1998 CDC STD guidelines released
From: Tessler (tessler@frontiernet.net)
Tue Feb 3 12:35:56 1998
An update at last! See the announcement from the [US] Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) below. For a copy of your own, download from
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/dstd/breaking_news.htm. For a hard copy, you can
call (888-232-3228, 2, 5, 1, 1) or fax (404 639 8628) the CDC and ask them
to send a copy the old fashioned way.
Information on subscribing to the electronic news service that sent me this
news release is also included at the end of this email.
Regards,
Patti Tessler, RN, Family Nurse Practitioner
Orange County, New York, USA
tessler@frontiernet.net
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CDC NCHSTP Daily News Update
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February 2, 1998
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"Updated Guidelines on Treatment of STDs Released"
Reuters Health Information Services (01/30/98)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released
the 1998 Guidelines for Treatment of Sexually Transmitted
Diseases, which outline the most effective STD treatments. In a
press release, the CDC stated that the majority of STD-related
illnesses and deaths could be prevented with improved diagnosis
and treatment. Dr. Helene D. Gayle, head of the CDC's National
Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, noted that while "simpler,
more effective tools for treating STDs" are now available,
"neither the tools nor the guidelines can make a difference ...
unless we can first improve the early detection of these
diseases." The guidelines will also include advances that may
greatly affect the health of women and infants and slow the spread
of HIV.
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