Posted by IsoM on December 19, 2002, at 16:45:39
In reply to Re: Larry Hoover - more questions about tumeric..., posted by Larry Hoover on December 19, 2002, at 8:58:10
Well, Larry, even if it does increase my tinnitus, I don't think I'll stop taking it just to test that idea. Tinnitus is a minor nuisance (no matter how loud) compared to the pain I get in my joints. At this time of year, I use my poor shoulder joints more than I like & they need all the help they can get. Heat does so much good & I'm just about cooking my shoulders - one in particular. Mmm - roast shoulder... (said in a Homer Simpson voice)
But you've definitely made me curious about something in your answer. How were researchers able to deduce that animals had tinnitus from NSAIDs too? I'd like to know what sort of methods they used to figure that out.
I find cognitive studies done on animals to be very ingenous now. Remember when any predator that was active at dusk or the night was thought to be colour blind? Then methods were devised to test the animals. That & the fact that these animals had lots of rods, not just cones, in their retinas, finally made people realise that many of these animals can see colour, albeit not as good as primates.
(I kind of figured cats could see colours as I've observed for years the interest my cats took in anything I was eating that was reddish, like raw meat. And my cats who eat green beans aren't fooled by anything else that's long but another colour. But I can trick them into thinking a blade of grass held sideways or a green pencil might be a bean.)
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