dmcanzi@watserv1.waterloo.edu (David Canzi) (09/20/90)
Medical News for August 27 to September 15, 1990
Copyright 1990: USA TODAY/Gannett National Information Network
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Aug. 28, 1990
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FDA APPROVES AIDS DRUG TESTING:
The Food and Drug Administration has approved new clinical trials for a
drug believed to prolong the lives of AIDS victims and people infected with
the AIDS virus. HEM Research Inc. will conduct a double-blind study using the
anti-viral compound Ampligen in September. Ampligen stimulates the body's
production of interferon.
FDA REJECTED HOME TESTS FOR HIV:
The FDA has so far rejected home tests for HIV, the AIDS virus. Industry
experts say that home tests for other sexually transmitted diseases, as well
as infections like strep throat, are under development.
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Aug. 30, 1990
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SALIVA-BASED AIDS TEST TRIALS:
The Food and Drug Administration has approved human trials of a saliva-
based AIDS test produced by Epitope Inc. of Beaverton, Ore. The testing
should take nine months of sampling at five major hospitals nationwide.
Researchers hope the greater convenience of the saliva method will encourage
widespread screening. The procedure is also said to be safer for health care
workers.
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Sept. 5, 1990
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BLOOD HEATING FOR AIDS USELESS:
A much-hyped blood-heating treatment for AIDS appears to be useless. The
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases says the hyperthermia
experiment in Atlanta has no clinical, immunological or virological benefits
to patients. But Dr. Kenneth Alonso, Atlanta Hospital, says heating reversed
an AIDS-related skin cancer and improved the health of another AIDS patient.
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Sept. 11, 1990
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RURAL AIDS CASES INCREASING:
The National AIDS Commission, created by Congress to oversee the AIDS
crisis, says that the nation's rural communities may soon be "blind-sided" by
AIDS cases. It cited a 35.4 percent increase in AIDS cases in one year in
cities with a population below 100,000, compared with a 4.6 percent increase
in urban centers of 1 million or more people. (From the USA TODAY News
section.)
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