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...generation of AIDS patients may be on its way. It is a generation of ) hope -- not for a cure anytime soon but for a longer and more productive life despite the disease. One of its heralds is a 30-year-old housewife named Belinda Mason, who was infected with the virus when she received a transfusion of untested blood during delivery of her second child. She lives in Tobinsport, Ind., a heartland town where AIDS services are scarce and discrimination against patients is all too common. Yet Mason, who is chairwoman of the National Association of People with AIDS...
Last week, as 11,000 physicians, scientists and health officials gathered in Montreal for the fifth International Conference on AIDS, evidence was building that Mason could be right. While AIDS is still cutting lives short, early intervention with new drugs is lengthening the time between diagnosis and death and offering the hope that a full life for the disease's victims may some day be possible. Said New York City Health Commissioner Stephen Joseph in Montreal: "We are very close to turning the corner on this epidemic." But there is a price tag to this success. Medical bills...
...Oregon lawmaker opposed to the bill is Democrat Tom Mason. "You can't approach medicine merely as the greatest good for the greatest number of people," he says. "If we do that, why should anyone take care of you after a horrendous traffic accident?" A fair question, since it points to the medical reality that what is merely an option for one individual can be a life-or- death matter for another. Still, until the U.S. is ready for the huge fiscal sacrifices that would make complete medical care available to all, some form of rationing -- with rules clearly established...
Both teams will close out their seasons in the next two weeks, when the women travel to George Mason for the ECAC Championships May 12-14, and the men go to the IC4A Championships at Villanova...
Last Thursday, Ross set a new Harvard record in the 400-meter hurdles. Her time of 63.43 seconds also qualified her for the ECAC Championships, which will be held at George Mason University...