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    Psychiatric study

    Women's Ass size study: >> >>There is a new study just released by the American Psychiatric >> Association about women and how they feel about their asses. The >>results are pretty interesting: >> >>1. 5% of women surveyed feel their ass is too big. >>2. 10% of women surveyed feel their ass is...
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    Aztreonam Preliminary results

    Thought people might be interested in this. FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2006--Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:GILD) today announced that its Phase III AIR-CF2 (CP-AI-005) study of aztreonam lysine for inhalation for the treatment of people with cystic fibrosis (CF) who have...
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    Tobi and the eFlow

    Because I hate misinformation, here is the reason why eFlow users can not use TOBI in their nebulizers. "In a setback for biopharmaceutical company Chiron Corp., a federal judge has ruled that the company's medical-method patent covering a drug-device combination used by cystic fibrosis...
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    Possible new way to fight lung infections

    Check out this article. <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.spiritindia.com/health-care-news-articles-7534.html">http://www.spiritindia.com/hea...ews-articles-7534.html</a> A study done in collaboration with the University of Washington found that using a...
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    Which drug for which nebulizer

    For all you wonder what nebulizers can be used with what drugs here you go. <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.cff.org/ID=4443/TYPE=1712/WhichNebulizerForWhichDrug.pdf">http://www.cff.org/ID=4443/TYP...ulizerForWhichDrug.pdf</a>
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    For those taking NAC

    I have been taking oral NAC for bout 5 months now, one thing I always worried about was the quality of the stuff, I was think today that if I got a rx for Mucomyst to take orally rather than inhaled not only would I be able to ensure the quality, but also get it cheaper. Just a thought.
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    Bloating

    The last few weeks i have unusually bad bloating, sometimes to the point of having trouble breathing after large meals. Everything else is normal bowelwise but my doctor put me on mirilax and mineral oil which did nothing and this week added mucomyst, I'm assuming to break up any excess mucus...
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    What would Christmas be without

    24 hours of A Christmas story. Fa ra ra ra ra. Merry Christmas everyone.
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    Thought this was pretty cool

    I've been following bacteriophages for quite a while and found this today. they are virus' that attack bacteria and nothing else. It looks like this company is developing one for pseudomaonas. <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.secinfo.com/dRqWm.4gHa4.htm">Phage...
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    just got freaked out big time

    Man this a wierd feeling. Finished my Tobramycin IV about 2 hours ago an hour later I started getting tingling through out my body. Knowing it is a "rare but serious" reaction called the advice nurse they said don't worry unless other things start happening and call the doctor in the morning...
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    My 9 year run is over

    I'm very pissed at myself, 2 weeks ago I had my clinic vistit and my PFT's were down 25% and couldn't figure out why. I feel great, not culturing anything abnormal, exercising more weight is up. My dr and I agreed we'd give it 2 weeks see if anyhting changes, started doing more cardio and vest...
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    history

    It was the first day of school and a new student named Pedro, the son of a Mexican restaurateur, entered the fourth grade. The teacher said, "Let's begin by reviewing some American history. "Who said 'Give me Liberty, or give me Death?' " She saw a sea of blank faces, except for Pedro, who had...
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    Inspirational message

    Nice to see such inspirational messages in trying times like these. I believe in these difficult and mean-spirited times in which we live there needs to be a message of hope. Just a single image that speaks to us of love, harmony, peace and joy. An image that suggests the universal...
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    Have you ever noticed?

    For the last month I have been drinking Boost plus on top of my other supplements. Coincidentally at about the same time I have become very bloated. So as an experiment this weekend I didn't drink any on Saturday, wasn't nearly as bloated, and Sunday had my usual mid morning Boost, what do you...
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    This is oh so wrong

    http://break.com/index/norm_mcdonald_and_john_stewart.html<br> <br>
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    FEV vs FVC

    Did my pft's the other day and my number seem strange to me,  my fev's seem low, 54-45-24 but fvc is 101, does anyone else get these kinds of numbers?
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    colistin users

    My doctor just took me off Tobi, due to bronchial spasms not resistance, and put me on colistin.  I was wondering how you liked it and if there is any difference.  When mixing your doses do you do them individually or mix morning and night at the same time,I know you have to discard any unused...
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    CFTR trial

    Has anyone heard anything from the CFTR clinical trials beyond the standard press releases?  I am curious to hear if any of these have any real promise and how well they actually worked.
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