Bad news from AIDS test helps men cope
New York AP report: a UCSF study of 126 at risk homosexual men found those told they were exposed to HIV showed better coping three months after notification. Positive results reduced avoidance behaviors and encouraged concrete plans, though researchers caution applicability to others less prepared.
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New York
Jeffrey Moulton
University of California At
San Francisco
Susan Tross
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Moulton
American Psychological Association
Robert Stempel
Lydia Temeshok
Doctor's house calls help Boston's homeless care
Dr. Jim O'Connell travels to find homeless patients shunned by clinics. Through Healthlink, a Boston program begun two years ago with 4,600 adults and children served, he and a roving team of nurses and social workers treat mentally ill, tuberculosis, diabetes, cancer, AIDS, and addictions. Based at Boston City Hospital and Pine Street Inn, the effort reflects a national trend in 19 cities funded by foundations and government grants.
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Boston
Jim O'Connell
O'Connell
Healthlink
Harvard Medical School
O’connell
Boston City Hospital
Pine Street Inn
Rays family AIDS exposure sparks Arcadia prayers and aid
In Arcadia Florida a fire destroyed the Ray family home forcing Clifford and Louise Ray and their children Ricky Robert Randy and Candy to flee. AIDS exposure and hemophilia marked the sons and sparked community prayer aid and calls for AIDS education. A fund organized by attorney Judith Kavanaugh invites donations to help the Rays and support education efforts while authorities weigh arson.
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Arcadia
Fla
Clifford
Louise Ray
Ricky
Robert
Randy
Candy
DeSoto County
Bill Earl
Ray
Memorial Elementary
Earl
DeSota County
Sarasota
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Michael Hickey
Hickey
Kathy Schafer
John Childs
Calvary Baptist Church
St. Paul's
Virginia
London
Netherlands
Judith Kavanaugh
Second St
Potomac Edison
EEH
Allegheny Power System
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