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Volume 2, Number 40 October 29, 1989
Editor: David Dodell, D.M.D.
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Medical News for week ending October 29, 1989
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Oct. 24, 1989
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AIDS CASES RISING AMONG TEENS:
There has been a sharp increase in the number of adolescent infected with
HIV, the virus that can lead to AIDS, reports Dr. Karen Hein at a recent
conference in Chicago. Estimate: Between 1,000 and 4,000 teens are infected
with HIV. That number is doubling each year, Hein said. Causes: Mostly IV drug
use, heterosexual contact.
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Oct. 26, 1989
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AIDS AFFECTS AGES DIFFERENTLY:
People infected with the AIDS virus while young stay healthy longer than
those infected as adults, reports Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine.
Facts: Over eight years, AIDS developed in only 13 percent of those ages 1 to
17. It developed in 27 percent of those ages 18 to 34. (From the USA TODAY
Life section.)
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Oct. 27-29, 1989
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AIDS DRUG AVAILABLE FOR KIDS:
Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration authorized wider use of the
anti-AIDS drug Retrovir brand zidovudine in treating certain HIV-infected
children. Burroughs Wellcome will provide the Retrovir Syrup free to pediatric
patients whose doctor and parent or guardian has agreed to enroll the child in
the Treatment IND program. (From USA TODAY'S Life section.)
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