Legal challenge to FDA list work of physicians, activists

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The legal challenge to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ban on the drug RU-486 was created by members of the San Francisco Medical Society (SFMS). Steven Heilig, the SFMS director of public health and education, asked several women to volunteer to challenge the FDA ban. Leona Benten agreed to become a test case and attempted to bring a quantity of RU-486 into the United States. US Customs officials seized the RU-486 from Benten, thereby creating the legal challenge. While the SFMS has expressed sympathy for the positions of Heilig and Benten, it denies any official involvement with the case.

Officials and employees, Cases, Political activity, Mifepristone, Heilig, Steve, San Francisco Medical Society

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Gay men may be relapsing into risky sex, studies say

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Several studies indicate that gay men are lapsing into risky sexual behavior and contracting the AIDS virus despite safe sex education. A San Francisco, CA, study showed that 20% of gay men who had practiced safe sex because of AIDS had resumed dangerous sexual practices. Health educators such as the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) in New York City are designing safe sex materials that target this group. GMHC teaches older men and men who have become sexually active recently in separate groups to address their different attitudes towards AIDS.

Health aspects, Surveys, HIV infection, HIV infections, Gay men, Safe sex

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Plan would link primary care, substance abuse services

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The incidence of HIV infection among drug addicts reveals the necessity for providing primary health care with treatment for drug abuse. The US Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration held a meeting of care providers and persons with expertise to make recommendations for improved care for the 1.5 million drug addicts in the United States. Speakers, who described the problems involved with treating drug abuse, made recommendations for government assistance in preventing the spread of HIV.

Admin. of public health programs, Care and treatment, Planning, Drug addicts, Drug abusers, Drug treatment centers, United States. Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration

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