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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