Dear Phillip,
I would be gratful if you could forward further details Re the Podiatrist
position, (I am Australian) please forward to [log in to unmask],
Regards
Alan Ward M.A. BSc (Hons)
>From: Phillip Carter <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: A group for the academic discussion of current issues in podiatry
> <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: job in beautiful Australia
>Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 21:44:27 +1100
>
>Dear English speaking Pods,
> There is a full time job in
>beautiful Rosebud, Victoria, 75 min drive from Melbourne. Public health
>full
>spectrum of practice plus public education, lovely big Tx room with small
>workshop attatched. Fishing, sailing, diving surfing all close by...I own a
>boat stored nearby......come on down and join us. This job is being
>advertised in the UK, the Peninsula Community Health Service will assisst
>with work visas etc....great support staff and 8hr days. I am locuming
>there
>at the moment.....it really is a beautiful place to live and work......get
>over here....you'll love it. If you are interested email me for more info.
> Regards Phill Carter
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Emma E. Cowley" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 10:01 PM
>Subject: Re: Glucosamine
>
>
> > For what it's worth...
> > As an advanced OA sufferer, I've been surprised by the cumulative
> > effect of taking COX 2 inhibitors. Having nearly worshipped diclofenac
> > for its pain relieving properties, this new breed of drugs is a
> > breath of fresh air by comparison and definitely has a dimension that
> > previous NSAIDs and, indeed the effect of glucosamine sulphate lacked.
> >
> > Excuse the flakiness of the next sentence, but I seem to recall
> > something I read (pass on the reference though) years ago suggesting
> > that glucosamine sulphate (GS) only works on early degenerative
> > cartilage and that rebuilding moderately damaged cartilage was not
> > possible.
> >
> > Although this could simply be due to the time factor involved in
> > regenerating cartilage and the possibility that the rate of
> > degeneration increases as OA progresses (again a flaky theory of
> > mine - feel free to comment on this as I would be interested to
> > explore work on the rates of cartilage degeneration), it might also
> > throw some interesting twists to the theory of glucosamine sulphate's
> > mechanism of affecting cartilage regeneration.
> >
> > If it is true, there may be some cause to look at the cadaveric
> > histology of cartilage of GS takers as opposed to those who did not
> > take it for DJD. I would be interested to know if the cartilage is
> > purely hyaline or if there are fibrous elements in there and if the
> > type of cartilage differed between better and worse preserved joints.
> >
> > This food is good for thought!
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Emma
> > On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 16:02:33 +1000 Anthony Short
> > <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > Craig wrote:
> > >
> > > > Not aware of any work, but also can't see how it can be effective as
>the
> > > > disease process in an inflammatory arthritis is an 'inflammation'
>whereas
> > > > glucosamine's mechanism is assumed to be directed as the cartilage
> > > > degeneration.
> > >
> > > I wouldn't be too quick to eliminate its potential in inflammatory
> > > arthritis. Although I'm not aware of any studies looking at
>glucosamine
>and
> > > inflammatory arthropathies, I have anecdotal had good experience with
>medium
> > > to long term RA sufferers. Is interesting some are now looking at
>primary
> > > osteoarthritis as having an 'inflammatory' component, which seems to
>be
>why
> > > COX1/2 inhibitors work with both OA and RA?
> > >
> > >
> > > Tony
> > >
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> > Emma Cowley
> > Lecturer/Researcher
> > Staffordshire University
> > School of Health
> > Inter-Professional Education
> > Blackheath Lane
> > Stafford
> > ST18 0AD
> > tel: 01785 353690/07941 056565
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