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WHAT IS THE "FALSE MEMORY SYNDROME"?

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The idea some people can be coaxed or fooled into "remembering" events that never happened has become the platform for some groups to diminish claims of childhood sexual abuse that surface sometimes during psychotherapy or hypnotherapy. It seems that the False Memory Syndrome Institute was created by parents facing charges of abuse by their adult offspring who had undergone therapy.
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Do you see patients with "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"?

General Infectious Diseases Clinic
No, we do not. In 1988, a definitive study by Straus, et al., in the News England Journal of Medicine (Vol. 319, No. 26, pages 1692-1698) showed no link between Epstein-Barr virus and "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome." To date, no infectious agent has been substantially shown to be the cause of "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome." Hence, we do not follow patients with this disorder in our clinic.
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What is "dumping syndrome"?

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When large amounts of high-calorie foods (especially those containing sugar) pass quickly from the stomach pouch into the intestine, fluid rushes into the small intestine to dilute the high concentration of sugar. The patient may feel faint, break out in a cold sweat, and have intestinal cramps followed by diarrhea. Fortunately, "dumping syndrome" can be averted simply by the patient avoiding high intakes of sweets.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Bariatric Surgery
Eating sugars or other foods containing many small particles when you have an empty stomach can cause dumping syndrome in patients who have had a gastric bypass or BPD where the stomach pylorus is removed. Your body handles these small particles by diluting them with water, which reduces blood volume and causes a shock-like state. Sugar may also induce insulin shock due to the altered physiology of your intestinal tract.
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Why is it named "Poland's Syndrome"?

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quot;Poland" does not refer to the nation but to Sir Alfred Poland, a 19th-century British surgeon. Born in 1822 in London, he became Demonstrator in Anatomy in 1839 at Guy's Hospital. There he dissected the body of a deceased convict named George Elt whom he reported had "Deficiency of the pectoral muscles" (Guy's Hosp. Rep. 6:191, 1841). Poland became a celebrated surgeon and ophthalmologist but had to retire in 1867 due to a chronic cough.
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What is "economy class syndrome"?

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Economy class syndrome is a term used to describe the medical condition deep vein thrombosis when it follows extended airplane travel. For further information please refer to your physician and www.economyclasssyndrome.com Compression stockings are a non-covered service under Medicare B. Medicare will not pay for these items even with a prescription from your doctor. For more information, contact the Medicare office for your region.
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What is "Superboy syndrome"?

Byrne Robotics: FAQ
JB: Too many fans today consider themselves far too hip and a-go-go to ever go along with the most basic conceit of serial fiction: that the main characters will survive, but we will pretend, for the sake of this story, that that is not a given. When I was a lad, I worried every time Superman fell into a kryptonite death trap.
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What is "Mickey Mouse syndrome"?

Byrne Robotics: FAQ
JB: Characters "cleaning up their act" as they become more popular, as with Mickey Mouse no longer feeding cats' tails into sausage grinders, or Superman and Batman no longer killing the bad guys. (11/02/04)
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What is "MAN OF STEEL syndrome"?

Byrne Robotics: FAQ
JB: New writers and/or editors thinking being assigned to a title or character is a mandate to blow everything up and start from scratch. (Applied facetiously, since this is usually done without a fraction of the time spent working out what was done in MoS.) (11/02/04)
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What is "Kandor syndrome"?

Byrne Robotics: FAQ
JB: Adding unnecessary details which complicate a character's backstory. This comes, of course, from the bottled city of Kandor, which used to reside in Superman's Fortress of Solitude, making it necessary, every time Superman visited the Fortress, to spend a coupe of panels explaining what Kandor was.
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What is "Madonna syndrome"?

Byrne Robotics: FAQ
JB: Having set out to be "shocking", being compelled to keep upping the ante in order to remain "shocking." (11/02/04)
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What is "Red Sweater syndrome"?

Byrne Robotics: FAQ
JB: Taking offense at something which should not be offensive to the person taking the offense. ("Anyone who wears a red sweater is an idiot." "Hey! I have never worn a red sweater in my life, and I resent being called an idiot!") (11/02/04) JB: Most complaints about violated continuity tend to come from people who don't really have a grasp on the continuity they claim is being violated. It's that whole "Since I Started Reading..." Syndrome about which I have made many previous comments.
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What is "Expert syndrome"?

Byrne Robotics: FAQ
Once people start telling other people how to think, what to think, when to think, there will grow up among the "tellers" those who consider themselves to be "experts" on the subject -- and once that happens, it takes a particularly strong intellect to avoid the next step, when the expert's role ceases to be that of expanding human knowledge, and becomes, instead, all about protecting the area of his expertise. I have dubbed it "Expert Syndrome". (11/02/04)
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What is "Taxpayer syndrome"?

Byrne Robotics: FAQ
JB: A lot of fans suffer from Taxpayer Syndrome. You know how that works -- people thus afflicted are the ones you hear telling cops they cannot give them a parking ticket because they (the taxpayer) "pay" the cops' salary. (11/02/04) JB: Editorial. It was realized that killing off such an important, cornerstone character was a mistake -- the same mistake DC had made a couple of decades earlier, when they killed off Alfred and then realized the Batbooks did not work properly without him.
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Why do I get the error "Wrong Boolean value 'false'"?

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There is a bug in SOAP::Lite versions prior to 0.52 that causes this error. Upgrade to a newer SOAP::Lite to eliminate this problem.
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FAQ About Hypnosis at North Shore Hypnosis, New York
It is the concept of being coaxed or fooled into "remembering" events that never happened which has become the platform for some groups to diminish claims of childhood sexual abuse or that of abduction phenomena.
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How is it possible to receive a "False Positive" result on a pregnancy test?

Early Pregnancy Tests and Ovulation Predictor Kits: FAQ
False positive tests are rare - though there are instances and conditions where they can occur. For example, some tissues in a non-pregnant woman can produce hCG, though the levels are usually so low they are not detectable by home pregnancy tests (though our tests are the most sensitive on the market). Secondly, research indicates that half of all "conceptions" (fertilized eggs) do not go forward as a developing pregnancy.
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What is "Vinegar Syndrome", and how should I store my film?

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Here is what we know and have read: the smell of "vinegar" from film is not good. The "Vinegar smell" is the result of chemical reactions that occur between water (moisture), cellulose, and acetic acid. When acetate based film begins to break down, or comes in contact with water, acetic acid is formed, and this is what causes the smell (not vinegar).
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What is "Sick Building Syndrome"? Why should it concern me?

Commercial Air Purifiers - FAQ
Sick Building Syndrome is diagnosed when an excess of work related irritations of the skin and mucous membranes and other symptoms, including headache, fatigue, and difficulty concentrating, are reported by workers in modern office buildings. The symptoms can be clinically defined and have clearly identifiable causes. This could lead to lowered worker moral, increased health care costs, and the loss of revenue associated with lower worker productivity.
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Will you talk about the "False self"...?

Network Marketing
I first learned about the existence of "False self" from Vernon Howard. Sadly no longer with us in person, you can read Vernon's incredible teachings (and listen to his tapes) by going to: http://www.anewlife.org/. From Carol McCall and Mike Smith, I learned where the False self came from. And from Bob Hoffman and the Quadrinity Process, I put the final pieces of my own False self in place. Please read the chapter of Get Rich Slow entitled The Kingpin.
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WHAT IS A "FALSE CLAIM"?

Law Offices of Mark Allen Kleiman
A defendant may be liable if it submits a claim to the federal government, or to a third party -- so long as the government must eventually provide reimbursement for the claim, or so long as the Government helps fund the entity to which the claim is submitted. Therefore a "false claim" maybe any of the following examples: A claim may include a progress report and voucher.
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What is a "false acceptance"? What is a "false reject"?

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You will often hear biometric system vendors touting their system's low false-acceptance or false-reject rate. These refer to how accurate and reliable the system is in correctly identifying people. For time and attendance systems, a false acceptance occurs when the system registers a punch from an employee even when someone else's finger or hand (or an artificial finger or hand) is offered for validation.
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How much memory should I give it?

MT-NW Manual: Frequently Asked Questions
Important Note: Your humble authors got tired of writing dry formal technical prose in the rest of this document, and succumbed to the temptation to try to be funny in parts of this appendix. Sarcasm abounds here. Please do not take any of this personally! The humor-impaired should interpret my comments not as attacks on them, but as an attempt to make fun of myself for being impatient with you, my devoted and valued, if sometimes demanding, users.
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How Much Memory Do I Have?

All of Memory FAQ
Consult your user/owner's manual for details about the original memory configuration and capacity. If you've misplaced the manual, you may be able to contact the retailer where you bought the PC from. If you have a hand-me-down PC or inherited a pre-owned PC, you probably may not have the user manual or know any detail of the original memory configuration or the memory configuration may have been changed.
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What are False Negatives and False Positives?

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False Negatives are cases where an individual is diagnosed negative, but is in actuality positive. False negatives can be caused by the use of the wrong equipment (too little resolution to detect cysts which better equipment would have clearly shown), or because the sonographer was not skilled enough in using the equipment, or had not been trained sufficiently in the use and interpretation of ultrasounds, or had insufficient experience in diagnosing PKD by ultrasound.
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What is a "False Negative"?

Pacific Coast Medical Services : :
A false negative occurs when a mammogram appears “normal” even when breast cancer is present. False negatives are more common in younger women than in older women. The dense breasts of younger women contain many glands and ligaments that make breast cancers more difficult to identify in mammograms. As women age, breast tissue becomes more fatty and breast cancers are more easily seen by screening mammograms.
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