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Cash, Check, Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express accepted. Thursday, November 30,2000 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY THE BATTALION Aiding the HIV-positive A&M groups to reach outdaring World AIDS Day2000 By Noni Sridhara The Battalion s finals approach, many stu dents find themselves studying all night to make that last- minute A. For the past year, a senior biomedical science major who wishes to remain anonymous has been pulling “all-nighters ’’every night fighting a greater battle taking care of his family. The student is one of thousands of young Americans who has fallen vic tim to AIDS. The student did not find out he was HIV-positive until he and his wife had a daughter last year. He said he was shocked when he discovered that he had passed the vims to his wife, who in turn passed it on to their baby girl. “At (24), you think you’re invinci ble and do not need to be responsible,” he said. “That’s what hurts me the most is that my actions have hurt so many loved ones unnecessarily, and a help less little child. Hopefully for her it will never become full- blown. There are many new medications coming out, but she’ll still never know what it’s like to live a normal life.” The student, previously an engi neering major, said he switched majors so he could go to medical school and devote himself to finding a cure for the sake of his daughter. To support others like the student and to educate the public. World AIDS Day 2000 kicks off Friday. Student Health Services, Aggie Reach and AIDS Services of the Brazos Valley will distribute information about HIV and AIDS at Rudder Fountain from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. This year’s theme, “Men Make a Difference,” is part of a two-year cam paign focusing on the role of men in the AIDS epidemic. “The campaign hopes to raise awareness of the relationship between men’s behavior and HIV, encourage men and adolescent boys to make a strong commitment to preventing the spread of HIV and caring for those in- “There still re mains a highly negative stigma around patients with HIV or AIDS” — Jenna Easton Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokeswoman fected, and to promote programs that respond to the needs of both men and women,” said Margaret Griffith, health education coordinator at A.R Beutel Health Center, in a press re lease. AIDS is caused by the human im munodeficiency virus and is charac terized by severe immune system de ficiency. The virus attacks the immune system, leaving the body vulnerable to a variety of life-threatening illnesses. The illness often are caused by com mon bacteria, yeast and viruses that ordinarily do not cause disease in healthy individuals. According to World Health Orga nization reports, at the end of 1999 more than 315,(XX) people in the Unit ed States have been diagnosed with AIDS. More than half of the people have died. Most die within four years of showing symptoms of the disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) report that 2.2 million Americans now carry the HIV virus, but not all of the cases show symptoms. Jenna Easton, a spokeswoman with the CDC, said the number is probably significantly higher, but there are many unreported and many people have HIV but do not get tested. “There still remains a highly nega tive stigma around patients with HIV or AIDS,” Easton said. “Some people think if they are in the same room with a person with AIDS, they will contract it, but this is not the case.” She said there are effective means of preventing complications , but for people who could have been exposed to the virus, delaying tests could speed up the progression to full-blown AIDS. Easton said while there is no cure for AIDS, one treatment is the drug Retrovir, which is an anti-viral agent. “People with HIV infection need to receive education about the disease and treatment,” she said. “Safe sex may reduce the risk of acquiring the in fection. Abstinence is the only sure way to prevent sexual transmission of the virus.” Medicinal costs rise WASHINGTON (AP) — Near ly half of Americans suffer from at least one chronic disease, every thing from allergies to heart disease — 20 million more than doctors had anticipated this year, re searchers say. And they warn that the fast growing toll, now at 125 million among a population of 276 million, will reach 157 million by 2020. One-fifth of Americans have two or more chronic illnesses, complicat ing their care and making it more expensive. The nation is unprepared to cope with the growing burden of chronic disease, with annual medical bills alone expected to almost double to $1.07 trillion by 2020, Dr. Gerard Anderson of Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins University told a meeting Wednesday of 1,000 chronic, dis ease specialists. While doctors have made major advances in treating certain chron ic illnesses, they cause 70 percent of all U.S. deaths, reports the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which convened the meeting to explore ways to better prevent and fight long-term illness. It is a difficult subject partly be cause so many different diseases qualify. Simple allergies may not kill someone, but require a lifetime of medication and doctor visits. Heart disease can require even more complex drug therapy, surgery and testing. At the other extreme is Alzheimer’s disease, eventually re quiring around-the-clock care. Preventive care — weight man agement, disease screening, nutri tion, exercise, geriatric assessments for the elderly — can stave off many chronic diseases. But it takes longer than writing a prescription, and few insurers reimburse fully, Anderson said. He quoted an insurance director who said his patients demand payi- ment for such care as in vitro fertil ization, not ways to prevent illness es they might not get for decades^ Then he cited a rural Maryland physician’s lament about his dia betic patient, an overweight farmejr whose insurance pays for a 20- minute visit, just enough time to test his blood sugar and'adjust medica tion. The doctor says helping the man lose weight would do more good, but he is not paid to do that. Already 60 million Americans suffer multiple chronic illnesses, a number expected to reach 81 mil lion by 2020 as the population ages, Anderson reported. I Someone without a chronic ill ness pays an average of $ 182 a year in out-of-pocket health expenses, Anderson said, compared with $369 in out-of-pocket payments by pa tients with one chronic illness anti $1,106 for someone battling thrdb or more. *> Total annual health costs for someone with one chronic illness are more than five times higher than for a healthy person — $6,032 vj. $1,105 — and rise even higher the more disabling the chronic illness is, he reported. ★Swings Signups in the Dec. 2nd 10am - 6pm Dance @ 8pm MSC HALLWAY iper r 4-sm iCVO perm 5 el Na ils cures 1 tues DecjS ;heni y , I •• « IMPERIAL r\ Chinese Restaurant FREE ICE TEA w/use of Aggie Bucks ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFET LUNCH & DINNER 7 days a week Lunch: Mon - Fri *4.95 Sat - Sun s 6.95 Dinner: $ 6.95 DEAL $ 4.99 IT'S ALMOST MORE THAN YOU CAN EAT! 6 oz. 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