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Golden Age Goodies

by Leolaia in

recently i had the pleasure to examine a stash of 1920s and 1930s golden age magazines, among the rarest of watchtower publications.

i thought it would be a fun idea to have a thread in which i share with you some of the amazing, ridiculous, hilarious things contained therein.

hence, this is the first post of a series of excerpts, scans, etc.

chasson

Golden Age October 7, 1936

The last one, i have scanned all my collection.

Bye

Charles

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Quebec: the superior court autorize the transfusion of two prematures

by chasson in

see http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070518/cpsoleil/70518233/5019/cpsoleil.

bye.

charles.

chasson

Another spanish study (2005)

Erythropoietin and prematurity : where do we stand?
Erythropoietin (EPO) treatment for anemia of prematurity is still controversial. Large multicentric trials demonstrate that administration of EPO+Fe cannot prevent early transfusions, particularly in very low birth weight newborns and in infants with severe neonatal diseases, but may have some beneficial effect to prevent late transfusions. Current treatment of anemia of prematurity should be multifactorial trying to minimize all causes that reduce erthrocytic mass (phlebotomies, use of noninvasive procedures) and promoting all factors that increase it (placental transfusion, adequate nutrition support). To evaluate the real impact of EPO treatment it is mandatory to follow similar transfusion protocols for preterm infants in all the studies. The aim of EPO+Fe administration should be to avoid new late transfusions in very low birth weight preterm infants or to prevent the first transfusion after the second week of life in less immature premature with the objective of reducing the number of donors rather than the number of transfusions. We have limited the use of EPO+Fe to infants <30 weeks gestational age and birth weight <1250 g as well as to infants weighing 1250-1500 g with initial severe disease. The comparison of outcomes before (28 months period with EPO+Fe treatment to all premature <32 weeks gestational age) and after 20 months of implementation of the new protocol showed a significant decrease in EPO+Fe treatment candidates (40.3% vs. 85.9%, P<0.001) without changes in the percentage of transfusions in both periods. Therefore if EPO treatment is to be given it should be limited to preterm infants with a birth weight <1000 g or those of 1000-1250 g associated with risk factors for blood transfusion. It should be started at 3-7 days of life at doses of 250 U/kg subcutaneously, three times a week, for 4-6 weeks depending on gestational age with oral iron 2-12 mg/kg/day to keep ferritin levels greater than 100 ng/mL.

Bye

Charles

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Quebec: the superior court autorize the transfusion of two prematures

by chasson in

see http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070518/cpsoleil/70518233/5019/cpsoleil.

bye.

charles.

chasson

Another study of 2006:

http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18229111

Comparison of a restricted transfusion schedule with erythropoietin therapy versus a restricted transfusion schedule alone in very low birth weight premature infants
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Conclusions: A restricted transfusion schedule without EPO use was associated with lower mean hematocrit at discharge, but not with an increased frequency of transfusions, nor significant differences in length of stay, discharge weight, or average daily weight gain. A restricted transfusion schedule alone avoided side effects and costs associated with EPO. Indications for transfusion and what constitutes appropriate levels of hemoglobin still require clinical investigation, including long-term clinical outcomes.

So with or without EPO, the transfusion's rate of babies was the same.

Bye

Charles

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Secret book--PDF--(Family Care and Medical Management for JW's!)

by Atlantis in

1992 family care and medical management for jehovah's witnesses.

(approx.

85mb) this publication is now unavailable from the watchtower, with no plans for republication.

Quebec: the superior court autorize the transfusion of two prematures

by chasson in

see http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070518/cpsoleil/70518233/5019/cpsoleil.

bye.

charles.

chasson

Scully you cited, concerning EPO:

Benzyl alcohol has been reported to be associated with an increased incidence of neurological and other complications in premature infants which are sometimes fatal.

Now take a look at this study published in 2005 that i have found in a discussion with a jw's apologist on fr.soc.sectes:

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/115/6/1685

Randomized Trial of Liberal Versus Restrictive Guidelines for Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Preterm Infants
And the conclusion:
Results. Infants in the liberal-transfusion group received moreRBC transfusions (5.2 ± 4.5 [mean ± SD] vs 3.3± 2.9 in the restrictive-transfusion group). However,the number of donors to whom the infants were exposed was notsignificantly different (2.8 ± 2.5 vs 2.2 ± 2.0).
There was no difference between the groups in the percentageof infants who avoided transfusions altogether (12% in the liberal-transfusiongroup versus 10% in the restrictive-transfusion group). Infantsin the restrictive-transfusion group were more likely to haveintraparenchymal brain hemorrhage or periventricular leukomalacia,and they had more frequent episodes of apnea, including bothmild and severe episodes.
Conclusions. Although both transfusion programs were well tolerated,our finding of more frequent major adverse neurologic eventsin the restrictive RBC-transfusion group suggests that the practiceof restrictive transfusions may be harmful to preterm infants.

Three things:

1/Yes, the infants in the restrictive group have receveid less blood transfusions but were exposed at the same number of donor (less don't mean NO transfusion)

2/Concerning babies who have avoided transfusion, this is the same ratio

3/the babies in the restrictive group "were more likely to haveintraparenchymal brain hemorrhage or periventricular leukomalacia,and they had more frequent episodes of apnea, including bothmild and severe episodes", if we add neurological complication with EPO, we now know why doctors want to make transfusion on prematures and not give EPO.

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Charles

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JW and homosexuality

by chasson in

an article in the french's wikipedia has a problem.. we can't find a book or an academic article on the problem of jw and homosexuality, so some contributors of wikipedia thinks that our article is not an encyclopedic article.. you could find the controversy in french here.. if we can't find some academic research, it will be erased because we have only cited the jw literrature and some newspaper articles.. so could you help us.. thanks in advance.. charles.

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chasson

Thanks for your information, you two ;-)

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Charle's

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JW and homosexuality

by chasson in

an article in the french's wikipedia has a problem.. we can't find a book or an academic article on the problem of jw and homosexuality, so some contributors of wikipedia thinks that our article is not an encyclopedic article.. you could find the controversy in french here.. if we can't find some academic research, it will be erased because we have only cited the jw literrature and some newspaper articles.. so could you help us.. thanks in advance.. charles.

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chasson

An article in the french's wikipedia has a problem.

We can't find a book or an academic article on the problem of JW and homosexuality, so some contributors of wikipedia thinks that our article is not an encyclopedic article.

You could find the controversy in french here .

If we can't find some academic research, it will be erased because we have only cited the Jw literrature and some newspaper articles.

So could you help us.

Thanks in advance.

Charles

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Quebec: the superior court autorize the transfusion of two prematures

by chasson in

see http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070518/cpsoleil/70518233/5019/cpsoleil.

bye.

charles.

chasson

Judgment confirmed by the court, wenesday:

http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070523/CPSOLEIL/70523215/6585/CPSOLEIL

Bye

Charles

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Quebec: the superior court autorize the transfusion of two prematures

by chasson in

see http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070518/cpsoleil/70518233/5019/cpsoleil.

bye.

charles.

chasson

So by their fight in court, JW are argued the right to suicid or euthanasia for adult even if they are against this concept, and that premature are perhaps not human being even if they believe that foetus is still an human being !!!

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Charles

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Quebec: the superior court autorize the transfusion of two prematures

by chasson in

see http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070518/cpsoleil/70518233/5019/cpsoleil.

bye.

charles.

chasson

Transfusion authorized by the higher Court
At the university Hospital complex of Quebec (CHUQ), the bar of the “viability” of a new-born baby is fixed at 24 weeks. (Photographic library Sun)
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At the university Hospital complex of Quebec (CHUQ), the bar of the “viability” of a new-born baby is fixed at 24 weeks.
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Judge Jean Bouchard, of the higher Court, returned yesterday an ordinance which authorizes the CHUL to proceed to blood transfusions on two twins prematurely born in spite of the opposition of their pilot parents of Jéhovah, learned the Sun.

Bouchard judge, who pronounced this ordinance while waiting to give a judgement on the bottom, heard yesterday a request in authorization of care deposited by the CHUQ with the law courts of Quebec.

The lawyer of the applicant, Me Marie-Nancy Package, made hear the two practitionars attending of the twins born Thursday by Caesarean after only
25 weeks of pregnancy. According to Drs Piuze and Bélanger, the blood transfusions are necessary for all the cases of babies born prematurely. Not only this is a question of survival, but it is also the best way of decreasing the neurological risks of after-effects, explained the two doctors.

Always according to their testimony, its twin brother and health of the young girl evolves/moves of hour in hour, and the blood transfusions are inevitable to ensure their survival. In the case of the boy, his doctor affirmed yesterday that it was absolutely to receive a blood transfusion “from here next the 24 hours”.

If they accept that the doctors do all that it is necessary to save the life of their children, the parents refuse on the other hand that they proceed to blood transfusions, a practice which goes against their religious beliefs.

“These children will die if they do not receive transfusions. How can one speak on the two sides of the mouth while saying on a side to the doctors to do all that it is necessary to save the children and other not to make transfusions? ” reflected high Bouchard judge by hearing the pleading of the prosecutor of the defendants, Me Jayden MacEwan.

According to Me MacEwan, which the parents wish (to refuse the blood transfusions) is reasonable. The defendants estimate that there is an alternative to the transfusions, the érythropoïétine (EPO), which makes it possible to increase the number of red globules in blood. An alternative which, opinion of several doctors, is not really one because insufficient and even risky, pled the lawyer of the applicant.

What wishes the defendants, it is that the court declares that at present, only the parents have jurisdiction on their children. “The question which should be raised, it is: “Can we say that with the eyes of the law, they (twins) are entitled to the life as human beings?” ” asked Me MacEwan. Remarks which have surprised Bouchard judge. “Are you saying that at 25 weeks, these children are not human beings? ”

Me MacEwan explained why the doctors of the twins themselves did not consider the right to the life of the children insofar as they made it possible to the parents to put an end to the therapeutic eagerness by ceasing the treatments. “By quoting this, it is as if the hospital said that the children are not viable. On a side, the hospital says that they can refuse all the treatments, and other, it says that they cannot refuse one of them (blood transfusions)”, asserted lawyer.

The procureure of the CHUQ immediately seized the ball with the jump by recalling to the court that the parents themselves had asked the doctors to do all that it is necessary to save the life of their children.

Considering the current medical condition of the twins, the magistrate considered it necessary to return an ordinance of safeguard which “authorizes the applicant to proceed to the transfusions of blood products required by the health of the children, and this, until final judgement is given”.

“I must find a way of blocking the least possible the freedom of religion and the health of the children”, summarized Bouchard judge, showing blow the complexity of the debate.