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[edit] Tuberculosis - pages on DOTS/RNTCP

I had recently started a Wikipage on RNTCP, and only later did i realise that you have previously contributed a lot towards Tuberculosis , and that you had discussed about the need for including/integrating DOTS on the wikipage Tuberculosis treatment. Now it looks odd to have a separate page for RNTCP without one for DOTS. What shall i do ? Seethahere 10:46, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Careful

It's "sTIBogluconate", not sTILBogluconate.

No harm done, this is just so you know. DS 15:37, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Protocol

Also, it's not generally considered polite to remove messages from your talk page unless they're grossly insulting. You can archive if/when it gets too big, yes, but just deleting... not really done. DS 03:35, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Protocol

Okay, firstly, you should leave messages on other users' talk pages, not on the userpages themselves. This is because, when you leave the message on the talk page, this triggers the "you have new messages" announcement.

As for why you shouldn't remove messages - there are various reasons for that. It can be construed as looking like you're trying to hide something... it's not good to delete warnings... there was an ArbCom ruling that it's not good to tamper with other people's opinions and statements... anyway, it's not like we're strapped for memory here. If the page gets too full, you can archive it. DS 22:11, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

I don't think it is too unreasonable to archive messages you have read by deleting them - they are still available in the page history. Is there a policy guideline that they should be archived, and not deleted? Thue | talk 09:31, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Body louse

Good work on Body louse! :)

Couldn't you also just put the clothes with cannot be boiled in sealed plastic bags, and then wait until all the lice have hatched and starved to death? Thue | talk 09:28, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Not practical because the eggs don't hatch until they come into contact with warmth. I have no idea how long eggs can survive in that sort of "suspended animation" sort of state.--Gak 20:08, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hey doc!

Hello, for some reason I hadn't noticed your extensive contributions to infectious disease subjects. Good thing too, because it was one of the fields Wikipedia needed help in. Where do you work? Have you considered joining our doctors' mess at Wikipedia:WikiProject Clinical medicine? JFW | T@lk 16:47, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tuberculosis

Hi, Gak. JFW mentioned that you may be able to help rescue the featured status of tuberculosis. Some of the problems are listed here. It needs to be brought to standard, more along the lines of cystic fibrosis or AIDS, which are recent medical featured articles. If you're able to help, please drop a note on the Featured Article Review page. Thanks! Sandy 21:02, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Influenza

Page now nominated as a FAC. Comments and suggestions are welcome on the review page. Thank you. TimVickers 00:53, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance

Thanks for recent formating and additions to Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance. I added some addition PubMed abstract and article links to the citations you had kindly provided.

The article in the 'Annual review' section indicates that referral to haematologist only occurs when serum electrophoresis shows an increasing paraprotein level, and only then does the haematologist arrange a skeletal survery. Your addition of a diagnosis criteria section implies that referral to a haematologist and the skeletal survery are performed prior to making the diagnosis, rather than at a later date. This seems to me, as a nonspecialist, contradictory - either skeletal surveying is generally infrequently initially performed (vs the list of all possible tests that a textbook might list, but which a specialist may commonly choose not to perform), or the info in the 'Annual review' section needs to be relocated within the article. I would be grateful if you could help clarify this point; please see Talk:Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance#Diagnosis, Haematology referral and skeletal surveying :-) David Ruben Talk 02:21, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Antimalarials/antiprotozoals

Just a quick thank you for your recent additions to primaquine, as well as your creations of artesunate, pamaquine and nifurtimox. Keep up the good work. Best, Fvasconcellos 15:27, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fractional values?

At talk:degrees of freedom (statistics), you wrote:

Who's written that fractional degrees of freedom are possible?? Why add confusion to an already confused article? --Gak 20:59, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't know who added that, but since your comment I've added a bit on what non-integer degrees of freedom are used for in statistics. Michael Hardy 18:25, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Phase 1

I saw your addition on VX 950. I wasn't aware this was only in Phase 1. Is it generally your view we should have articles on compounds that are still undergoing testing? We certainly don't have a policy yet, and we have many similar articles. I must admit I have written about dabigatran and rivaroxaban, despite them being experimental compounds, but the ximelagatran experience has shown that even post-phase III agents can still bork quite badly. JFW | T@lk 12:33, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

No idea! VX 950 is now into phase 2 testing but who knows? I am not aware or policy either, but drugs are so often resurrected in different guises. Like Adefovir for HIV was later resurrected for HBV. And I guess I also have patients in clinical trials so it is nice to know what the long term consequences are, e.g., I have a few patients who were in clinical trials for loviride as monotherapy and ended up with K103N mutations and the consequences of that. --Gak 14:00, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Immunoperoxidase staining

Hi there, I noticed that you left some sort of template asking for more context to be put on the immunoperoxidase staining page. It would be helpful if you put some more specific comments on the talk page. Dr Aaron 14:43, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Done.--Gak 00:37, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Khao Phra Viharn

Hello, Gak. I've been fleshing out the Preah Vihear/Phra Viharn article. Wondering if your trip there was recent and whether you entered from the Thai side. My wife and I are thinking of visiting later this year and want to know whether the Cambodians require a visa. I've heard that they don't, but you never know... Writer128 (talk) 20:09, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Khao Phra Viharn 2

Thanks for your response and kind words of advice. Actually, I can manage in Thai myself, having lived in Thailand for six years in the 60s and 70s. Visited Preah Vihear in 1973 or 74 and somewhere have photos from that visit. Are you a Thai speaker as well? I notice you added the Thai name to the article.Writer128 (talk) 03:44, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for the advice. I'm looking forward to the trip. Writer128 (talk) 01:13, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Surrogate endpoint

Hi, I merged Surrogate markers into surrogate endpoint, as you suggested back in the day. Please review the post-merge cleanup I did to the article, since you are an authority on this topic. EAE (Holla!) 03:46, 16 January 2008 (UTC)