dmcanzi@watserv1.waterloo.edu (David Canzi) (01/04/90)
Volume 2, Number 48 December 25, 1989
Editor: David Dodell, D.M.D.
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
10250 North 92nd Street, Suite 210, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258-4599 USA
Copyright 1989 - Distribution on Commercial/Pay Systems Prohibited without
Prior Authorization
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Medical News
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Medical News for week ending December 24, 1989
Copyright 1989: USA TODAY/Gannett National Information Network
Reproduced with Permission
---
Dec. 18, 1989
---
HEALTH SYSTEM IMPAIRING CARE:
The nation's health care system is unable to adequately incorporate
scientific breakthroughs, reports the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
Association. Concern: There is no national plan for helping the health care
system deal with the impact of the HIV epidemic. The group says the costs of
taking care of AIDS patients will cripple the system unless preventive
measures are taken now.
---
Dec. 21, 1989
---
SEARCH CONTINUES FOR AIDS DRUG:
Chemists are looking for substances that will not cause the same side
effects of AZT, the only drug that has the U.S. government's approval for the
treatment of AIDS, reports Pacifichem '89. Researchers from the Veterans
Administration Medical Center and Emory University School of Medicine in
Atlanta, Ga., have identified a substance that may prove better than AZT.
---
Dec. 22-25, 1989
---
UNSAFE SEX STILL COMMON:
High-risk sexual activities are still common among gay and bisexual men in
Los Angeles, reports a study in Archives of Internal Medicine's December
issues. Findings: Those who had unsafe sex tended to be young, Latino, had
more sexual partners and used recreatioanl drugs more often than those who
practiced safe sex.
LAB REPORTS OFTEN CONFUSING:
Some labs may be issuing confusing and sometimes wrong blood tests results
for the HIV virus, reports a study in the Dec. 22 issue of the Journal of the
American Medical Association. Findings: Labs sending results without
confirmation, incorrect data given about which HIV agent a person is carrying.
(From the USA TODAY Life section.)
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Volume 2, Number 48 December 25, 1989
+------------------------------------------------+
! !
! Health Info-Com Network !
! Newsletter !
+------------------------------------------------+
Editor: David Dodell, D.M.D.
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
10250 North 92nd Street, Suite 210, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258-4599 USA
Telephone (602) 860-1121
FAX Available - Call/Write/Email for Additional Information
Copyright 1989 - Distribution on Commercial/Pay Systems Prohibited without
Prior Authorization
International Distribution Coordinator: Robert Klotz
Nova Research Institute
217 South Flood Street, Norman, Oklahoma 73069-5462 USA
Telephone (405) 366-3898
The Health Info-Com Network Newsletter is distributed weekly. Articles on a
medical nature are welcomed. If you have an article, please contact the
editor for information on how to submit it. If you are intrested in joining
the distribution system please contact the distribution coordinator.
E-Mail Address:
Editor:
FidoNet = 1:114/15
Bitnet = ATW1H @ ASUACAD
Internet = ddodell@stjhmc.fidonet.org
LISTSERV = MEDNEWS @ ASUACAD
anonymous ftp = vm1.nodak.edu
(Notification List/ftp = hicn-notify-request@stjhmc.fidonet.org)
Distribution:
North America Australia/Far East Europe
FidoNet = 1:19/9 David More George Cordner
Usenet = krobt@mom.uucp FidoNet = 3:711/413 Fidonet
Internet = krobt%mom@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu 2:23/105
--
David Canzi