Now one can safely pinch a girl's bottom and blame it on a
faulty chip
Brain chip reads man's thoughts  
The 'chip' reads brain signals

My friends mom has been experiencing tingling in the face and shortness of
breath.  Her doctor performed a dye test on her, and no heart blockages
were found.
Could this be a collapsed lung or possibly the beginnings of a stroke?

By Kelly Hearn, AlterNet
Posted on March 25, 2005, Printed on March 25, 2005
http://www.alternet.org/story/21586/
Bolstering its reputation as a world leader in price wars over AIDS

    indiatimes.com
Russian researchers seem to have found the perfect answer report
claims that everything from depression to alcoholism can be cured with
? hold your breath ? a regular dose to beating on the bare bottom!

The following represents my views. It may or may not represent those of
other people.
Mark Schiavo: what's the hurry in killing your wife Terri?
And please don't feed us the "She didn't want to live like this,"

Suppose you found a severed finger.  Would you be able to tell which of
the four fingers it was, and which of the two hands it was from?
Could you tell the race or gender of the person?
(It was suggested in an episode of Monk.)

I am male, 20 years of age, and have been having problems with tonsil
crypts. I have about 4 small ones on my left tonsil, which cause no
problems at all, and 2 large ones on my right, which constantly emit
an odour not unlike a sewer! After giving up on 'picking at them', I

YAY BRADLEY METHOD!
"E" just wrote to me:
"We are now taking Bradley birth classes and I have learned of the benefits
of waiting until the cord has stopped pulsing before cutting/clamping..."

Any advise on useful on-line resources for a family doctor (15 years) who has given up his practice and working in rural hospital ER.  Ideas might include on-line interactive emergency or trauma care practice scenarios.
Thanks.

With all the stuff about Terri Schiavo, this publication has received
some good press lately.  Haven't yet purchased it, so I can't vouch
for it one way or the other...
http://www.agingwithdignity.org/5wishes.html

Med student here...
In pathology, our prof was lecturing on infectious diseases, and
nonchalantly mentions that up to 1/3 of HIV patients may have TB
(estimate).

This came up in the threads that discussed what doctors could do about
HMOs and/or managed care.
Is this the future of American medicine?
http://www.nbc10.com/health/2001310/detail.html

My 63 yr old sister recently had a laminectomy.  She is wondering why
she was given oxygen after her surgery and throughout her 2 day
hospital stay... both of us have had surgery before and never been
given oxygen afterwards. I'd very much appreciate an answer...for the

Is a platelet count of 95 and a red blood cell count of 3.67 "normal"?

Pls no flames. I was looking at the natural
deodorants sold in the whole foods market, and
wondered if they are any good, i.e effectiveness.
Looking for a safe and practical alternative