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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1985-12-11, Page 8MANOR 13 Church St., Seaforth 527-1/40 A gracious retirernent home is pleased to announce its GRAND OPENING THURS., Fe1I., SAT. DECEMBER 12, 13, 14 12-8 p.m: 2CU OFF 5/0 FIRST MONTH'S RESIDENCY TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS REFRESHMENTS EVERYONE WELCOME :Irt`iltil DR. NICOLETTE PEARCE est., C.C.F.P. is pleased to announce the opening of her practice in FAMILY MEDICINE at the Bruce Street Family Medical Centre 24 Bruce Street West, Goderlch S24-4121 on January 3rd, 1111$ OHIP WILL BE ACCEPTED AS FEE FOR SERVICE Santa Suggests. Beautiful sewing and Knitting Baskets, Scissor Sets, Cutting Boards, Steam Irons, etc. Singer Sewing Machines start at $26995„.°. Singer KnittiAg Machines also available. •• GEN'S SEW & KNIT MISZEIMINGER CENTRE MALL EXETER 235-0800 WOOL & YARN CENTRE 56 THE SQUARE GODERICH 524-8431 • PRE- P h r S t m a special Dec. 9 to Dec. 24 '°Rallsao CHRISTMAS GIFT WRAP s6 : 5 9 „ only • Large Assortment of BOXED CHRISTMAS CARDS. 25 % off 430 G. GANONG CHOCOLATES AN DELECTO 79 5 only • 99 Jovan MUSK OIL Cologne Spray 65 M1. only, • OLD SPICE AFTERSHAVE 125 MI. BUXTON MEN'S WALLETS 4 39 only • only 14'9 CHARLESCRAFT CURLING IRON 6 99 only • 200 t3. HUMPTY DUMPTY POTATO CHIPS 4 only 99 COVER GIRL LIPSTICK or PROFESSIONAL MASCARA 4939 only • LCD WATCHES 399 only • DOMINION TAPE gs m� only 69 SMI ES & CHUCKLES TURTLES N. only • 300 ML. RESDAN DANDRUFF TREATMENT 299 ..,.3 •9 4 SILVER ICICLES only y 994 23 IN A BAG BOWS only --FFIlic.NO LE USCDUNTI 192 The Square Goelerlch/Main Corner Clinton/Main Corner $eaforth at is AIDS.. What is AIDS.. Aids stands for "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome''. It is a newly recognized and poorly understood condi- tion in which a previously healthy in- dividual develops a defect in his body's immune system. Because their natural defences are undermined, people with such decreased immunity are more likely to develop a wide range of life-threatening diseases, particularly a cancer called Kaposi's sar- coma, and one or more of a variety of unusual infections. The most common of these is a lung infection. Who gets AIDS.. As of October 1984, more than 7,000 cases of AIDS have been identified around the world, and the number of reported cases continues to increase. Three-quarters of these cases are gay or bisexual men, the majority of them residents of large U.S. cities such as New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Other groups of AIDS patients include intravenous drug users, recent Haitian immigrants and persons receiving multi- ple tranfusions of blood or blood pro- ducts. In Canada, 322 cases of AIDS have been confirmed as of October 7, 1985. Forty percent are Ontario residents. As of October 7, 18 have died. There is no evidence that tie AIDS agent is transmitted by casual social contact or by food handling. What causes AIDS.. The specific (cause of AIDS is not yet known. Most researchers believe that if may be caused by an infectious agent such as a virus which can be spread through intimate sexual contact or through exposi.re to infected blood. No effective treatment AIDS is diffeult to diagnose and at pre- sent, testing methods are expensive and not routinely available to general practi- tioners. In Montreal, Toronto and Van- couver, however, groups of physicians and medical researchers are working to coordinate the diagnosis, treatment and surveillance of AIDS. Although several experimental treatments are currently being tested, there is as yet no effective therapy for the failure of the immune system itself. There are drugs available to treat some of the diseases that occurr in people with AIDS. Unfortunately, patients often receover from one infection only to develop another or else suffer an eventual recur- rence of the initial infection. Over 80 per - cont of persons in the United States diagnosed with AIDS two or more years ago have died. What is being done... The Centre for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, the U.S. agency charged with investigating new diseases, formed a special task force on AIDS in 1981. The CDC is continuing to monitor the number of cases around the world, and is attemp- ting to identify contributing factors and the causative agent of AIDS. In Canada, organizations have been set up in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, where gay community members are working with medical doctors and resear- chers to set up educational and counselling services. The Ontario government and health ministry have undertaken several in- itiatives related to AIDS. The govern- ment has contributed to the Canadian Red Cross Society's national blood screening and testing program. The ministry's central laboratory in Etobicoke has begun diagnostic specimen testing, a service formerly only available at the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control in Ottawa. ...Where did it originate? One of the most puzzling aspects of AIDS (acquired im- munodeficiency syndrome) and PLS (persistent lym- phadenopathy syndrome) is where it came from and how it spread to all populated regions of the world. Most scientists are convinced that what is believed to be the causative agent, retrovirus known as HTLV-III, first gained a foothold in Central Africa. Kaposi's sarcoma, a common coni - plication of AIDS, has been endemic for many years in this part of Africa, while very rare in North America. Scientists believe the AIDS retrovirus has existed in Africa for generations. It is suspected that a mutant shift altered the virus's properties to make it deadly. it seems likely AIDS travelled to Europe when the French and Belgian people who had lived in or near Zaire returned home. Another possibility is that Cuban soldiers serving in Angola brought AIDS back to the Caribbean and from there the retrovirus made its way to the U.S.A. and Canada. 30aids originated in africa 1. AIDS appears to have first originated in Africa, probably as a result of mutant changes in a less lethal micro-organism. 2. Unlike American AIDS patients, most Zairian people with AIDS are neither homosexual nor intravenous drug users, and most are women. 3. Field estimates put the number of probable AIDS cases in Africa as high as 7,000 with as many as 20 new cases occurring every day. re ( it c gIA pA EN 1 GIFTS AND. HANDICRAFTS 9 Rattenbury Street, East. Clinton 482-373 DECEMBER HOURS: Open this Friday 1111 9, Monday, Dec. 16 - Friday, Dec. 20. 10 am - 9 pm - Sal, Dec. 21 - 10 am - 5:30 pm, Monday, Dec. 23 - 10 am - 9 pm, Tues., Dec. 24 - 10 am - 5:30 pm e toY `� ° r°v ou'�� S�Sti Gov' SO G��ti C�Y1 O0 STOCIC6.0,0 ott tae �Quse 0 00 0100$ V 1 P��u FieMoab,tem sob cone41eket Pceb WE'RE RELOCATING In the New Year - and we'd rather sell It now than move it later! HUMAN RIGHTS WEEK Como In to view the displays Huron County Library Headquarters or Goderich Branch Library December 9 - 14 During Library Hours GRANGER'S T.V. 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