HEALTH & FITNESS
| November 19,
2002, Tuesday
VITAL SIGNS: PREVENTION; New Ideas on Bleach and Needles
By Eric
Nagourney (NYT) 264 words
Late Edition -
Final, Section F, Page 6, Column 1
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Encouraging intravenous drug users to clean their needles with
bleach fell out of favor when it was learned that the practice was
ineffective in reducing the spread of AIDS. A new report, however,
suggests that bleach may help curb the spread of hepatitis C.
Writing in Epidemiology this month, researchers reported that
among more than 450 drug users studied, those who said they cleaned
their needles all the time were 65 percent as likely to be infected
with hepatitis C as those who did not use bleach at all. Those who
said they used bleach ''less than all the time'' had a 24 percent
lower risk.
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