User talk:PhatRita

AWAY for another while. PhatRita 16:46, 9 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Greetings[edit]

Greetings PR. I though I'd let you know that most of the alternative medicine articles have actually quieted down quite a bit in the last few months. Some of the more, erm, "opinionated" editors have left us for less contentious pastures, one assumes. So, I'd like to encourage you to wade right in and have fun. If you have any questions, feel free to drop me a line. Fire Star 1 July 2005 21:11 (UTC)

Abdomen pics[edit]

Hey there! I took the Grays pic from here http://www.bartleby.com/107/illus392.html and assumed that the date of the publication... "Henry Gray (1825–1861). Anatomy of the Human Body. 1918." meant it was public domain. But I'm no expert.... There's bound to be someone on here who could help, User_talk:Quadell seems to know a fair bit about these things. But quoting from his website I think the key is this: "If any photograph was first published before 1923, then the U.S. considers it PD no matter what the country of origin thinks". These images are held on American servers so it's PD for wiki, I'm not sure of the legalities passed that. See his page for more details: http://freeimages.blogspot.com/ Hope that helps? SeanMack 18:13, 18 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

preclinical medicine?[edit]

I would warmly encourage a preclinical Wikiproject! I'm completely out of touch with basic anatomy and embryology, and most Wikipedia pages on these topics are somewhat outdated, stubbly or otherwise unsightly. There are a few other medical students around here, like Nephron, Turbantia, Nmg20 and a couple of others. I'll help out when necessary! JFW | T@lk 10:57, 22 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'd start with: the village pump, the Clinical Medicine talk page and the talk pages of all medically inclined people you've come accross. It shouldn't be too hard :-) JFW | T@lk 11:17, 22 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'd prefer just to do articles here and there as I see the need. Today, I felt inspired to do the femoral vein... which is very student-ish. Tomorrow, I don't know what I'll want to do... Nephron 01:15, 23 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

WP:MCOTF[edit]

Thanks for your interest! I have begun setting it up at Wikipedia:WikiProject Clinical medicine/MCOTF. I'd appreciate any advice or suggestions you may have. See you at the talk page! — Knowledge Seeker দ 23:35, July 25, 2005 (UTC)

Hi - just to say I'm happy to help out as best I can. Been reading several pretty good textbooks over my holiday, so I'll post bits and pieces out of those as and when. If tehre's anything you want me to look at specifically, please just shout - although no guarantee I'll know anything about it!

Nmg20 11:16, 17 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Arm[edit]

PhatRita, you seem to have removed a large amount of writeup on this article. Why did you did so? Why not just add to the previous content? Alex.tan 02:00, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

Please see Talk:Arm and place further replies there. Alex.tan 18:38, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

Human anatomy catgory[edit]

Hi, thanks for your nice notes. I don't mind at all if the human anatomy cat is deleted. I only made it because it was the only (or first) grouping obvious to me from the article titles. I see that you or someone else has already put about about 50 articles into subcats. That's great. Maurreen (talk) 02:37, 2 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Categorising Forehead[edit]

Despite your academic credentials in the field of anatomy, I have taken the bold move of attempting to correct your medical knowledge by moving Forehead from the category 'Pelvis' to 'Head and Neck'. Please feel free to correct me if I am wrong. akaDruid 15:09, 2 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

That's OK, you made me laugh, I assumed you'd put it in as a deliberate error. I did a double take at first... akaDruid 14:16, 4 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks![edit]

Thanks for your work on the first Wikipedia:Medicine Collaboration of the Week! I'm quite proud of how much the article improved, and I hope we remain an active force, improving medical articles on Wikipedia. — Knowledge Seeker দ 02:41, August 5, 2005 (UTC)

Carcinogenesis on WP:MCOTW[edit]

Hi! You showed support for Carcinogenesis, this week's Medicine Collaboration of the Week. You are invited to help improve it! — Knowledge Seeker দ 00:29, August 17, 2005 (UTC)

Hey, PhatRita; it's no problem, although we've missed you around here. Carcinogenesis could certainly use more work; I didn't get to work on it very much as my intern year is keeping me busier than I'd like (although once I finish my general medicine rotation it might get a bit lighter). Feel free to work on that or help us with our current Rheumatoid arthritis; I've been busy trying to get Asthma to featured status. Pneumonia's on my list too. — Knowledge Seeker দ 06:27, August 26, 2005 (UTC)

Category[edit]

Added category medical student to your userpage. --Eleassar my talk 09:58, 28 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Biochemistry on WP:MCOTW[edit]

Hi! You showed support for Biochemistry, this week's Medicine Collaboration of the Week. You are invited to help improve it! — Knowledge Seeker দ 07:06, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

Homeopathy[edit]

I really haven't been following the debate, honestly. I only came to the page because someone had reported on an administrator noticeboard that two people edit warring had broken the rule against reverting more than three times in a 24 hour period. So I blocked them both. I do have the page on my watchlist but I haven't delved through the history at all. However, I'm not surprised in general that you have encountered some sort of ideological divide here at Wikipedia that is precipitating an edit war. If you stick around here long enough, and edit enough potentially controversial articles, you're bound to stumble into one. Try not to get discouraged. There are procedures through which you can seek help. Try reading through Wikipedia:Dispute resolution. The next step may be to file an RFC on the topic and hope to attract some more editors who may be able to help the entrenched editors come to some sort of consensus. The step after that generally is mediation. Good luck! · Katefan0^(scribble) 14:31, 28 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Multiple sclerosis on WP:MCOTW[edit]

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PhatRita - Retard[edit]

the phrase "Historically, the principle of therapeutic activity being enhanced by dilution rapidly drifted into absurdity during the nineteenth century. For example, Hahnemann recommended the use of drugs at dilutions of 1:1060, equivalent to 1 molecule in a sphere the size of of the orbit of Neptune." is redundant because we all know here that the level of dilution is not in question, but whether ultramolecular potencies are indeed efficacious. - are you sure you're a med student? what are you, a first year? What can I say? I can't argue with a statement as blatantly stupid as this... what kind of graduates is St. Andrews University churning out? Christ, it's scary. I can't believe you're even wasting your time, feeling that alternative medicine should be given a chance to prove itself. Ugh, try reading up on it sometime - it has proven itself to be a fucking sham. Perhaps this will give you a topic of conversation at the water cooler outside lecture theatres. --194.165.179.131 23:19, 21 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I have to deal with people like yourself all the time. Instead of actual debate, I get pure slander and utter crap from people like you who just have no idea about the subject. They see a news article on the TV or the paper and think christ thats good I'm gonna go write on wikipedia. The first thing you should learn is that you attack the argument and not the person. If you have a problem with the comment I made, which is correct btw, then you reply in kind. Anonymously graffiting insults just makes you a great coward.

the quote that you have placed is not valid since the argument is NOT on the incredulity of the dilution but on the incredulity of it working or not. That is my comment, which incidentally has no bearing on whether alt med works or not. You say that alternative medicine is a sham, SO PROVE IT. PROVE IT USING SOLID SCIENCE, PROVE IT USING SOLID ARUGMENTS like I have been trying to for the past 4 months. If you think you are correct by spreading abuse then you are very wrong indeed.

and FYI I am in fact a third year medic. St andrews "churns" out some of the best scientifically trained people in the whole country. It is the longest medical course in the country, it has one of the highest %s in the whole country which ends up being hospital doctors, and one the highest %s for being a surgeon. PhatRita 13:22, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Cystic fibrosis on WP:MCOTW[edit]

Cystic fibrosis, which you voted for, has been selected as the Medicine Collaboration of the Week. You are invited to help improve it! — Knowledge Seeker দ 04:50, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Connecting tubule[edit]

Hello. I noticed that you are a participant in the WikiProject Preclinical Medicine. The article Connecting tubule has been nominated for deletion. As this is an anatomical subject I was hoping to get somebody within the project to adopt the article for expansion. I could find no way to add the article to this project. I hope you or your fellow particpants would consider adopting this article to love. James084 21:56, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Alternative medicine[edit]

Hi. I'm aware you're on wikibreak, but in case you happen to drop in: Someone is trying to put Category:Alternative medicine into Category:Pseudoscience. I believe it is highly misleading to make this generalization. Perhaps you would like to weigh in with your comments. Dforest 04:32, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image copyright problem with Image:Oldcoursehotelphoto.jpeg[edit]

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“Medicine” on MCOTW[edit]

After a bit of inactivity, Medicine has been selected as the new medicine collaboration of the week. I am taking the unusual step of informing all participants, not just those who voted for it, since I feel that it is important that this highest-level topic for our collaboration be extremely well-written. In addition, it is a core topic for Wikipedia 1.0 and serves as the introduction to our other articles. Yet general articles are the ones that are most difficult for individuals to write, which is why I have invited all participants. I hope it isn't an intrusion; I don't make plan to make a habit of sending out these messages. — Knowledge Seeker দ 02:15, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WP:MED[edit]

Hi,

The main page of WikiProject Medicine has been redesigned. Comments are welcome, and please consider listing yourself as a participant.

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Template:Anat1[edit]

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Asbestos & mesothelioma[edit]

Hi, PhatRita. I saw your recent edit to "Lung cancer". I am surprised to see that you dispute the accuracy of the statement "Asbestos can also cause cancer of the pleura, called mesothelioma". This is a well-established fact so I reverted your edit. I would be happy to provide references if that is helpful. Axl ¤ [Talk] 00:05, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

[Rita, I've copied your response here for easier reading. Axl ¤ [Talk] 15:18, 10 December 2008 (UTC)][reply]

Dear Axl

My edit did not refute the link between mesothelioma and asbestos. Please do not assume this. Indeed asbestos is still linked to mesothelioma, however "cause" is a interesting word as it implies complete responsibilty for the pathogenesis of the condition. Just as people who have strokes due to very high blood pressure - this is not a simple cause and effect. Of course, you can say that hypertension can cause strokes, but the more impartial, and in my opinion, scientific phrase would be "is strongly linked to".

The difference between the two edits changed from "can also cause" to "is also strongly linked to", which I think better reflects the fact that mesothelioma and indeed all cancers are based on more complex mechanistic failures of DNA replication rather than a simple cause and effect which we dont yet fully understand at the moment.

In short, I believe my version is better worded. Although in hindsight I think something along the lines of "increases the risk of cancer of the pleura.... fifty fold.

I have very little time to chase this up. Let me know if you decide to stick with the edit. regards PhatRita (talk) 00:26, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

"My edit did not refute the link between mesothelioma and asbestos."
— PhatRita

Indeed your edit explicitly confirmed the link. I disagree with your interpretation of the meaning of the word "cause". Ironically the causal relationship between asbestos and mesothelioma is one of the strongest. I also disagree with your claim that "is strongly linked to" is more impartial. Does development of mesothelioma lead to asbestos exposure? Is there a confounding factor? If you have a strong opinion about the wording, I would be happy to invite Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine editors to comment. Axl ¤ [Talk] 22:10, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's fine. Let's agree to disagree. The original version stands then. Regards PhatRita (talk) 19:51, 14 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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