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The Future Of 3D
tlb writes: "I found an article regarding the future of 3D at Beachside Tech. The article discussed 3D is movies and the internet as well as video games. It seems interactive 3D objects are becoming more popular for web use. There's also some history in it, and some info on technologies from Nvidia."
Any sign of yeast in the kidneys indicates possibly life threatening immune deficiency. This is not a matter for dietary treatment: this needs a blood culture, because the source is most like candida septicemia and emergency IV anti-fungals. In the absence of fever, weakness and other signs of septicemia, a person who is telling you that you have yeast in the kidneys is a quack of the first order. I don't happen to believe in 'yeast syndrome' myself, but my understanding is that even Truss and Crook are claiming a relatively mild overgrowth in the intestines, that does not spread to the blood stream.
However, candida infections of the vagina and around the urethra in uncircumcized men can cause irritation and therefore make a person feel like they have to urinate all the time. This doesn't indicate kidney or urinary tract infection, even though it may feel like it.
Vaginal yeast infections refer to an overgrowth of a yeast or fungal organism normally found in the vagina, called candida albicans. The usual symptoms are a thick white or yellow vaginal secretion that often has little lumps in it, that look like cottage cheese. Along with this go vaginal itching and burning.
Yeast overgrowth can happen for a variety of reasons. This condition often follows antibiotic therapy, because antibiotics can wipe out the bacteria normally found in the vagina that compete with the yeast for food. It is also frequently found in women who are on birth control pills or who have recently had a lot more sexual intercourse than usual, which can cause mild vaginal abrasions. Often, it's possible to clear up yeast infections by taking over the counter antifungal medications, such as clotrimazole (marketed in the US as Gyne-Lotrimin, or miconazole, marketed as Monistat). I recommend that women who have never had a vaginal infection before seek help from a doctor or women's clinic, since there are many vaginal conditions that cause similar symptoms. However, women who have had yeast infections before often are well acquainted with the symptoms and can self-treat quite successfully.
Unfortunately, some women develop chronic yeast infections, that keep coming back after treatment. A few strains of candida seem to be resistant to the usual antifungal medications. In other cases, serious medical conditions are the reason that the yeast keeps returning. Any woman with recurrent vaginal yeast needs to have both diabetes and HIV ruled out, since chronic vaginal candida infection is a symptom of both illnesses. Candida can also be passed back and forth between men and women, particularly if the man in question is not circumcized. It's also important to make sure the condition is diagnosed correctly: there is a vulvar pain condition called Vulvar Vestibulits Syndrome (VVS) that is often mistaken by doctors for a chronic yeast infection. The usual antifungal treatments may actually worsen the problem. I have a FAQ on VVS that you can request by sending e-mail to me at camilla@primenet.com; I will gladly e-mail it to you. In a few women, the candida seems to become very deeply rooted in the vaginal wall; some of these women find that taking a systemic oral antifungal like fluconazole (Diflucan) or ketoconazole (Nizoral) can help. However, ketoconazole can cause liver damage (which usually reverses when you stop the medication) and fluconazole, while safer, costs a small fortune.
Some alternative practitioners have claimed that vaginal yeast infections are a symptom of a more serious infection throughout the gut. I don't adhere to this theory myself; I think there may be some validity to this idea for people who are shown to have an immune deficiency. Otherwise, I think it is unproven at best.
If a serious medical problem has been ruled out, some women find that plain yogurt with live cultures or some other product containing live lactobacillus acidophilus inserted directly into the vagina helps. Lactobacillus is the main organism that compete with candida in the vagina. This is especially helpful for women whose yeast infection was triggered by antibiotics. I personally prefer to douche with live lactobacillus culture, obtained from a health food store. I just use it straight, myself, don't even dilute it.
A number of other things found useful by women with chronic vaginal yeast include: wearing cotton underwear instead of synthetics or no underwear at all (lets the area breathe); avoiding routine douching (the vagina is self-cleansing and douching can upset the normal bacterial balance by wiping out the 'good germs'); avoiding tub baths; using a water based lubricant during sex involving vaginal penetration (trauma can cause or aggravate vaginal yeast, sometimes called 'honeymoon vaginitis').
Vaginal yeast infections refer to an overgrowth of a yeast or fungal organism normally found in the vagina, called candida albicans. The usual symptoms are a thick white or yellow vaginal secretion that often has little lumps in it, that look like cottage cheese. Along with this go vaginal itching and burning.
Yeast overgrowth can happen for a variety of reasons. This condition often follows antibiotic therapy, because antibiotics can wipe out the bacteria normally found in the vagina that compete with the yeast for food. It is also frequently found in women who are on birth control pills or who have recently had a lot more sexual intercourse than usual, which can cause mild vaginal abrasions. Often, it's possible to clear up yeast infections by taking over the counter antifungal medications, such as clotrimazole (marketed in the US as Gyne-Lotrimin, or miconazole, marketed as Monistat). I recommend that women who have never had a vaginal infection before seek help from a doctor or women's clinic, since there are many vaginal conditions that cause similar symptoms. However, women who have had yeast infections before often are well acquainted with the symptoms and can self-treat quite successfully.
Unfortunately, some women develop chronic yeast infections, that keep coming back after treatment. A few strains of candida seem to be resistant to the usual antifungal medications. In other cases, serious medical conditions are the reason that the yeast keeps returning. Any woman with recurrent vaginal yeast needs to have both diabetes and HIV ruled out, since chronic vaginal candida infection is a symptom of both illnesses. Candida can also be passed back and forth between men and women, particularly if the man in question is not circumcized. It's also important to make sure the condition is diagnosed correctly: there is a vulvar pain condition called Vulvar Vestibulits Syndrome (VVS) that is often mistaken by doctors for a chronic yeast infection. The usual antifungal treatments may actually worsen the problem. In a few women, the candida seems to become very deeply rooted in the vaginal wall; some of these women find that taking a systemic oral antifungal like fluconazole (Diflucan) or ketoconazole (Nizoral) can help. However, ketoconazole can cause liver damage (which usually reverses when you stop the medication) and fluconazole, while safer, costs a small fortune.
Some alternative practitioners have claimed that vaginal yeast infections are a symptom of a more serious infection throughout the gut. I don't adhere to this theory myself; I think there may be some validity to this idea for people who are shown to have an immune deficiency. Otherwise, I think it is unproven at best.
If a serious medical problem has been ruled out, some women find that plain yogurt with live cultures or some other product containing live lactobacillus acidophilus inserted directly into the vagina helps. Lactobacillus is the main organism that compete with candida in the vagina. This is especially helpful for women whose yeast infection was triggered by antibiotics. I personally prefer to douche with live lactobacillus culture, obtained from a health food store. I just use it straight, myself, don't even dilute it.
A number of other things found useful by women with chronic vaginal yeast include: wearing cotton underwear instead of synthetics or no underwear at all (lets the area breathe); avoiding routine douching (the vagina is self-cleansing and douching can upset the normal bacterial balance by wiping out the 'good germs'); avoiding tub baths; using a water based lubricant during sex involving vaginal penetration (trauma can cause or aggravate vaginal yeast, sometimes called 'honeymoon vaginitis').
I remember seeing that 3D-glasses muppet show to, and it gave me a scare every once in a while. It really did trick my eyes into believeing flying debris and miscellaneous muppets were flying right toward my face.
Maybe if more games like Q3 incorporated this type of 3D into the game, we'd have less "run around like a moron and blow things up cause I'll just come back to life," and more "holy crap that rocket looks like it was about to really come out and hit me; maybe I should watch myslef a little more carefully and develope a more sustainable strategy."
Or maybe this will lead more Q3 playing grandmas to have heart attacks.
F-bacher
James Tiberius Kirk: "Spock, the women on your planet are logical. No other planet in the galaxy can make that claim."
It's the same thing as with travelling to the other planets.
No-one really needs that. Or actually it's the moron majority who has no vision. All they want is beer, tv and big boobs.
is PORN! mmm mmm good
Anyone else feel that the entire article was written as mere fluff to get page views? There was nothing new there, nothing that could even be considered professionally written. It was just a rehash of a brief history of one subset of 3d technology and someone's Star Trek wet dream, but it gets the front page on /. ... Why?
This 16 year old seems to think he knows everything. Not sure this will hold up for long (check the about us page) and at best his pages are a collection of cut and paste scripts he found from various freeware sites around the net!
What are you talking about? "Reading that article"? Why would anyone do that?