Mike, I know it's pretty hard to resist the temptation to make scatological jokes about this, but believe me, people with severe Crohn's and ulcerative colitis who are undergoing this treatment get very tired of it. Also, you misread the cause of the illness: it's not always a result of taking antibiotics but from *Clostridium difficile* infections that aren't cured by antibiotics. If you are terribly sick all the time, wasting away, occasionally having "accidents" in public and feel you'd rather die than continue to live like that, you'll try anything rather than endure a helpless and hopeless chronic inflammatory disease. As disgusting as it may sound to the uninitiated, it's beginning to get a decent track record, as the article stated.
Proctologists and gastroenterologists endure a lifetime of childish jokes like this, but point out that the gut is a fascinating thing to study and marvel at it. I suggest that on a professional website like ours, we don't need to make juvenile jokes about this, and might consider empathy for people who will potentially profit from this treatment. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Mike Palij <[email protected]> wrote: > Some new medical research shows that for people with gastrointestinal > illness arising from the use of antibiotics appear to do much better after > a > "fecal transplant". > > I kid you not. > > The NY Times has an article that provides a popular media account of > the research and can be accessed here: > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/**01/17/health/disgusting-maybe-** > but-treatment-works-study-**finds.html?_r=0&pagewanted=all<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/17/health/disgusting-maybe-but-treatment-works-study-finds.html?_r=0&pagewanted=all> > > There are various ways that the "transplant" can be done, including an > old Chinese method. All I'm saying is that at lunch, avoid the yellow > soup and the chocolate milk. > > The research article was published in the New England Journal of Medicine > and the publisher has made access to the article free; see: > http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/**10.1056/NEJMoa1205037<http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa1205037> > > As with most medical procedures, don't try this at home unless you're > under medical supervision. > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > P.S. For some reason this reminds me of the British movie "Layer Cake" > in which Daniel Craig starred before he became the new James Bond. > There's a scene between Craig and Michael Gambon (who played > Dumbledore in the Harry Potter movies) where Gambon explain the > facts of life to Craig (well, the facts of life as a senior gangster see > them > and tries to impress them into a younger gangster). Recent Ph.D.s desiring > an academic career might benefit from viewing this scene (the movie > is actually quite good for a British crime/drug deal gone wrong genre > piece). > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/**u?id=13105.** > b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf**72&n=T&l=tips&o=23104<http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=23104> > or send a blank email to leave-23104-13105.** > b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf**[email protected]<leave-23104-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=23111 or send a blank email to leave-23111-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
