes and involves filling out 1 questionnaire about your personal
feelings. The findings of this study will hopefully provide evidence
that internet discussion groups are valid form of support for those who
have Asthma. Such evidence would have important implications for those
who have Asthma and their friends, family and healthcare workers.
The study is being conducted by a psychology undergraduate at the
University of Manchester, UK, under the supervision of a member of
staff. It has been screened and approved by the School of Psychological
Sciences Research Ethics Committee at the university. We shall be
collecting data between now and late March/early April and will provide
feedback to the discussion group when the research is complete. We
would be grateful for as many people to participate as possible.
If you would like to discuss any aspect of the study prior to deciding
whether to participate please make contact via the following email
address:
craig.murray-2@manchester.ac.uk
If you are happy to participate in the study, please follow the web
link below:
www.freeresponse.org/projectindex.aspx
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Sunday, 12 March 2006
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| Don't Limit Diet Because of Unfounded Food-Allergy Fears Aroberts 01:11:08 |
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The leading respiratory research center in the world has this to say about
food allergies and asthma:
From National Jewish Medical and Research Center:
"Many people unnecessarily avoid certain foods because of mistaken fears
about food allergies. Parents are especially prone to limiting the diets of
their children. In one study, 28 percent of parents thought their children
had at least one food allergy during the first three years of life. However,
careful testing showed that only 8 percent of the children actually had a
food allergy."
Full text of article is here:
http://www.nationaljewish.org/news/health-news/features/food-allergy-misperceptions.aspx
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Saturday, 11 March 2006
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| Emphysema / IRON AND OXIDATIVE STRESS Ironjustice@Aol.Com 20:38:34 |
| | [The role of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of pulmonary
emphysema]
Vucevic D, Radosavljevic T, Zunic S, Dordevic-Denic G, Pesic BC,
Radak D
Med Pregl. 2005 Sep-Oct ; 58(9-10): 472-7
OXIDATIVE PULMONARY DAMAGE: The pathogenesis of pulmonary emphysema is
incompletely understood. Nearly 90% of all patients with chronic
obstructive pulmonary diseases are smokers. Cigarette smoke is a rich
source of oxidants. Oxidative stress increases oxidant generation,
which cannot be neutralized with antioxidant defense mechanisms.
Lipids, proteins and deoxyribonucleic acid are components of the cell
that are most sensitive to oxidative damage. Oxygen radicals can modify
amino acid side chains, form protein aggregates, cleave peptide bonds,
and make proteins more susceptible to proteolytic degradation. It has
been shown that neutrophils have a principal effector role in pulmonary
tissue damage. Neutrophil elastase can damage air spaces by degrading
elastin, and a variety of extracellular membrane proteins,
proteoglycans, and glycoproteins. Neutrophil elastase can also
stimulate inflammation by increasing interleukin-8 synthesis.
Additionally, neutrophil elastase can activate or inactivate inhibitors
of neutrophil collagenase, and secretory leukoprotease proteinase
inhibitor. Apart from neutrophils, oxidative stress causes activation
of other phagocytes and severe inflammatory response ensues. LIPID
PEROXILATION AND PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA: Except protein oxidation and
lipid peroxidation, oxidants may disturb signal transmission in the
cells, as well as normal cell membrane function and function of
organelles. Modified structure of deoxyribonucleic acid may cause
mutations, which in absence of repairation enzyme activity lead to cell
injury. IRON AND OXIDATIVE STRESS: Iron metabolism is also important in
the development of pulmonary emphysema due to its role in production of
some oxidants.
Who loves ya.
Tom
Jesus Was A Vegetarian!
http://jesuswasavegetarian.7h.com
Man Is A Herbivore!
http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/manisaherbivore
DEAD PEOPLE WALKING
http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/deadpeoplewalking
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Friday, 10 March 2006
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| Lyin' Guys (Sorry Eagles) Aroberts 04:12:46 |
| | Lyin' Guys (Sorry, Eagles)
Naturopaths just seem to find out early
How to open people's wallets with their guile
A rich dupe shows up
and they don't have to worry
They can live out all their fantasies in style.
It's not hard to prey on the sick and lonely
But every bogus treatment has a price
It breaks ones heart to see that same nostrum
prescribed for all, whether cancer or head lice.
They tell you that it's all a yeast infection
that real doctors always miss, because they're fools;
They "discovered" this from samples of your blood
and things that you've provided from your stools.
Chorus:
I can't abide those lyin' guys
and their scam is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
That you've really just among the lyin' guys.
They say that your allergies are just hiding
and for a price they'll make them disappear.
The problem is that they're not confiding
that they're just preying on your fear.
We wonder how you ever got so crazy
how you never learned a single thing in school
Are you tired, or are you just plain lazy?
('though you've worked real hard to convince us you're a fool).
My, oh my, you know how to rearrange things
To disavow your posts so carefully
Ain't it funny how your lies haven't changed things
You're still deluded as you used to be
Chorus:
I can't abide those lyin' guys
and their scam is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
That you've really just among the lyin' guys.
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Wednesday, 8 March 2006
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| Primatene 00doc 08:55:41 |
| | Alison mentioned this in a post last month but I am seeing more about it now
(and it didn't generate much comment then). Primatene mist may be pulled
from the market.
I think the main reason is that it is part of the doing away with CFC
containing products. Some articles do mention that the manufacturer is still
hoping to come back with a CFC free version later. Other articles mention
that there is also some concern about its safety and efficacy. If this is
the case then that will not change no matter what the propellant.
The main argument against pulling it off the market is that asthma rescue
inhalers will then be less available since the only ones out will be by
prescription. There is precident both for (insulin) and against (the meds
for nearly every other serious illness) this logic.
Of course, if the issues are that Primatene is a crappy med with much better
replacements but that they don't want to take it off the market for fear
that some people will not be able to get asthma meds then it seems to me
that what they should do is pull the Primatene and make albuterol OTC. Or
does that make too much sense?
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=1533708
--
00doc
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Tuesday, 7 March 2006
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| Research into internet support for those who have Asthma Guest 11:11:40 |
| | Hello.
We are sending you this email to invite you to participate in an
on-line web survey. The study aims to investigate the internet as a
form of support for those who have Asthma. The study should only take
about 20 minutes and involves filling out 1 questionnaire about your
personal feelings. The findings of this study will hopefully provide
evidence that internet discussion groups are valid form of support for
those who have Asthma. Such evidence would have important implications
for those who have Asthma and their friends, family and healthcare
workers.
The study is being conducted by a psychology undergraduate at the
University of Manchester, UK, under the supervision of a member of
staff. It has been screened and approved by the School of Psychological
Sciences Research Ethics Committee at the university. We shall be
collecting data between now and late March/early April and will provide
feedback to the discussion group when the research is complete. We
would be grateful for as many people to participate as possible.
If you would like to discuss any aspect of the study prior to deciding
whether to participate please make contact via the following email
address:
craig.murray-2@manchester.ac.uk
If you are happy to participate in the study, please follow the web
link below:
www.freeresponse.org/projectindex.aspx
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| (For at least 4 months, when TGR carded his 486/33). Guest 04:45:16 |
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(For at least 4 months, when TGR carded his 486/33).
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| My Gosh I am such a bore! Bob 03:36:04 |
| | No offense, John Denver...
Please excuse me, but yet once again, I am moved to song:
Well the funny farm life is gettin' kinda laid back
Ain't a newsgroup a state employee like me can't hack
It's early to surmise, then pedal back
My Gosh, I am such a bore!
Well a simple kinda life never did me no harm
A raisin' me a raucous, soundin' my hollow alarm
My days are all filled up postin' more mindless smarm
My Gosh, I am such a bore!
Well I got me a fine line, got myself in the middle
When my diaper's not changed, I get wet cuz' I piddle
Life ain't nothin' but a narcissistic riddle
My Gosh I am I such a bore!
When the postin's all done and the sun's settin' low
I pull out my diddle and I rosin up my bow
The kids are fast asleep so I keep it kinda low
My Gosh I am such a bore!
I'd make up real goodn's all day if I could
But they're so bored with my theories (they ain't workin' very good)
So I fake it when I could, don't deny it when I should
My Gosh, I am such a bore!
Well I got me a fine line, got myself in the middle
When my diaper's not changed, I get wet cuz' I piddle
Life ain't nothin' but a narcissistic riddle
My Gosh I am I such a bore!
Well I wouldn't trade my Naturopath for diamonds and jewels
He never was one of them money hungry fools
I'd rather see my MD, though (he's gotta bigger bag-o-tools)
My Gosh I am such a bore!
Well I got me a fine line, got myself in the middle
When my diaper's not changed, I get wet cuz' I piddle
Life ain't nothin' but a narcissistic riddle
My Gosh I am I such a bore!
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Monday, 6 March 2006
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| inhaler technique, no spacer Hawat Thufir 05:43:32 |
| | Several years ago a doctor advised me not put the inhaler on my lips
because the medicine in the inhaler would end up on my tongue and in my
mouth, not in my lungs. This doctor advised holding the inhaler a fists
length away from the mouth, to start inhaling first, then depress the
cartridge. This way there would be a cloud of medicine to inhale, and
because I had already started inhaling that the cloud would move very
efficiently. This makes sense to me.
A different doctor has advised to put the inhaler to my lips.
Of course, opinions will vary. Has anyone had similar advice as me? Is
there any data about this? I've seen mention of both techniques on the
web, but surely one must be preferable. There have been numerous
experiments about how cigarette smoke is inhaled, surely there've been
experiments on different techniques to using inhalers?
I know about spacers, but that doesn't seem practical for day to day use.
How much of a difference does it make if the spacer tube is there, or
absent? How fast should one be inhaling? I've read that some spacers
have a whistle which indicate that one's inhaling too fast--which seems
counterintuitive.
-Thufir
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Sunday, 5 March 2006
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| Asthma, a culture-bound disease? Richard Friedel 16:10:58 |
| | An argument for a culture bound status of asthma and consequently
helping to solve the "asthma mystery" could go like this.
1)Culture-bound diseases or syndromes are scientifically accepted
reality, see the Web with such morbidly fascinating syndromes as koro.
2)Our cultural perception of breathing may be "medical" but is
unscientific, for being based on the notion that breathing at rest
should be subjectively effortless and comfortable. Also, prior to heavy
exertion, anything like a war cry or a yell or animal breathing noises
in stressful situations are classified as purely psychological and not
physiological and related to the manipulation of breathing itself and
hence blood flow (hemodynamics). No westerner would think of the
purring of a cat or the roar of a lion as having any (additional)
physiological function. Somebody in the developing world might think
that a purring cat is mystically united with the cat god, and this for
practical purposes might be nearer the truth.
3)Current medical treatment is squarely based on reducing breathing
effort whatever, but this fails to take the culture-bound disease
phenomenon into account and seems to be flawed for this reason. The
debates on asthma causation and treatment seem to be exquisitely
irrelevant.
Respectfully submitted, Richard Friedel
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