AIDS and attitudes.AIDS and attitude Ongoing studies continue to suggest that AIDS patient can provide critical assistance to their virus-invaded immune systems immune system Cells, cell products, organs, and structures of the body involved in the detection and destruction of foreign invaders, such as bacteria, viruses, and cancer cells. Immunity is based on the system's ability to launch a defense against such invaders. by talking about their feelings, venting their anger and being assertive, researchers reported this week. But it remains to be seen whether the improved immune status will translate into significantly longer survival times. Researchers attending the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), private organization devoted to furthering the work of scientists and improving the effectiveness of science in the promotion of human welfare. in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden presented updates on three studies assessing the effects of different coping behaviors on the immune status of HIV-infected patients. In many cases, those effects "are statistically significant," says Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser of the Ohio State University Ohio State University, main campus at Columbus; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1873 as Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1878. There are also campuses at Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark. College of Medicine in Columbus. "But often the magnitude is relatively small." Confirming preliminary results (SN: 8/20/88, p.116), the studies indicate that HIV-infected men who express their emotions and cope well with anxiety and depression score high on tests for immune-system competence, and may progress more slowly from asymptomatic a·symp·to·mat·ic adj. Exhibiting or producing no symptoms. Asymptomatic Persons who carry a disease and are usually capable of transmitting the disease but, who do not exhibit symptoms of the disease are said to be status to full-blown cases of AIDS. |
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