***** Woman's Diagnostic Cyber Newsletter *****
August 9, 1998
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This week from Woman's Diagnostic Cyber
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1. Tylenol may cause ovulatory problems
2. Webrings for health and disease
3. Preterm labor prevention
4. Vitamin B6 for PMS -- ?too much
6. New Diet
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1. Tylenol may cause ovulatory problems
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Tylenol (acetaminophen) may cause lower estrogens
and a decrease in pituitary gonadotropins that are
responsible for monthly ovulation.
Tylenol lowers estrogen
While this is a recent report, experimental
studies in were conducted in 1982 that
actually ranked which pain and anti-inflamatory
medications interfered with ovulation the most.
1982 article
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2. Webrings for health and disease
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What is a web ring? It is a loose banding of web
sites that have a common focus. Usually a link is
placed on the main page of one site that points to
the next site and the previous site in the ring.
This way you can investigate materials at many
sites about the subject you are interested in.
In looking at the Webring directory on diseases,
the following rings looked interesting if you want
information about some of the following diseases
or conditions:
Anorexia & Bulimia - 19 sites
Asthma Sufferers Web Ring - 10 sites
Bodies Under Siege (self injury) - 39 sites
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome CFS-20's Webring - 11 sites
Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease(CJD) Webring - 8 sites
Cancer Victim's (relative with cancer) Webring - 12 sites
Circle 4 Cancer Parents - 10 sites
Congenital Heart Disease Ring - 86 sites
Crohn's & Colitis Web Ring - 27 sites
Endometriosis Web Ring - 49 sites
Families Coping With Cancer - 45 sites
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Webring - 7 sites
Muscular Dystrophy (MD) HomePages Webring - 8 sites
Multiple Sclerosis Web Ring - 96 sites
People With Parkinson's - 35 sites
Post-Polio Ring of Hope - 16 sites
Ring of Recovery and Health - 57 sites
Special Angels Webring - 133 sites
The Cystic Fibrosis Ring - 32 sites
The Diabetes Web Ring - 36 sites
The Haven (Porphyria) - 7 sites
The Hepatitis Webring - 80 sites
The IRC Cancer Chat Ring - 5 sites
The Myasthenia Gravis Web Ring - 8 sites -
The Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCO) Webring - 21 sites
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3. Preterm labor prevention
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Many women (and doctors) swear by the treatments
to prevent preterm labor such as bedrest,
medications to stop labor, risk scoring and so
on. Did you know that most of those treatments
don't stand up to scientific scrutiny? Check out
this review on our news site about prevention of
preterm delivery.
Preterm labor prevention
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4. Vitamin B6 for PMS -- ?too much
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There was a recent question on our message board
about the difference between daily requirements
for vitamin B6 and taking therapeutic doses to
improve symptoms of PMS. There are large
differences in these doses:
B6 supplementation
In Great Britain many women are on B6 supplements
and there is quite a controversy about what doses
will start to produce toxic effects and cause
peripheral nerve inflammation. Women on B6 may want
to know about those different doses.
B6 legislation
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6. New Diet
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Mrs. Lipsy said her doctor has had her on the
Valium diet for two years.
She explained, "If you take enough Valium, it'll
help you lose weight. It doesn't really curb your
appetite, but most of your food falls on the
floor."
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That's it for this time. We will bring you
accurate women's health answers again soon.
Rick
Frederick R. Jelovsek MD
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***** Woman's Diagnostic Cyber Newsletter *****
August 2, 1998
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This week from Woman's Diagnostic Cyber
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1. Hysterectomy Forum discusses "brain fog"
2. Stress Management
3. Atypical Cells on Pap
5. Breastfeeding
6. Humor Maintains Health
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1. Hysterectomy Forum discusses "brain fog"
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The Women's Healthcare Advocacy Service runs a
good forum on women who have had a hysterectomy or
are about to have a hysterectomy. This is a good
support group who has recently had or is about to
have a hysterectomy. As a subscriber to their
email discussion list, you can learn about "brain
fog" or "mind mush". This happens to some women
after hysterectomy in which usually the ovaries
are removed. Sometimes it may be due to anesthesia
but most commonly it is due to lack of adequate
levels of replacement hormone therapy. Doctors
don't tell patients about this much.
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2. Stress Management
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your Health
This site has a great health risk assessment quiz
with a list of links presented based on whatever
you health risks are. Even without doing the quiz,
your Health at Catholic Healthcare West has a ton
of links. I especially liked the organization of
links about stress management at:
Stress management
Especially the link on the medical aspects of
stress at:
medical aspects of stress
I learned that many things are considered
stressful, but to the body, anything that causes a
change in your life causes stress. It doesn't
matter if it is a "good" change, or a "bad"
change, they are both stress. I think that's a
good way of looking at it.
Under the link of Barriers to leading a less
stressful life, I read about a great term --
OVERCARE
"Overcare" is a term created by Doc Lew Childre,
to describe the process we go through when our
original intention to care for someone or
something crosses a fine line, and we find
ourselves feeling victimized and worried.
What are some common Overcares in women?
I'm not giving enough time and attention to my
kids.
How can I possibly keep up the house when I'm
working full-time?
I feel like I'm expected to do everything around
here.
I'm too tired to feel sexy, I'm worried that he
might be bored with me.
I can't say no, they'll think I don't care and get
upset with me.
If I don't do everything myself, it won't get
done.
They'll never like me unless I'm prefect.
Read about this at:
Barriers to leading a less stressful life
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3. Atypical Cells on Pap
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Abnormal Pap smears are not uncommon, but what do
the different classifications mean? Especially the
most common mild abnormality, atypical cells.
There are actually two types of atypical cell
classification, one involving squamous cells and
one involving glandular cells. You need to know
which one is present because the glandular one
needs more aggressive diagnosis to see if a cancer
is already present. See our news this week at:
Atypical Glandular Cells of Unknown Significance (AGCUS)
Also, on our general news page, we have added a
Yahoo link that will take you to the latest, news
on many women's health topics. I think you'll want
to bookmark this page. Try it out and let me know
if there are any problems.
News at Woman's Diagnostic Cyber
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5. Breastfeeding
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Jane's Breastfeeding and Childbirth Resources
contains some excellent advice, but it also
contains some of the less common but valuable
resources such as newsgroups about breastfeeding
and email newsletters.
Jane's Breastfeeding Links
Also, there was a recent warning from the United
Nations about women with HIV breasfeeding. For the
first time they have publicically recommended that
women with HIV do not breast feed. In endemic
countries, where HIV may be 10-35%, over a third
of babies are becoming infected with HIV by
breastfeeding.
Warning about breast feeding
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6. Humor Maintains Health
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Subject: beauty and the breast
God created woman, and she had 3 breasts.
He said to the woman "Is there anything on you
that you'd like to change?"
She said, "Yes. Could you get rid of this middle
breast?"
God snapped his fingers and it was done.
She exclaimed, holding the third breast in her
hand, "What am I going to do with this useless
boob?"
And God created man.
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And one for a "healthy" balance:
Subject: Dental Anesthesia
The Smiths were shown into the dentist's office.
Mr. Smith was in a big hurry and said, "No fancy
stuff, Doc. No gas, no needles. Just pull the
tooth and get it over with."
The dentist replied, "I wish more of my patients
were as stoic as you. Now, which tooth is it?"
Mr. Smith turned to his wife and said, "Show him,
honey."
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That's it for this time. We will bring you
accurate women's health answers again soon.
Rick
Frederick R. Jelovsek MD
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***** Woman's Diagnostic Cyber Newsletter *****
July 26, 1998
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This week from Woman's Diagnostic Cyber
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1. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Diagnosis
2. Prenatal and Postnatal Care
3. Contraception and Sterilization
4. Vulvar disease
6. You know you work in the 90's when...
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1. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Diagnosis
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Polycystic ovaries are a frequent diagnosis in
women with infertility or anovulation. Ever wonder
about how that diagnosis is made and what are the
long term health implications for women with that
diagnosis. Look at our news this week at:
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
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2. Prenatal and Postnatal Care
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Good section on pregnancy information on the
Family Web especially the section on Development
of the Baby with some graphics included.
Prenatal and Postnatal Care
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3. Contraception and Sterilization
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Planned Parenthood of America has some concise but
very informative fact sheets on different types of
contraception and sterilization including:
Continuous Abstinence
Outercourse
Sterlization
Norplant®
Depo-Provera®
The IUD (Intrauterine Device)
The Pill
The Condom
Withdrawal
The Diaphragm or Cervical Cap
The Female Condom or Spermicide
Periodic Abstinence or FAMs
(Fertility Awareness Methods)
Emergency Contraception
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4. Vulvar Disease
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Vulvar diseases are not common but there is some
handy information about, vulvar self exam, viral
and yeast infections, lichen sclerosus, lichen
planus, vulvodynia, squamous cell hyperplasia,
vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia, Paget's disease
of the vulva, sexuality and pain, and various
medications used for vulvar diseases.
Vulvar disease
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6. Work in the 90's
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YOU KNOW YOU WORK IN THE 90'S WHEN.......
25. When you consider Starbuck's a food group.
24. When you schedule conference calls on your
mobile phone while you know you're gonna be
stuck in traffic.
23. Whenever you hear an electric beeping, 90%
of everyone in sight reaches for their
belts.
22. You find the words "conventional oven"
archaic.
21. Cleaning up the dining area means getting
the fast food bags out of the back seat of
your car.
20. Your reason for not staying in touch with
family is that they do not have email
addresses.
19. Keeping up with sports entails adding
ESPN's home page to your bookmarks.
18. You have a "to do list" that includes
entries for lunch and bathroom breaks and
they are usually the ones that never get
crossed off.
17. You have actually faxed your Christmas list
to your parents.
16. Pick-up lines now include a reference to
liquid assets and capital gains.
15. You consider 2nd day Air Delivery and
Inter-office Mail painfully slow.
14. You assume any question about whether to
valet park is rhetorical.
13. Your refer to your dining room table as the
flat filing cabinet.
12. Your idea of being organized is multiple
colored post-it notes.
11. Your grocery list has been on your
refrigerator so long some of the products
don't even exist anymore.
10. You lecture the neighborhood kids selling
lemonade on ways to improve their process.
9. You get all excited when it's Saturday so
you can wear sweats to work.
8. You refer to the tomatoes grown in your
garden as deliverables.
7. You find you really need PowerPoint to
explain what you do for a living.
6. You normally eat out of vending machines
and at the most expensive restaurant in
town within the same week.
5. You think that "progressing an action plan"
and calendarzing a project" are acceptable
English.
4. You know the people at the airport hotels
better than your next door neighbors.
3. You ask your friends to "think out of the
box" when making Friday night plans.
2. You think Einstein would have been more
effective had he put his ideas into a
matrix.
And the number one sign that you work in the 90's...
1. You think a "half-day" means leaving at 4
o'clock!
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That's it for this time. We will bring you
accurate women's health answers again soon.
Rick
Frederick R. Jelovsek MD
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***** Woman's Diagnostic Cyber Newsletter *****
July 19, 1998
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This week from Woman's Diagnostic Cyber
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1. Cyber diet
4. LAVH - laparoscopy assisted vaginal hysterectomy
5. Need a medical excuse?
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1. CyberDiet
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Ever go on a diet and have trouble planning meals
to fall within certain calorie counts? Cyberdiet
has tools with a neat meal planner. Just enter the
number of calories you want for each meal. The
meal planner will display a nice selection of
possibilities to choose from. There are also tools
for calculating your body/hip ratio and your body
mass index which helps in determining your heart
disease risk. This site is run by registered
nutritionists.
http://www.cyberdiet.com/index.html
CyberDiet
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4. LAVH - laparoscopy assisted vaginal hysterectomy
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Is it your impression that LAVH is a safer type of
hysterectomy than abdominal hysterectomy or just
that its a faster recovery? It's not safer, but it
is a faster recovery up to about 4 weeks. After
that, a hysterectomy is a hysterectomy is a
hysterectomy.
LAVH
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5. Need a medical excuse?
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Did you ever need an excuse for school or work or
write one in a hurry?
These are actual excuse notes from parents
(including original spelling) collected by
Nisheeth Parekh, University of Texas Medical
Branch in Galveston...
#1. My son is under a doctor's care and should not
take P.E. today. Please execute him.
#2. Please excuse Lisa for being absent. She was
sick and I had her shot.
#3. Dear School: Please ekscuse John being absent
on Jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and also 33.
#4. Please excuse Tommy for being absent
yesterday. He had diarrhea and his boots leak.
#5. Please excuse Mary for being absent yesterday.
She was in bed with gramps.
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That's it for this time. We will bring you
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Rick
Frederick R. Jelovsek MD
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***** Woman's Diagnostic Cyber Newsletter *****
July 12, 1998
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This week from Woman's Diagnostic Cyber
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1. Tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer
2. Menstrual Cycle Wellness
3. Breast milk hormone (prolactin) and anovulation
5. Lack of Effect of Walking on Labor and Delivery
6. Dead hare
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1. Tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer
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There's a lot of talk about the use of tamoxifen
(an anti-estrogen) to prevent breast cancer in
high risk women. It does decrease the occurance
of cancer in high risk women by about 50%. The bad
news is that it may increase endometrial cancer
(by 100%) and there may be an increase in strokes
and blood clots (almost double). It does protect
against bone thinning (osteoporosis). I don't
think its going to be useful unless you have a
genetic tendancy toward breast cancer. If you do
take it, you will need close medical monitoring,
Check out the news at a the Breast Care site:
http://www.homearts.com/depts/health/48newf21.htm
Breast health news
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2. (Menstrual) Cycle of Wellness
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Johnson and Johnson, makers of Carefree and
Stayfree pads and O.B. tampons have a site
dedicated to teaching young women about their
menses. It includes anatomical drawings and
explanations of the basic physiology of
menstruation. There is even a menstrual calendar
that can be used to keep track of your bleeding,
cramps, and PMS symptoms as well as the start and
stop of each cycle. (Calendar requires a browser
plug-in.) There are also descriptions and pictures
of different stages of puberty development in
young women. This looks like it might become a
good teaching tool if you need to explain
menstruation to your or someone's daughter.
http://www.cyclesofwellness.com
Cycles of wellness
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3. Breast milk hormone (prolactin) and anovulation
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If the ovary doesn't ovulate, menses may be
skipped, infertility is a problem, and eventually
women may get prolonged irregular menstrual
bleeding. Some women with anovulation have
elevated milk hormone - prolactin. Prolactin
elevation can also be associated with a milky
breast discharge. See the disease and medication
causes of increased prolactin at our weekly news:
/nbleed.htm
Breast milk hormone (prolactin) and anovulation
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5. Lack of Effect of Walking on Labor and Delivery
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Is labor and delivery shorter or even less painful
if a woman is allowed to walk during labor rather
than be tied down in a bed with all those IVs and
monitor connections? Read what
The New England Journal of
Medicine reports.
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6. Dead hare restored
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A man was driving along the highway, and saw a rabbit hopping
across the middle of the road. He swerved to avoid hitting the
rabbit, but unfortunately the rabbit jumped in front of the car
and was hit. The driver, being a sensitive man as well as an
animal lover, pulled over to the side of the road and got out
to see what had become of the rabbit.
Much to his dismay, the rabbit was dead. The driver felt so
awful he began to cry.
A woman driving down the highway saw the man crying on the side
of the road and pulled over. She stepped out of her car and asked
the man what was wrong.
"I feel terrible," he explained. "I accidently hit this rabbit
and killed it."
The woman told the man not to worry. She knew what to do. She
went to her car trunk and pulled out a spray can. She walked over
to the limp, dead rabbit, and sprayed the contents of the can onto
the rabbit. Miraculously, the rabbit came to life, jumped up, waved
its paw at the two humans and hopped down the road. 50 metres away
the rabbit stopped, turned around, waved at the two again, hopped
down the road another 50 metres, turned, waved, and hopped another
50 metres.
The man was astonished. He couldn't figure out what substance could
be in the woman's spray can! He ran over to the woman and demanded,
" What was in your spray can? What did you spray onto that rabbit?"
The woman turned the can around so that the man could read the label.
It said:
"'Hare Spray' Restores Life to Dead Hare. Adds Permanent Wave."
from 'This IS a laughing matter'
http://www.bestofhumor.com
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That's it for this time.
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Rick
Frederick R. Jelovsek MD
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***** Woman's Diagnostic Cyber Newsletter *****
July 5, 1998
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This week from Woman's Diagnostic Cyber
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1. Emergency contraception
2. Electromagnetic fields and health effects
3. Breast cancer surgery and the menstrual cycle
5. Humor heals the mind which heals the body
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1. Emergency contraception
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Ever had a friend or relative or even a daughter
who had uprotected sexual intercourse and was
worried about an unintentional pregnancy? There is
medication that can be taken to help reduce the
chances of pregnancy. In fact the U.S. government
is thinking about making it available over-the-
counter. Read about whether it will be effective
or cause complications:
/ncontra.htm#erbc
Emergency Contraception
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2. Electromagnetic fields and health effects
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Does living near high power electrical lines cause
cancer or abortions or birth defects? Probably not
but there is a possible association with cancer
that experts think should be further investigated.
See their comments at:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/317/7150/12/a
Electromagnetic fields
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3. Breast cancer surgery and the menstrual cycle
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If you or a friend were to develop breast cancer,
would it matter to your overall survival when in
the menstrual cycle the surgery takes place?
Hormone levels vary during the cycle and maybe
they would make survival worse, for example
during times of high estrogens. It appears it
doesn't matter, but check it out at:
Breast cancer surgery and menstrual cycle
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5. Healing Mind - Labor pain transfer machine
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A married couple went to the hospital to have
their baby delivered. Upon their arrival, the
doctor said he had invented a new machine that
would transfer a portion of the mother's labor
pain to the father.
He asked if they were willing to try it out. They
were both very much in favor of it.
The doctor set the pain transfer dial to 10% for
starters, explaining that even 10% was probably
more pain than the father had ever experienced
before. But as the labor progressed, the husband
felt fine and asked the doctor to go ahead and
bump it up a notch, The doctor then adjusted the
machine to 20% pain transfer. The husband was
still feeling fine. The doctor checked the
husband's blood pressure and was amazed at how
well he was doing.
At this they decided to try for 50%. The husband
continued to feel quite well. Since it was
obviously helping out his wife considerably, the
husband encouraged the doctor to transfer ALL the
pain to him. The wife delivered a healthy baby
with virtually no pain. She and her husband were
ecstatic.
When they got home the mailman was dead on their
porch.
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That's it for this time.
Will bring you accurate women's health answers again soon.
Frederick R. Jelovsek MD
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