dmcanzi@watserv1.waterloo.edu (David Canzi) (01/20/90)
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Dec. 28, 1989
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AIDS BABIES AND ILLNESSES:
Most AIDS babies get sick before their first birthday. A University of
Miami School of Medicine study finds a majority die before their third
birthday if untreated. The breakdown: 57 percent of children in the study
developed the disease by the time they turned a year old; and 79 percent had
symptoms by age 2.
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Medical News for Week Ending January 7, 1989
Copyright 1989: USA TODAY/Gannett National Information Network
Reproduced with Permission
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Jan. 2, 1990
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AIDS CASE GOES TO COURT:
Veronica Prego, a medical school graduate, goes to court Tuesday in the
nation's first major trial of a health-care worker's claim that AIDS was
caused by hospital negligence. She is seeking $175 million from Kings County
Hospital in Brooklyn. (From the USA TODAY News section.)
JOINT DISEASE FIGHTS AIDS:
A new disorder in AIDS patients seems to help them keep from developing
full-blown AIDS, reports the Annals of Internal Medicine's January issue.
Researchers at New York University's Hospital say the disorder appears to stem
from a genetically determined immune response and may be beneficial. (From the
USA TODAY Life section.)
TUBERCULOSIS ON THE RISE:
Tuberculosis is on the rise is Florida, reports the Florida Department of
Health and Rehabilitative Services. The agency said the increase is linked to
the state's climbing AIDS rate and influx of immigrants. Those most at risk:
People affected with AIDS, recent immigrants, migrant workers and the
homeless.
TENNESSEE NEEDS AIDS EDUCATION:
In Tennessee, 27 of the 983 AIDS cases have struck those between the ages
of 20 to 29, which is 35 percent more than the national average. Result: AIDS
education is needed. Schools needed a set curriculum instead of individually
attacking the problem, school officials say.
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Jan. 4, 1990
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NEW AIDS DRUG POSSIBLE:
Progress has been made on a new AIDS drug, report scientists at SmithKline
Beecham in Philadelphia in Nature's Jan. 4 issue. Findings: Test tube studies
show at least two compounds can inactivate an enzyme called protease that is
needed for replication of the AIDS virus. (From the USA TODAY Life section.)
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Jan. 5-7, 1990
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PROSTITUTES, HIGH VIRUS RATE:
Prostitutes have the highest rate of infection for AIDS-related viruses,
second only to intravenous drug users, reports the Jan. 5 issue of the Journal
of the American Medical Association. Findings: 6.7 percent of 1,305 female
prostitutes tested positive for AIDS-related viruses, with one-fourth of those
screened in Newark, N.J. infected.
MOLECULES COULD HALT DISEASE:
Selectively "turning off" or modifying a gene's activity might someday be
used to fight viral diseases, reports Scientific American's January issue.
Researchers say that by creating antisense RNA or DNA molecules that halt a
gene's activity, they may be able to destroy viral gene products inside a
person's cells.
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