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__Health News _ Drug cocktails help suppress HIV As of June 1997: ■ The World Health Organiza tion estimates that there are 30.6 million children and adults infected with HIV or AIDS worldwide. ■ The Centers for Disease Con trol and Prevention report that there are 612,078 children and adults infected with HIV or AIDS in the U.S. ■ Of the 612,078 reported cas es, 4,021 are in Oregon. ■ Of the 612,078 reported cas es, 379,258 have died. SOURCE: CDCWeb page tained suppression of the virus. This refutes earlier studies that have shown that these combina tion therapies only result in tem porary suppression of the virus. HTV and AIDS are viewed as two points on a continuum. Effec tive treatment, such as combina tion therapies, can begin as early as infection is detected, according to an April 1997 JAMA editorial. Combination therapies have been effective. The Centers for Dis ease Control and Prevention re ported a 13 percent decline in the number of AIDS deaths during the first quarter of 1996 comparted to the same period in 1995. While these combination thera pies are proving effective, medical researchers are apprehensive. Re searchers speculate that the sup pressed virus may exist only in dormant, non-reproductive forms. However, new findings show that with certain stimuli, the dormant virus can begin replicating again, according to the Science magazine article. Based on this possibility, re searchers say it is too early to con sider taking patients off combina tion therapy. Researchers must assume that HTV infection is per manent until there is conclusive evidence to the contrary, accord ing to the article. In the meantime, combination therapies are very effective in sup pressing the virus, and patients are reaping the benefits of keeping their virus levels as low as possi ble for as long as possible. 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The Emerald is private prop erty. The unlawful removal or use of papers is prosecutable bylaw. NEWSROOM — S46-SS11 Editor in chief: Sarah Klckler Managing Editor Nicole Krueger Community: Michael Burnham, editor. Tricia Duryee, Jesse Sowa Entertainment Evan Oenbaum. editor. Shannon Sneed Higher Education: Ten Meeuwsen, editor Ben Romano, Amalie Young Perspective: Michael Schmierbach, editor. Chris Hutchinson, illustrator. Jonas Allen, Kameron Cole, Hannah Dillon, Jeff Shaw, columnists Student Activities: Doug Irving, editor. Michael Hines, Chris Kenning, Kristina Rudinskas Sports: Alex Pond, editor. Joel Hood, Rob Moseley Copy Desk: Holly Sgpders, copy chief. Brian Deka, Kelly Schulze, Shannon Sneed News Art Matt Garton, editor Pamela Sirianni, Cara Strazzo Photography: Amanda Cowan, Rose Fung, Laura Goss, Nick Medley. Kristen Sullivan On-line: Jake Ortman, editor Nicholas Stiffler, webmaster Froelanco: Carl Yeh, editor ADVERTISING — V&-VU Becky Merchant, director. Yujin Chi, leigh-Ann Cyboron, Brian Diamond, Chris Erickson. Lindsay Knaak, Andy Lakefish, Justice Rhodes, Erick Schiess, Rose Soil, Chris Suydam, Emily Wallace. CLASSIFIEDS — S46-4S4L Anne Nielsen, manager Heather Moye, Angela McGrath BUSINESS — S46-5S12 General Manager: Judy Riedl Business: Kathy Carbene, business supervisor. Judy Connolly, receptionist Distribution: John Long. Joy Sears, Cave Ovall PRODUCTION — S46-4S81 Michele Ross, manager. Tara Sloan, coordinator. Shawna Abele, Joselyn Bickford, Laura Daniel. Susan Head. Leah Lekas, Laura Lucas, Leanne Nelms, Brandt Nelson, Broc Nelson, Katie Nesse, Sylvia Tewes m Research shows that combination therapies have been effective in lowering viral loads By Ben Romano Higher Education Reporter Researchers have found that drug “cocktails” can help sup press the reproduction of HIV. Combination drug therapies are becoming more successful in sup pressing the virus, according to a March 1998 article in the Journal of the American Medical Associa tion. These combinations usually consist of two or more drugs taken on a strict regimen. The combination therapies have reduced the virus to unde tectable levels in some cases. In addition, patients taking combina tion drugs have not shown signs of developing a drug-resistant strain of HIV, according to a November 1997 article in Science magazine. A recent study conducted by medical researchers from Italy, the Netherlands, Canada and Aus tralia concluded that certain drug combinations can lead to sus
