X-Message-Number: 17236 Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 01:47:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Louis Epstein <> Subject: Replies to CryoNet #17225 - #17231 On 9 Aug 2001, CryoNet wrote: > Message #17225 Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 09:05:58 EDT > From: > >Just which teas are "green" again? > > All tea is green until you ferment it... black tea is just fermented >green tea. If it says "green tea" on a package of Lipton, then it should >be green tea. I see,I thought it was certain kinds of leaves (Jasmine vs. Oolong, for example). > > And is anyone trying to get FDA approval (for Enamelon), > > or is it thought to be not worth trying? > > The company was trying to sell to one of the large toothpaste > companies, but apparently couldn't get them interested. I thought the "don't hold your breath waiting for FDA approval" referred to idealized filling material,not the advertising-restricted toothpaste? > ---------------------------------------------------- > Message #17226 Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 06:31:50 -0400 > From: James Swayze <> > > By popular demand here is what I found regarding the tooth buds I spoke of. > It's not the original article I remember but it has some valuable > information. > > http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/cloning/cloning.jsp?id=22682100 I note that they're nowhere near reproducing enamel,they say...and without that advance how can they replace teeth? But I hope a more enamel-like,durable filling material can be produced in the near term. > ----------------------------------- > Message #17227 From: > Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 14:54:09 EDT > > > And I understand that periodontal disease is an indicator of > > decreased longevity in general.So far,I have avoided it,but I'm > > getting more nervous with time. > > Correct. Patients who have deep gingival pockets that cannot be adequately > cleaned with home care (flossing, electric tooth brushing) have a > significantly higher risk of coronary heart disease, arthritis, and adult > onset diabetes. And I've recently been retreating from longterm laxity in caring for my teeth.(Always been going to dentists, though).One thing I have done often is rinse out...but it seems that there are always more particles no matter how many times I do it. > Periodontitis is painless (like high blood pressure), which > is why we usually don't any stronger warning signals than bleeding gums, > mouth odor, or calculus. Then where does one get "toothache"?? > ---------------------------------------------------- > Message #17231 Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 22:22:43 -0700 > From: Mike Perry <> > > Louis Epstein, #17220: > >Obviously,if a writer agrees with you that it's "knowing better",he'll > >sign up.But they tend not to.(Broderick,Halperin are obvious exceptions... > >and Ettinger wrote one published SF story,right?). > > I don't think Broderick is signed up; he denies it, if somewhat > apologetically, it in *The Last Mortal Generation* (pp. 224-25). Well,the question is whether immortalizing medicine will be here before or after one needs to be placed in stasis to take advantage of it! ====-----=======------====== Nils Sundberg,Sweden's oldest man, died August 6th at age 109. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=17236