User Comments - azerdocmom
azerdocmom
Posted on: Cold Will Kill You
October 30, 2007 at 3:31 PMThis podcast made me chuckle because of the familiarity with the old wives’ tales I grew up with : ) Yes, I too have been chided for sitting in front of the AC as recent as this summer by my 72 year old mom who disregarded still to this day that I am an adult, have my own kids, and most of all, am a physician. Haha, what can you do? Moms will always be moms with their ingrained (albeit mistaken) advice. As for the interesting discussion in this thread, it’s fun to hear peoples' anecdotal experiences because each one of us is slightly different from one another. One, however, cannot make conclusions from anecdotes; they are merely observations. I’ll take a stab at the ice on the injury issue. An acute musculoskeletal injury initiates a host of metabolic cascades that result in the swelling you typically see e.g. sprained ankle. But, these same processes can cause tissue damage and prolong recovery. Applying ice reduces these metabolic reactions (as goulniky correctly supposed) and swelling. This then reduces local tissue injury at the microscopic level and thus hasten recovery. (Phew that’s a mouthful!) Heat does the opposite to an injury. The other easy explanation has to do with catching a "cold" from being exposed to the cold. That’s been shown over and over again not to be true. It’s well established that a “cold” is a viral infection, these viruses being ubiquitous all around us. We think we catch it from cold exposure mostly because there is an increased exposure to these viruses during the winter months (from touching, hugging, sneezing, shaking hands.) Now that I’ve bored most of you, my best advice for avoiding a cold is this: wash your hands constantly, and do not touch public surfaces. The idea is to avoid completely placing an unwashed hand to your face or nose area. Avoid being sneezed or coughed on. There is also some decent data showing increasing daily vitamin C intake prevents and shortens colds.
Posted on: Scary Clown
October 30, 2007 at 2:13 AMtefjlives...get in line behind all the other Jenny Zhu admirers! I had never heard anyone say they didn't like clowns until my husband said to me years ago that he didn't like them. When my daughter saw this podcasts photo yesterday, she wanted me to hurry up and change the webpage! Ha! She's scared of clowns, too, whereas my son and I think clowns are funny! I find it interesting that clown=xiao2chou3=little ugly. No wonder the kid is afraid of him; the word is a self-fulfilling prophecy. At least it is not xiao2chou4=little stinky.
Posted on: Buying a Custom-Built Computer
October 28, 2007 at 3:14 PMThanks, goulniky. I looked at the TCM post and link, but the terminology seemed most pertinent to a TCM practicianer, not for your run-of-the-mill Western-educated MD. I'm sure there are medical vocab links out there (which I can search), but I thought if you knew some resources off the top of your head, I'd take them.
Posted on: Buying a Custom-Built Computer
October 28, 2007 at 1:55 PMWow, goulniky! Not only a phenomenal vocab list, a new avatar too! Do you think you can do the same with medical vocab? Or, point me to a link? Hi foleadu. Nice to see a post by you.
Posted on: Where are you from?
October 27, 2007 at 9:26 PMuser20941 Are you sure you saw the different subscription levels? $2000 yearly is for every single one of the services offered which includes Spanish and Mandarin, daily practice skype conversation with a CPod language coach and all the other written materials. I don't need all that so don't have that level subscription. But, that's not "excessive" in my opinion.
Posted on: Pumpkin Food
October 27, 2007 at 4:46 PMI LOVED this lesson! Unlike Ken, I love ANYTHING pumpkin...pumpkin pie, pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin cake, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin seeds, pumpkin soup, baked pumpkin, mashed pumpkins...my mother-in-law even made a pumpkin souffle once...yum! 我非常非常喜欢吃南瓜！
Posted on: Massage and Renting an Apartment
October 27, 2007 at 12:34 AMHi Madeleine! Thanks for sharing your experiences. I was riveted to the computer listening to you. I was born in Taiwan, but had emigrated by the time you were over there. It was extra-delightful to hear you speak a few words in Mandarin. Drop a few lines sometime and let us know how the rest of your trip goes : )
Posted on: #21
October 26, 2007 at 3:03 PMOh darn! I was so busy this week I completely forgot about MM! Arrggh! I might have gotten this one ( I think?) Alright, Lunetta, I think I'm going to step it up to catch your 2 (?) wins thus far : )
Posted on: What's Hot in ChinesePod and SpanishSense this week!
October 25, 2007 at 2:31 AMIt is absolutely uncanny how much Clay sounds like John. Wow! But, of course, there's only one John : ) He's irreplaceable! Welcome to the community, Clay. Do the Chinese chuckle when they translate your name into Mandarin? BTW, if Hank is in Orlando with Jenny, why didn't he tape her and put her on YouTube?
Posted on: Cold Will Kill You
October 30, 2007 at 6:08 PM"wake me up at 6:30 by telling me it was nearly 7:00" LOL! That's hilarious, Jenny! I should try that on my kids...NOT!