User talk:Jfurr1981

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Hi Jfurr1981, good medical work there! Have you seen WikiProject Clinical medicine? You may want to join! Could I also ask you to stick to the general article outline mentioned on that page? This would be immensely helpful. Thanks. JFW | T@lk  07:28, 6 October 2005 (UTC)


 * At the moment we have a weekly collaborative article, which is multiple sclerosis. We recently worked on asthma and improved it to become a featured article. Please work on anything you like! You may wish to register your affinities on the WikiProject page, in case we need help with something. Enjoy! JFW | T@lk  17:09, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

Rewrite
I would not refer to this as a "rewrite". JFW | T@lk  04:53, 16 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Whether it matters... I do think it does. A rewrite is IMHO fairly drastic, and to completely rewrite a page there must be a fairly good reason (e.g. the old page was biased, incorrect or hopelessly phrased). If all you've been doing is expanding (and in a very good way too!) this is something rather different.


 * Talking about ITP, is it worth mentioning rituximab as a treatment used in refractory severe cases? JFW | T@lk  06:06, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Thrombocytopenia
For heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, I took the liberty of removing the references to quinine and other antibiotics, since the page discusses HIT specifically rather than thrombocytopenia in general (where they should be mentioned). Andrew73 19:54, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Template
Most medical articles follow the outline you suggested: starting with signs & symptoms, diagnostic approach, pathophysiology, then treatment and prognosis, epidemiology and finally historical context. Some articles do deviate from this, generally for good reasons. The template is here on the WikiProject page. JFW | T@lk  01:58, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
for the help with Circulatory system. Can you enlighten me; where is the roll back-function hidden? --Ekko 05:21, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Perfect sense! :-) --Ekko 06:57, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

Seattle University Law School
Hey, I removed this page from your CSD. While it is a substub, it does have coherent context that leads to expansion. At this point it could be argued that it should be made into a redirect but I think for now it should stand. You could try it out on AfD if you'd like but usually schools fail there. Does that sound okay? gren グレン 01:08, 27 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the congrats :) gren グレン 01:35, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
My changes were reverted? There are a lot of things factually incorrect that I changed. For one promyelocytes are not precursors of either red cells or megakaryocytes.

Also, promyelocytic leukemia is not defined by the PML-RARa translocation, it is defined either morphologically or by just the RARa component as there are several decribed fusion partners. Guymd 05:12, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Neuroanatomical articles
Jfurr--I'm curious as to why you removed the categories "CNS" and "anatomy" from arcuate fasciculus and basal dendrite, and category "anatomy" from basal ganglia. The first two are most certainly located exclusively within the CNS. All three are certainly anatomical features, though I can see and argument for removing this designation from basal dendrite. semiconscious ( talk  ·  home) 00:12, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Your methodology sounds very reasonable, especially if the more-specific subcategory (e.g., "brain") exits within a supercategory (e.g., "CNS). Thanks for clearing that up! semiconscious  ( talk  ·  home) 10:17, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

Aarskog sryndrome
Your new article Aarskog sryndrome is under a spelling error and Aarskog syndrome already exists. Just thought I'd let you know, I rather think a merge is called for. MeltBanana 02:12, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

Medical analysis of circumcision
I admire your boldness in taking on this article. It certainly needs attention. Unfortunately, it's a highly controversial subject, and so it's hard to change without upsetting people.

I've moved a couple of sections that you placed in the wrong section, by the way. Jakew 13:07, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

In my opinion the introduction of the article also needs work. The introduction used to say, "Currently neonatal circumcision is not considered medically necessary according to professional medical organizations in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In their view the potential medical benefits of neonatal circumcision (including a lower rate of urinary tract infection in infants, a lower rate of penile cancer in adults, and a lower rate of infection of some sexually transmitted diseases, particularly HIV) do not significantly outweigh the potential medical risks (including bleeding, infection, surgical mishap, and rarely death)." In my opinion that introduction accurately and fairly summarizes a broad consensus that now exists in the medical community regarding the medical analysis of circumcision.

Also I think the order of the possible benefits of circumcision should be changed. No professional medical organization even mentions prostate cancer in relation to circumcision, yet it is the first possible benefit discussed in the article. The section on prostate cancer should be at the end of the possible benefits section if it is included in the article at all. -- DanBlackham 07:20, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

In your re-write, I believe that these two sentences need to be brought into harmony: It is believed that these are complications, as they are seen more often in circumcised boys. However, this may be because it is impossible to diagnose the condition in uncircumcised boys. If the conditions are truly impossible to diagnose in uncircumcised boys, then all cases will be seen in circumcised boys, not merely more often. RussellKent 23:30, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Links in section headers
Hey, I appreciate all the linking you are doing, but the Manual of Style (headings) explicitly states that one should "Avoid links within headers. Depending on settings, some users may not see them clearly. It is much better to put the appropriate link in the first sentence under the header." Perhaps you should switch those headers back. Cheers. Jayjg (talk) 18:26, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

Disambiguation link repair heads up
I noticed you had done some DAB stuff on Native America, and I noticed a few pages that you fixed on link but left others. With Native American especially if it is linked to once on a page it is likley to get linked again (And some times with the phrase Indian or natives displaying. I just thought I would give you a heads up to look out for those. Dalf | Talk 11:49, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

cleanup taskforce
Looks like H5N1 has been getting a lot of work. You can close out the Task force entry on both the articles if they look done to you. Thanks for working on these. RJFJR 17:08, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

WikiProject Neuroscience
Jfurr: I'm trying to revive the temporarily defunct WikiProject Neuroscience. Because of your past edits on neuroscience related articles in the past, I thought I'd let you know. Cheers. :) Semiconscious ( talk  ·  home) 06:39, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

WikiProject Neuroscience
Hey Jfurr: I'm reviving the WikiProject Neuroscience and thought you might care to join us over there when you have the time. Semiconscious ( talk  ·  home) 09:10, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Human brain
About Human brain, I suggest that you just dive in and be bold. It would be nice to have a less technical introduction. --JWSchmidt 20:03, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Cleanup taskforce
The article Biofeedback has been added to your desk. Please let me know if would like to decline the article. RJFJR 22:13, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Connecting tubule
Hello. I noticed that you are a participant in the WikiProject Preclinical Medicine. The article Connecting tubule has been nominated for deletion. As this is an anatomical subject I was hoping to get somebody within the project to adopt the article for expansion. I could find no way to add the article to this project. I hope you or your fellow particpants would consider adopting this article to love. James084 22:03, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

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Menorrhagia
You have provided an addition footnote in the references section, but not linked it anywhere in the article, using - could you amend this please. Also the edit re menorrhagia being at regular intervals - I presume this is that menorrhagia occurs with regular menstrual intervals, rather than that all periods are habitually heavy. Is 'hypermenorrhea' then heavy irregular periods, or regular periods that occationally are heavy. ie is the 'regular' to the 'heaviness' or to the menstrual cycle predictability each 28 days ? David Ruben Talk 22:39, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

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Chronic granulomatous disease
Good work. I've added the article here for others to review it, and made a couple of comments on the Talk:Chronic granulomatous disease page. --apers0n 15:24, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

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Human fertilization addition
Hi Jfurr1981, My name's Paul and I was wondering if you wouldn't mind taking a look at a recent addition I made to the article on Human fertilization that you created. I added sub-bullets briefly describing nuclear fusion, which i learned from the best textbok on physiology that I have personally seen, the last reference cited at the bottom of the page Elaine Marieb. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Plynch22 00:31, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

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Missing Wikipedians
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Arm bone listed at Redirects for discussion
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Women in Red World Contest
Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!

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"Female pseudohermaphroditism" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Female pseudohermaphroditism and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 July 6 until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. — Tazuco   03:15, 6 July 2022 (UTC)