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WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT AIDS
What is AIDS? The disease, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, better known as AIDS, has
no cure or vaccine. The virus destroys the body's natural ability to fight illness.
Cancer and infectionns such as pneunmonia to invade the body and cause death.
How does AIDS spread?
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) which causes AIDS is
transmitted mainly through unprotected sex with an infected person, sharing needles and
syringes with drug users, and/or being born with the virus.
What is HIV?
HIV is a retrovirus that infects several kinds of cells in
the body, the most important of which is a type of white blood cell called the CD4.
The CD4 cell is a major component of the human immune system that helps keep people free
from many infections and some cancers. HIV can effectively disable the body's immune
system, and destroy its ability to fight diseases.
How can I prevent getting AIDS?
Do not have unprotected sex with an infected person.
Do not share needles and syringes - these may contain infected blood.
AIDS information linksAIDS-Related Sites
- AIDS
Knowledgebase at HIV Insite --
The University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco General Hospital have
recently begun to make the 1997 edition of this massive (2000 page) AIDS textbook
available at the HIV InSite. The entire 1994 edition is available, with icons pointing
from outdated chapters to updated ones. HIV InSite, provided by UCSF,
SFGH, and the Henry
J. Kaiser Family Foundation, is an exhaustive clearinghouse of AIDS related information
for practitioners, patients, and others interested in the topic. One of its highlights is
Today's News, a summary of daily news stories derived from many sources.
- Body, The - a
multimedia AIDS and HIV information resource.
- CDC National AIDS
Clearinghouse
AIDS in Mexico and the World - provides info on AIDS in Spanish and
English. Includes info on the National Congress on AIDS in Mexico City and much more.
AIDS
Information For The Well Informed - comprehensive source of information and services
dedicated to AIDS/HIV patients and their relatives.
AIDS Resources - multi-organization national radio-thon for AIDS
prevention, research, care.
Humboldt
State University's AIDS Server - represents an international effort to educate about
AIDS.
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Dr. Wicker elected into ACP
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Dr.
Mitchell Wicker Jr. has been elected a Fellow of the American
College of Physicians (ACP), the society of internist. The
distinction recognizes achievements in internal medicine, the
specialty of adult medical care. Dr.
Wicker was elected on the recommendation of peers, and the review of
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