VOL.101,NO.56
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HIV testing expected to increase in Lawrence
Watkins and health department offer free screening options
Kansan staff writer
By Kerrie Gottschalk
After Magic Johnson announced last week that he had tested positive for HIV, local health officials predicted an increase in the demand for HIV testing at the University of Kansas and in Lawrence.
Charles Yockey, chief of staff at
Wanda Center with the organization,
said he heard of someone in need.
Watkins had several patients walk in Friday and request to be tested, Yockeva said.
"I think we have done more today than we have all month," he said Friday.
Johnson, who played as a guard for the Los Angeles Lakers for 12 seasons, announced Thursday that he was retiring from basketball because he
had tested positive for HIV, the virus that precedes AIDS. Johnson led the Lakers to five NBA championships.
The Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department reported that requests for HIV testing had not increased on Friday.
"I do think there will be an increase in the near future," said Kay Kent, director of the health department. "We're working to situation, we were seeing an increase."
Health department statistics reveal a 39-percent increase in HIV tests administered in July, August and September of 1991 compared to the same months in 1990. October's statistics were not immediately available.
The health department provides HIV testing to the public in which patients do not have to give their real names, Kent said. She said patients
received pre- and post-test counseling appointments and receive test results within two weeks.
Blood samples are tested for free by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment in Topeka, Kent said.
Students can be tested two ways at Watkins, Yockey said.
Watkins performs anonymous testing, which is done the same way as the health department's testing.
However, appointments for anonymous testing at Watkins are booked through the middle of the spring semester, Yockey said.
The other form of testing is confidential testing. Patients can walk in and request to have an HIV test. The results are returned within five days.
Confidential testing requires that
personal information be given, but Yockey said the results of the confidential test could not be revealed to anyone unless the patient signed a release form.
"We do have HIV-positive students who know it and who are being treated for it," said Janine Demo, coordinator of Watkins' health education department.
She said from 50 to 60 KU students probably were HIV-positive if national statistics that reported that one in three college students had HIV were accurate.
Watkins' health education department provides pamphlets and brochures about HIV testing and AIDS, and health educators also are available to answer student questions. Demosaid.
Spectrum of HIV infection
Being infected with HIV is not the same as having AIDS. HIV causes a spectrum of conditions and symptoms.
Infected No symptoms Mild symptoms AIDS
- The scientific name for HIV is human immunodeficiency virus.
- AIDS is the most severe, life-threatening form of HIV. AIDS attacks the body's immune system and decreases the body's defense against infection. People with AIDS develop a group of related symptoms and disorders, such as cancer or pneumonia
- On the average, it takes about 10 years from the time HIV is diagnosed to the time when serious symptoms develop.
- HIV may progress slowly or quickly along the spectrum of HIV infection.
- Anti-viral drug therapy can slow significantly the progression of HIV.
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The most confusing bowl picture in years just not more confusing.
Mickey Holmes, executive director of the Sugar Bowl, said he favored the idea and planned to discuss it with the heads of three universities — the alliance — the Orange, Cotton and Fiesta.
"I would love to see it happen," Holmes said this week. "That way, we could wait until the season is over and end up with four very good matchups instead of just one or two. It would be very good for postseason football and all college football fans."
"With so many terrific games happening after the 17th, this seems to be the perfect year to put the alliance in place," said Steve Hatchel, executive director of the Orange Bowl. "Of course, there's an awful lot of elec- tors to be coordinated if that's going to happen."
Bowl bids are scheduled to go out Nov. 17, one day after No. 1 Florida State plays No. 2 Miami in Tallahassee. But if alliance members can work out a contingency plan based on what happens in key late-season games such as the Florida State vs. New York and Florida State Florida on Nov. 30, major bowl pairings may not be set until the end of the month.
John Junker, executive director of the Fiesta Bowl, had a mixed reaction to the pro-
An 11th-hour proposal to start the new bowl alliance this year instead of next could shake up everyone's postseason plans.
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That could leave Miami with a difficult choice. Would the Hurricanes go to the Fiesta Bowl, an alliance member, or the Blockbuster, a non-alliance bowl which competes with the Orange in South Florida? Despite its alliance ties, Miami would probably opt for the Blockbuster because it would give the Blockbuster a chance to play on their home turf.
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The athletic directors of Florida State and Miami indicated their schools might go along with the plan. Both schools will be members of the Big Ten, including our bowls, five conferences and Notre Dame.
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