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...perhaps the first time, American society in all its complexity is shifting its habits not because of the political or economic realities of the modern world, but rather because the way we behave has suddenly imposed a very real and immediate threat upon our lives. Even if a cure for HIV were developed tomorrow, in my mind sex and romance will always be inextricably tied to the need for caution and restraint, due to ravages of a disease that is younger than...
...classical period relate either to death or to fertility and rejuvenation. Amber may have been used by Egyptians in the mummification process, possibly because it is a powerful desiccant, or drying agent. It was also valued as a medicine. According to Pliny the Elder, Roman peasants used it to cure diseases of the neck and head. In the New World, the Maya burned it as incense to treat a variety of ailments...
...similar resources to other diseases. As one of the principal drafters of the ada and a practicing attorney with extensive experience in disability law, I can tell your readers that Swallow's conclusion is flat wrong. Nothing in the ada requires a company that spends money to find a cure for one disease to expend resources to research other diseases. CAROLYN P. OSOLINIK Washington...
...week that being infected with the AIDS virus no longer prevents one from living an active life. Medical science has made steady progress in the 15 years since AIDS appeared in the U.S.--most dramatically in treating the devastating secondary infections in the later stages. There is still no cure, and a vaccine is nowhere in sight, but hardly a week goes by without some advance on the AIDS front...
AIDS researchers are focusing on these rare cases, hoping that somewhere in these people - or in the strain of the virus they are carrying - lie clues to better treatments, an effective vaccine or even, someday, a cure. Scientists now estimate that perhaps 8% to 10% of those infected with HIV are what are called long-term nonprogressors - people who have not suffered any apparent damage to their immune system in at least a decade. And around 6% of those diagnosed with clinical AIDS may be considered long-term survivors (living five years or more...