| Officials urge routine HIV testing for all |
| Post on 22-09-2006. |
ATLANTA — Federal health officials Thursday recommended regular, routine testing for the AIDS virus for all Americans ages 13 to 64, saying an HIV test should be as common as one cholesterol check.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines are aimed at preventing the further spread of the disease and getting needed care for an estimated 250,000 Americans who don't yet know they have it. ... |
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| Routine HIV test is urged |
| Post on 22-09-2006. |
ATLANTA -- The teenager who hasn't had one date. The woman married 30 years to one devoted husband. The celibate priest.
These are among the millions of Americans who soon might undergo their first HIV tests -- not because of any high-risk behavior, but because federal officials think testing should be routine for all Americans ages 13 to 64. ... |
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| Wider testing for HIV backed |
| Post on 22-09-2006. |
Every American between the ages of 13 and 64 should be screened for an HIV infection in an effort to identify the quarter- million people who are infected and do not know it, government officials recommended Thursday.
The new recommendations carry no legal force. But the government's endorsement means that insurance companies are more likely to cover the tests. ... |
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| A home soars over Bowen Island |
| Post on 22-09-2006. |
| Saying goodbye to Calgarians Fran and Dan McDonald on the deck of their cliff-dwelling Bowen Island vacation home, one great blue heron took to flight from the rocks below, its wings first stretching, then pulling down forcefully as it rose into the air. Watching that large bird flutter against gravity, then gain grace and speed, the architecture I had just seen became instantly clear. ... |
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