Twice in one week I've read media articles about
mercury / amalgam fillings. Plenty of anecdotes
but nothing quantitive.
I've an odd bit of filling that dropped out six months

Suicide tree
The Telegraph
Thursday, November 25, 2004
Paris, Nov. 24 (AFP) - An Indian tree with poisonous

do carminatives purport to _prevent_ the formation of gas in the
GastroIntestinal tract? if so, how?
if not.... the gas is in there. It's gonna come out, one end or the
other... so what promise do carminatives make then?

I understand that every medical doctor coming from India has to clear
USMLE and three year residency program before he/she can apply for a
license in the USA.
My friend tells me that an anesthesiologist does not have to complete

http://www.patchadams.org
All the healing arts are welcome
All patients are treated as friends
There is no charge for health services

What can I take to relieve Internal Hemmorhoids in my rectum. I had a scope
done and the doc showed me 2 hemmorhoids, up there together, about 5 inches up
my butt. When I go to crap, the 2 damned hemorhoids swell up like small
bladders, and pinch off the rectum. I have great trouble ...

What does a Director of Medicine do at a Hospital?
wm

I've found this and I wonder if anyone here tried it or known someone
who tried it
http://www.carpal-tunnel.biz/
I wonder if it can be used to treat tendonitis and CTS, to prevent it or

Vioxx disaster is shining light of the ills of drug company pills. They
are after the easy money rather than the health of the world public. We
saw it in Vioxx and we see it still in Celebrex and Bextra.
But we should see it now in cholesterol pills. What good are they? Is it

JAMA Editors Call for Major Restructuring of Postmarketing Surveillance
System
CHICAGO - In an editorial in the December 1 issue, JAMA
Editor-in-Chief, Catherine D. DeAngelis, M.D., M.P.H., Executive Deputy

I am 23 years old. From the age of 11 I am having excessive bleeding
during menstruation. I also have severe cramps. Most of the time the
bleeding is in the form of blood clots. When consulted with a doctor,
he mentioned something about extra fibroids. I have been having this

I'm male age 55, white, slightly overweight.
I have intestinal gas, bloating, slightly low iron and red blood count. My
doctor tested me for blood in stool, ran tube up my butt. Says I do not have
any cancer.

Hi everyone- I'm working on a technical article that shows how to
encode scientific information into a computer database (to be specific,
using description logics)
In order to illustrate this, I want to take an important historical

Psychiatrists should not be allowed to wear the "M.D." moniker. They
should be labeled "Psychiatrist" which will warn any unsuspecting and
vulnerable "patients".
October 12, 2004

Study Links Cancer Cases In Sweden to Chernobyl
By Mattias Karen
Associated Press
Sunday, November 21, 2004; Page A26