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S U B J E C T TO S ER VI C E C H A R G E A N D OR U S ER FEE. scrutinized by NIH Researcher vows to continue procedure mild and severe immune suppression, respec tively. Hyperthermia did not change baseline HIV p24 antigen status; patient #1 was and he controversial blood-heating treatment remains negative, and patient #2 was and remains positive,” states the report. called extracorporeal hyperthermia doesn’t help people with AIDS, according to a Alonso and Logan first reported details of team of scientists from the National Institutes their controversial procedure in San Francisco in June at a conference sponsored by the of Health. “From the cases presented, there Foundation for Research of Natural Therapies. appears to be no clinical, immunologic, or virologic support for the use of hyperthermia in Using a heart-lung machine, originally designed to cool and oxygenate the blood the treatment of HTV disease or Kaposi’s sarcoma. Neither does there appear any support during open-heart surgery, Alonso and Logan for further human experimentation in this area slowly heated the patient’s blood to 108 degrees. The patient was under general at this time,’’ concludes a summary of the site anesthesia and monitored carefully for seizures visit report. and irregular heart beats. For about five hours, In a telephone interview, Dr. Kenneth blood constantly circulated between the heart- Alonso, who originated the treatment re sponded, ‘Their conclusions are absurd, and the lung machine and the patient’s body. Heating the blood raised the patient’s body temperature report is largely dishonest.” He has issued his and reduced the amount of Kaposi’s sarcoma, own detailed critique of the report. which Alonso describes as heat sensitive. The NIH team inspected the medical records Alonso has never claimed that the treatment and examined the first two patients who is a miracle “cure” for AIDS, but in June said, received the treatment at Atlanta Hospital with “It is a way to control certain types of Kaposi’s Alonso and Dr. Logan. The first patient was a 23-year-old man first sarcoma, and may need to be repeated every six diagnosed as HIV antibody positive in October months.” The team did not examine the records from 1989. He also had red, itchy patches on his skin the third patient, a 48-year-old New York man that were diagnosed by Alonso as Kaposi’s sarcoma. Before undergoing hyperthermia, the who died in Mexico shortly after he repeated the treatment, according to United Press man received a strong antibiotic and alpha International. Before the treatment, the third interferon; after hyperthermia his condition improved dramatically. PWA was critically ill with tumors in his throat, lungs and heart. The man’s father is reported to However, when experts from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology re-examined small have paid Alonso $50,000 to perform the pieces of skin taken before the hyperthermia treatment. treatment, the experts found no evidence of Despite the findings of the NIH report, Kaposi’s sarcoma. Instead they found signs of Alonso and the Atlanta Hyperthermia Alliance an infection probably caused by bacteria spread plan to expand the number of sites conducting by cat scratches. The report suggests that the hyperthermia research. “We have received antibiotic did the man more good than did the approval from several hospitals, including hyperthermia. university centers. The research will continue,” The second patient, a 38-year-old man with says Alonso. proven Kaposi’s sarcoma and severe immune The NIH report praised Alonso and Logan suppression, didn’t improve after receiving for their willingness to cooperate and submit to hyperthermia treatment. scientific scrutiny. “Drs. Alonso and Logan and “Hyperthermia, as applied in these two the staff of Atlanta Hospital who assisted with cases, appears to have offered no clinical, this project have acted with professionalism, immunologic, or virologic benefits to these two openness, and a desire to help their patients patients. After hyperthermia, patients #1 and #2 with HIV disease.” both remained HIV antibody positive and have ▼ B Y JEFFREY ZURLINDEN T out N ovem ber is Ju st O u t’s 1 0 0 th issue: An exciting new look. 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