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Article: 100012 of sci.med
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From: brucem@andyclin.exnet.com (Bruce C. McKenzie)
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Subject: Medical FAQ List (1.5)
Date: 01 Mar 1995 00:34:14 GMT
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Filename: 
	Medical FAQ List
From:	 
	bruce-m@cybertas.demon.co.uk (Bruce C. McKenzie).
Description: 
	Pointer to medicine/health and support-related FAQs in Usenet.
Location: 
	UseNet: sci.med; OneNet: Medical Library;
ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk//pub/misc/MedFAQ.txt.
Version: 
	1.5 (28.02.95)
Posting Frequency:
	Approximately monthly

About This File:
----------------

This file is an evolving list of "Frequently Asked Questions" documents on
medicine/health and support-related topics posted to UseNet Newsgroups on the
Internet. For an overview of the FAQ philosophy, see "FAQs about FAQs" from
Russ Hersch,sibit@datasrv.co.il (posted to news.answers). These medical/
health-related FAQs are of value to both patients and health professionals,
as they highlight the most common concerns held by sufferers, and help to
fill the health information void. Some are qenuinely frequently asked
questions from Usenet discussions; others represent the efforts of
individuals to share information they have collected.     

Because people come and go, previous versions of this FAQ may be invalid if I
am not aware of a change in author or email address. I rely on your help to
ensure this list is as accurate as possible, as I cannot read all the
newsgroups on a regular basis myself. If you are unable to locate an FAQ in
this list, please let me know.

Suggestions and submissions for inclusion in future versions most welcome.
Many thanks to those who have already sent a contribution to the list.

Copyright Notice
----------------

Copyright 1994-95 by Bruce C McKenzie. Permission is granted to transmit and
store this document electronically or otherwise, PROVIDING THAT IT REMAINS
UNEDITED. Any errors are unintentional, and any expenses or inconveniences
incurred as a consequence of their interpretation are not the responsibility
of the author.

How do I access the FAQs in this list?
--------------------------------------

There are four ways.

1. Read the Usenet newsgroups on the off chance that an update has recently
been posted. News Answers (a moderated repository for periodic UseNet
articles) is a good place to look if you can't find an FAQ where you expect
it, as many are co-posted here. Many of the misc.kids FAQs are posted to the
misc.kids.info newsgroup.

2. Send email to one of the contacts listed in the Medical FAQ List to
request a copy. Note that where a named person is given as a contact, this
person is will have to send the FAQ to you by personal email. As this
involves their time and possible expense, please do not randomly make
requests for FAQs. 

3. You can get a listing of FAQs held in any newsgroup archive by sending an
email request to ftpmail@doc.ic.ac.uk (or a closer FTP mailserver) with the
following in the body of the message:

open rtfm.mit.edu 
cd /pub/usenet-by-group/
dir
quit

One you have the directory listing you can substitute the dir command with
get . Note that not all FAQs listed here are archived in this
way.

4. If you have full Internet access, run your FTP client and connect to
rtfm.mit.edu and browse the directory /pub/usenet-by-group to locate any
archived FAQs.

How can I get a copy of this document?
--------------------------------------

There are five ways:

1. Read the Usenet newsgroup sci.med or the OneNet Medical Library/ Medical
UK Conferences on the off chance that an update has recently been posted. 

2. Send email to the author of the Medical FAQ List to request a copy. Please
try other methods first.

3. Send an email request to ftpmail@doc.ic.ac.uk (or a closer FTP mailserver)
with the following in the body of the message:

open ftp.demon.co.uk 
cd /pub/misc
get MedFAQ.txt
quit

4. If you have full Internet access, run your FTP client and connect to
ftp.demon.co.uk and browse the directory /pub/misc to locate this file as
'MedFAQ.txt'. At the name prompt, enter 'ftp'. Use your full email address as
the password.

5. It is available for downloading from the Medical Resources section within
NHS Forums on Andy's Clinic BBS, Manchester UK tel. 0614399429 (modem). The
filename is Medical FAQ List.

Version History
---------------
 
	1.0 (01.10.94) (as "Medicine-related FAQs")
	1.1 (03.11.94) (as "Medicine-related FAQs")
	1.2 (01.12.94)
	1.3 (30.12.94)
	1.4 (29.01.95) (first archived version)

MEDICAL FAQ LIST
================

Listings generally follow the form 'Topic; Author; Location; Content'.

AFP test 	
Lynn Gazis-Sax, gazissax@netcom.com	
misc.kids; ftp.netcom.com/pub/ga/gazissax	
Details on alfa-fetal protein test used to detect possible abnormalities of
the fetal nervous system in pregnancy.

AIDS	
aids-request@cs.ucla.edu	
sci.med.aids
	
Allergies/asthma	
Eileen kupstas, kupstas@cs.unc.edu	
misc.kids	

Alt.Recovery FAQ	
David H, dhawk@well.sf.ca.us	
alt.recovery	

Amalgamrelated illness	
Leif Hedegard, leif@algonet.se 	
sci.med	

Asthma general information	
Patricia Rose Wrean, wrean@cco.caltech.edu	
sci.med; alt.support.asthma	

Asthma medications	
Patricia Rose Wrean, wrean@cco.caltech.edu	
sci.med	

Asthma reading/ resource list	
Lynn Short, lfshort@europa.com	
sci.med; alt.support.asthma	

Attention deficit disorder (paediatric)	
Frank Kannemann, frankk@Canada.sun.com	
misc.kids	

Blood types and Rhesus incompatibility	
Sue Stigleman, stigle@cs.unca.edu	
misc.kids	
The story behind haemolytic disese of the newborn.

Caesarian sections	
Amy Moseley Rupp, amym@oakhill.sps.mot.com	
misc.kids	

Cancer information sources	
Steve Dunn, snydere@ucsub.colorado.edu	
alt.support.cancer	

Chicken pox	
Vicki powers, vicki@mathcs.emory.edu	
misc.kids	

Childhood vaccinations 	
Lynn Gazis-Sax, gazissax@netcom.com	
misc.kids; ftp.netcom.com/pub/ga/gazissax	
Terms, immunisation schedules, specific vacinnations.

Chronic fatigue syndrome	
Camilla Cracchiolo, camilla@primenet.com	
alt.med.cfs	
Also known as 'ME'.

Circumcison (paediatric)	
Janet Sakell, jcs@holmes.acc.Virginia.EDU	
misc.kids	

Colic (paediatric)	
Elaine kiernan, kiernan@koa.ifa.hawaii.edu	
misc.kids	

Depression	
Cynthia Frazier, cf12@CORNELL.edu	
alt.support.depression; news.answers	
Types, causes, symptoms; medical treatment; ECT, resources etc.

Depression book list	
Self-Help Information Centre, SHIC@shic.com	
alt.support.depression; news.answers	

Diabetes	
ed@titipu.resun.com	
misc.health.diabetes	

Diabetes software	
Michael Wolfe, MWOLFE@WVNVAXA.WVNET.EDU	
misc.health.diabetes; misc.answers; news.answers	

Diaper rash	
Wallace Mayo, mayo@cs.utk.edu	
misc.kids	
Remarkable similarities to a condition known in the UK and Australasia as
'nappy rash'.

Dissociation	
Tina Sikorski, tina@tezcat.com	
alt.support.dissociation; news.answers	
Dissociative disorders including multiple personality disorder.

Ear infections/ tubes (paediatric)	
Laurel Cheap, lcheap@u.washington.edu	
misc.kids	
Medical and surgical management of otitis media.

Eczema (paediatric)	
Gloria Logan, glogan@atk.com	
misc.kids; news.answers; misc.answers	

Extended bedrest for pregnancy complications	
Sian Meikle, sian@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca	
misc.kids	

Fibromyalgia syndrome	
Camilla Cracchiolo, camilla@primenet.com	
Send GET FIBROM-L PT-FAQ, GET FIBROM-L MD-FAQ, GET FM-PAIN HANDOUT to
LISTSERV@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU; alt.med.fibromyalgia
	
Gestational diabetes	
Lauren Halverson, Lauren@mystech.com	
misc.kids	

Homeopathy	
Rayaz Jagani, jag@ampex.com	
?	

Infant/ child surgery	
Kenneth Staffan, staffan@clpd.kodak.com	
misc.kids	
Inguinal hernia/ infant surgery/ general anaesthesia

Infertility	
Lara Nolan, minnie@fantasy.wa.com	
email author 'send infertility FAQ'	

Inflammatory bowel disease	
Christopher Holmes, holmes@mrx.webo.dg.com	
news.answers; alt.support.crohns-colitis	
Covers Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

Insulin Pump FAQ	
Jim Summers, summers@cs.utah.edu	
misc.health.diabetes; misc.answers; news.answers	

Juvenile Diabetes	
Renee Roberts, Renee@cup.portal.com	
misc.kids	

Medical education	
James Bright, jbright@interramp.com	
misc.education.medical; sci.med	

Medical FAQ List	
Bruce McKenzie, bruce-m@cybertas.demon.co.uk	
sci.med	
Evolving list of medicine/ health-related FAQ documents available in Usenet.

Medical image formats	
David Clunie. dclunie@flash.us.com	
news.answers	

Medical Image/ Volume visualisation FAQ	
Matti Haveri, mhaveri@cc.oulu.fi	
news.answers; ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/	
Software packages, user's notes etc on medical volume visualization and
imaging.

Medical Informatics	
A Zakaria, aamir.zakaria@MCMAIL.VANDERBILT.EDU	
sci.med.informatics	
Definition, training, learning more.

Meditation	
Jeffrey Chance, jeffjc@cs.mcgill.ca	
news.answers	
Not all medicine involves taking pills.

Migraine	
Jennifer Davis-Walton, davisjn@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca	
alt.support.headaches.migraine	

Miscarriage	
Laura Brooks, brook006@mc.duke.edu	
misc.kids	

Powerlines and cancer	
John moulder, jmoulder@its.mcw.edu	
news.answers	
Is there a causal relationship between electromagnetic radiation and cancer?

Preterm birth	
Joanne Cook, jcook@fox.nstn.ns.ca	
misc.kids	

Prostatitis	
?	
alt.support.prostate.prostatitis	

Psychology & Support Groups Newsgroup Pointer	
John Grohol, grohol@alpha.acast.nova.edu	
sci.med; news.answers	
Which newsgroups can you look into for a specific problem?

soc.support.fat-acceptance FAQ
?
*.answers; soc.support.fat-acceptance	

Stop smoking and clean air reading/ resource list	
Lynn Short, lfshort@europa.com	
alt.support.non-smokers.moderated	

Sudden infant death syndrome	
George Costigan, ?	
misc.kids	
Also known as 'SIDS', or 'cot death'.

Suicide	
Graham Stoney, greyham@research.canon.oz.au	
news.answers	

Surgery for myopia	
Barbara la Scala, bfls@mirriwinni.ee.adfa.oz.au	
sci.med	
Radical keratotomy versus photo-refractive keratectomy.

Tinnitus 	
markb@cccd.edu	
sci.med	
About ringing in the ears.

Transplants	
Mike Holloway, mhollowa@epo.som.sunysb.edu	
sci.med	
Issues around organ donnation and transplantation.

Typing injuries	
Dan Wallach, dwallach@cs.princeton.edu	
sci.med	
Repetative strain injury/ traumatic overuse syndrome.

Vasectomy	
Peter, peter%nzcdc@lan.lincoln.cri.nz	
sci.med	

Vision and eye care	
Grant Sayer, grants@research.canon.oz.au	
sci.med; sci.med.vision; http://ucaussie.berkeley.edu/UCBSO.html;
gopher://eyecare.eyesite.ohio-state.edu; ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/sci/
or ftpmail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with "help" and "index"	
Optics of the Eye and General Information; Spectacles; Contact Lenses;
Diseases of the Eye; Binocular Vision Problems; Colour Vision Problems;
Refractive Surgery & Refractive Corrections; Ocular Emergencies; Resources

Vulvar pain	
Camilla Cracchiolo, camilla@primenet.com	
?	
Vulvodynia and Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome.

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|            Bruce C. McKenzie MB ChB (NZ)            |
|    OneNet email: Bruce C. McKenzie,Andy's Clinic    |
|    InterNet email:  bruce-m@cybertas.demon.co.uk    |
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