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BY NOELLE SHADWICK
AIDS is not just a medical prob-
lem, it is also a behavioral problem,
says Psychiatry Prof. David Ostrow,
director of a new University center
that studies behavioral and psy-
chosocial aspects of the disease.
The newly-implemented Midwest
AIDS Biobehavioral Research Cen-
ter, funded by the National Institute
of Mental Health, collects and coor-
dinates AIDS research information
from hospitals across the Midwest.
It is one of four Biobehavioral Re-
search Centers in the country.
The center studies behavioral
problems that could have an effect
on AIDS such as alcohol or drug
abuse and also analyzes AIDS
education, counseling and testing
programs.
The center does not have a central
location on campus, but four core
divisions prepare, collect, analyze
and disseminate the research results
of the center.
Researchers said they hope to use
their findings to influence policy-
making decisions.
"When a disease is spreading,
expands AIDS research'
'When a disease is spreading, people in health
departments can't just wait until all the answers are
known.'
investigator of the Center's
- oby Citrin,
Public Health Policy Core
people in health departments can't
just wait until all the answers are
known," said Toby Citrin,
investigator of the Center's Public
Health Policy Core.
Instead they take the information
they have and act upon it, he said.
The center has a Great Lakes AIDS
Policy Group that meets periodically
with Health Department officials
from other states to share informa-
tion.
One of the problems with AIDS
legislation as it exists now, Citrin
said, is that much of the legislation
is not based on knowledge available
to public health officials. For exam-
ple, recent Illinois legislation
requiring AIDS testing to secure a
marriage license affected primarily
low-risk groups, preventing high-
risk groups from access to the tests.
The law is now being reconsidered.
Another of the center's goals is to
analyze preventive programs that are
currently in effect. A lot of money
has gone into AIDS education pro-
grams, Citrin said.
"Because so much money has
been spent on education, people
must now do research to see if it
[has been] effective," he said.
Researching AIDS in the Mid-
west, and especially at the Univer-
sity, is difficult because AIDS is not
considered a big problem in this
area, Ostrow said. Last year, accord-
ing to the Michigan Department of.
Public Health, 372 out of 20,540'
reported AIDS cases were in Michi-
gan.
The Midwest generally has a
smaller number of AIDS cases than
either of the coasts, he said.
As a result, the area lacks a
"coordinated clinical center with co-
ordinated clinical services" for HIV
virus infected persons, Ostrow said.
But recently, the University felt
some pressure from students who
wanted the University to take a
stronger lead in clinical AIDS re-
search.
Last week, members of the Les-
bian and Gay Rights Organizing
Committee demanded a clinical re-
search center at the University's
Board of Regents' public comments'
session
Vice President for Research Linda
Wilson says the faculty directs the
University in its research. A number
of faculty members have submitted
proposals in the AIDS research area,
she said; many are working without
external grants or funding.
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and ongoing research.
Caroline Briggs Jobst, who be-
,came president of the Jobst Institute
after her husband's death in 1957,
chose the University's Medical Cen-
ter as the recipient of the gift for two
reasons, according to a medical cen-
ter official.
The Medical Center's vascular
surgery service is one of the biggest
in the country. Secondly, the re-
search done here in the past has had
exceptional impact on vascular dis-
ease.
"In the past, all vascular proce-
dures were surgical," said the offi-
cial, who wished to remain anony-
mous. "Now we are experimenting
with molecular biology and genetics
to provide an intervention, making
surgery unnecessary.",
The research facilities, located in
the new Medical Science Research
Building II, will be functioning by
July 1. The facilities promise to
make the University the "premier
laboratory of vascular research in the
country," the official said.
Peripheral vascular disease is
similar to coronary artery disease.
Both involve blocked arteries that
stop the flow of life-sustaining
blood to the body's various organs.
Peripheral vascular disease refers to
all of the blood vessels outside the
heart, whereas coronary artery disease
is specific to the heart.
Stroke, gangrene, amputation of
limbs, and varicose veins are a few
of the medical ailments related to
peripheral vascular disease. About
50,000 patients a year have amputa-
tions due to this affliction.
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department's Environmental Quality
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The DNR lists the University
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cals listed as being emitted at the
MichCon sites are hydrogen cyanide,
xylene, and benzene.
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Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports
Soviets shell Afghan villages
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Soviet gunners wiped out Afghan villages
and shelled a mountain tunnel, killing hundreds of civilians along the key
highway carrying Red Army soldiers home from Afghanistan, Western
diplomats said yesterday.
Western diplomats in Islamabad quoted Afghan sources and a witness
as saying the Soviets and Afghan government troops committed a "major
atrocity" on Monday in shelling both ends of the 10- mile Salang Tunnel.
The diplomats, who spoke on condition of anonymity, quoted a report
from Kabul, the Afghan capital, as saying,"After shelling the north and
south ends of the Salang tunnel, Soviet and Afghan artillery obliterated
all dwellings and villages south of the tunnel."
In Washington, meanwhile, Secretary of State James Baker ordered the
closing of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, the Afghan capital, because of
turmoil from the Soviet troop withdrawal.
Tower's defense ties probed
WASHINGTON - Senate committees, working yesterday to fill
vacancies at President Bush's Cabinet table, examined the defense
secretary nominee's relationships to defense contractors.
As the process unfolded, former Republican Sen. John Tower of Texas
told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the $763,777 he made as
a defense consultant over the past three years will not influence his
actions if he is confirmed as Bush's secretary of defense.
Tower, a former Armed Services Committee chair, told that panel
Congress should slow down the "revolving door" through which some
top defense officials pass on the way to high-paying civilian jobs in the
defense industry.
Pentagon officials should be barred, Tower said, "from profiting
unfairly, unethically, or illegally or inordinately" if they move between
Pentagon and industry jobs.
Va. official vies to be first
Black governor in nation
RICHMOND, Va - L. Douglas Wilder, a grandson of slaves and the
first Black to win a statewide election in Virginia, began campaigning
yesterday to become the first elected Black governor in the nation.
But the former state legislator, who defied experts four years ago by
beating a white candidate to become lieutenant governor, said he would
not let race become an issue in the campaign.
"I hope that it plays as little part in this electoral process as possible,"
said Wilder, who is unopposed for the Democratic nomination in a state
with a 17 percent Black population.
In a rally before 300 supporters at a downtown convention center and
before a statewide television audience, Wilder wrapped himself in the
thriving economy cloak of Democratic Gov. Gerald Baliles, who by law
cannot succeed himself, and said he would build on Baliles'
accomplishments.
Test shows MS link to AIDS
WASHINGTON - A genetic test of cells in the blood of six multi-
ple sclerosis patients suggests that the disease is closely associated with
a virus that is similar to the AIDS virus, researchers report.
E. Prem Kumar Reddy, a researcher at Wistar Institute in Philadelphia,
said the genetic study of the blood samples from the patients provides
"direct proof" that the human T-lymphotropic virus( HTLV-I) is involved
in the MS disease process.
Both HTLV-I and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) which
causes AIDS are retroviruses. Reddy said both of the viruses appear to
infect immune cells in the blood.
"Even though these two viruses are not causing the same disease, their
basic mechanisms of infection are very, very similar. Something that
works for HIV should also work for HTLV-I."
Reddy said the research does not prove that HTLV-I is the cause of
multiple sclerosis.
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