European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Debunking myths about spread of aids by Celia Hooper United press International filming a Cable to special. Surgeon general c Everell Koop called the deadly germ thai causes the disease a very fragile virus not spread through saliva toilet seats or in food Koop my Star this fall in a Home Box Tolice special filled aids everything you and your family need to the one hour special will be aired in America on the Cable service oct. 12 and several limes later in the month. During filming Lor the show in july Koop said of his. The virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome this is a very fragile virus it does not survive outside of the body outside of blood and semen very Well to be transmitted responding to questions that were submitted by Hob viewers Koop said emphatically that his a not spread through casual Contact or by touching objects that have been used by people who have his there is absolutely no Way that a healthy person could Caleb c. A Wiwel Koop aids from a toilet Seal regardless of who Sal on it before or the slate of his or her health he said. The 71-year-old Pedi Alric surgeon said Iho virus could not tie passed through borrowed clothing towels deodorants or razors in the locker room and said i would have absolutely no fear of eating in a restaurant where the Cook and All the waiters had Koop said. Even if the virus were to be ingested in food your stomach juices would destroy it although his May be present in almost any fluid produced in the body Koop said it is Only in sul Lucienl quantities to be transmitted to another person in semen or in aids is not carried in saliva in sufficient quantities to Ever be infectious to another person and Tor this reason no one needs to fear being sneezed on by a person with the virus using a Public swimming Pool or a Telephone. In addition open Mouth kissing is something that people should not be afraid but then he said. I always add the caveat that there a Trie Remote very Remote possibility that someone would on some occasion get aids that Way. But it certainly is not Airas Oral set is concerned to to 100 percent on the cat Side you would have to say that it is to i Qibla to Iran Mir aids try aral genital Contact. Ii is again Koop used a study of families of Haemophilia a children with aids to illustrate How rarely aids is transmitted in Spiro of the fact that they shared Beds towels. Cooking utensils even toothbrushes there was not one single Case of non sexual transmission of the for a 100 percent guarantee of safety. Koop said if you Don t shoot drugs and you Don t have sexual Contact you re not Gonna get he also advised people not to get tattoos acupuncture or to have their ears pierced unless it was done in a doctor s office. Koop also addressed the widening concerns of professionals who come into Contact with aids patients. He said Law officers never have to worry about Lears or sweat or vomit or Stool or urine and said in the Remote possibility where you were in Contact with Largo quantities of blood from an ads Kalwil and the policeman him sell had open culs on his hand or was shot. Micro is a possibility bul still it s quite the cases of three he ally care workers who contracted his while treating Are not usual cases to said. Koop said one of the workers was especially susceptible to the virus because the worker Slart cd out with an impaired immune system another had pressed the open cuts of her severely chapped hands Onlo the bleeding blood vessel of an aids patient for a Long Lime. The third worker had a Container of blood explode in her face it was t just that she was splashed but blood was delivered with Jet propulsive he said. The Hob show will also feature assistant Sec Olary for health Robert Windom and the Public health service aids coordinator. Or. Gary Noble. A spokeswoman for Hob said the special look More than four months to produce. She said Koop s Candor frankness and honesty were something we were looking Tor no link found Between spermicides and birth defects Bojoh Crawley United press internationals spermicides do not appear to increase the risk for certain birth detects even when used before pregnancy during Conception or in Early pregnancy to research teams reported recently. Separate studies published in the new England journal of Medicine found no association Between used in a variety of forms of contraception and birth defects such As Down s syndrome and brain Penis and limb abnormalities or. Allen Mitchell of the Boston University school of Medicine who conducted one of the studies said the new research together with previous studies May offer a great Deal of reassurance about the safety of the Kaiue of the possible relation of spermicide use to birth defects attracted attention last year when a Federal judge awarded a Georgia couple ss.1 million alter they charged a contraceptive Jelly made by Ortho pharmaceutical corp. Raritan n.j., caused their daughter s abnormalities that decision prompted criticism from some researchers who maintained the judge s decision contradicted medical evidence that spermicides were not linked to birth defects Mitchell and his colleagues decided to examine whether there was a relationship Between sperm cd use and five birth defects that previous research had suggested were the most if Ely to be associated with its use. The birth defects the researchers focused on were Down s syndrome an abnormality of the Penis. Banc Smaby Short arms or legs tutors and brain and spinal defects. The Boston researchers examined the cases of 1.139 intents bom with the defects and 3,442 babies born with other defects Between january 1383 and june 1986 in relation to whether their mothers had used spermicides. The Mother in the study who used spermicides had used them either before pregnancy during the period when Conception occurred win Ine first four months of pregnancy. The women had used either vaginal foams creams jellies or sponges. The results of this study suggest that the risks of live specific birth defects. Are not increased by exposure to spermicide contraceptives in the first four months of pregnancy at the time of Conception or at any time before Conception the researchers said. In the second study scientists at Columbia University reviewed the cases of 13.729 women who were at increased risk of giving birth to children with the Type of genetic abnormality that causes Down s syndrome because of their age. After hearing evidence of substandard Hygiene in Ramirez clinic and wide deviations from commonly accepted up suction procedures. Among the allegations went trial Ramirez sometimes removed too much Tal and thai patients were not adequately monitored after the procedure. On aug. 14, a Federal judge allowed Ramirez to resume his primary obstetric and gynaecological practice but barred him from performing surgery pending the outcome of a dec. 1 trial Over Legal objections Ramirez raised in his License revocation. Or. Julius Newman chairman of the department of cosmetic surgery at graduate Hospital in Philadelphia and founder of the american society of liposuction surgery says thousands of doctors including Ramirez have been trained through his 2 a Day workshops. Which result in society certificates. Newman says almost any doctor with a surgical specially such As dermatology gynaecology. Orthopaedics or general surgery can learn to perform liposuction. Liposuction is not a specially it s just a procedure said Newman. Since it is Only a procedure it transcends Many specially army regulations do not allow . A my surgeons or plastic surgeons to do cosmetic surgery that does not contribute to the Overall health of the individual. Neither Wilt the . Army medical department Giva referrals to specific civilian doctors to have this Type of cosmetic surgery done. The department does nol maintain referral listings Newman says the Only Way Many doctors team new techniques is through training at seminars and workshops common throughout the medical profession. Medicine is an ongoing thing h you want to do it you go and team How to do it said Newman. He says his organisation is being criticized unfairly by plastic surgeons who eel of Leyare losing exclusive control Over a lucrative Domain. Or. Simon Fredericks of Houston disagrees Fredericks chaired an american Soo Lyol plastic and reconstructive surgeons study committee in 1982 that concluded liposuction is Sale Only when performed by trained plastic surgeons in a Hospital or supervised outpatient facility. Thi is nol a turf Bailie Uusi Saballus Lor Trie Protection of the american people Fredericks said. The Only people who Caj it a Lurl Battle Are those who want to get their nose in under the Fredericks has been certified As a plastic surgeon by the american Board of plastic surgery which requires physicians to Complete two years of plastic surgery training after their usual residency period. He says doctors trained Only in liposuction surgery May not be Able to offer patients alternative possibly More appropriate cosmetic procedures and May not be equipped to handle unforeseen liposuction complications such As infection blood loss or complications involving internal organs. But Newman counters they Are making it look As i they Are me Only ones who can handle complications. Thai s he and Fredericks agree however there a a limits on How much fat can be removed irom the body without risking major complications making liposuction an inappropriate treatment Lor general obesity liposuction is to contour the body nol for those who want to Icse weight Temple said it s lost on some tuesday. 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