Coping With AIDS: Together, Online

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Coping With AIDS: Together, Online

Yahoo! Internet Life (12/96) Vol. 2, No. 7, P. 24
Gensler, Howard

Abstract: Internet newsgroups provide an important means for the exchange of HIV and AIDS information, on topics ranging from research and treatment advances to political movements and service organizations. On sci.med.aids, users can access daily AIDS news updates, detailed scientific information about drug therapies, and debates about different AIDS drugs. Due to the occasional censorship of posts on sci.med.aids, James Scutero founded misc.health.aids which includes more controversial information. While the dialogue can become extreme, "whatever goes in is going to be tried by fire. It's going to be ground up, analyzed, and reanalyzed. And whatever's true is going to stick," Scutero says. At alt.hemp -tokers, the legalization of marijuana is advocated, especially for people with AIDS and other illnesses. Another group, rec.pets.dogs.rescue, posts information about organizations that help AIDS patients care for their pets. AIDS information can also be found on many web sites, including those developed by AEGIS (AIDS Education Global Information System) at www.aegis.com, the New York Academy of Medicine at www.nyam.org, and Medline at www.healthgate.com.

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