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A case of infection with Gongylonema is described in a 41-year-old woman living in New York City. The patient sought medical attention with the complaint of a sensation of 1-year duration of something moving in her mouth. On two occasions she removed worms from her mouth, once from her lip, once from the gum. One of the specimens submitted for examination was an adult female Gongylonema. It is not possible to say whether the infection was acquired in New York City, or elsewhere, since the patient traveled frequently to Mississippi to visit relatives. As cases of delusional parasitosis continue to increase, clinicians and laboratorians alike need to be alert to the possibility that foreign objects removed from the mouth, or elsewhere, may indeed represent unusual parasitic infections, and that these objects should be examined before being discarded.

Some common medical ailments are so embarrassing that a person won't talk about them with a close friend, a spouse--or even a doctor. Some embarrassing medical problems and their cures are dicsussed, including bad breath, flatulence and hair loss

These margarines are designed specifically to act like drugs by reducing the absorption of cholesterol from the gut into the blood, thereby helping people concerned with high cholesterol achieve healthy cholesterol levels. Although the FDA does not allow manufacturers to make such claims, these spreads may also help reduce heart disease. For soup lovers, there is a line of prepared soups fortified with ginseng and St. John's wort to increase brain power and ward off depression. And let's not forget all the new soy-based products which contain large amounts of plant estrogens known as isoflavones. (Researchers say these are responsible for reducing prostate, breast and colon cancer.) Soy also possesses cholesterol-lowering properties that help reduce the risk of heart disease and other cardiovascular diseases

Gay men in New York City have significantly reduced their levels of risky sexual behavior, and the number of men infected with the AIDS virus has dropped sharply over the last 15 years, city health officials said in issuing findings yesterday from the largest survey ever of gay men's sexual health. The survey also indicated that young gay men are heeding messages about the need for precautions, contrary to fears that unprotected sex has been increasing. Use of condoms for first anal intercourse rose to 78 percent in 1998 from 34 percent in 1985, said Dr. Tracy J. Mayne, the director of epidemiology for the New York City Health Department's AIDS prevention planning group. He said that most men do not engage in unprotected anal intercourse, are reducing the risk if they do, and have fewer sex partners. Although the new survey was not representative of all men who have sex with men in New York City and reflected only what the men said about themselves, it showed that more extensive efforts are needed, particularly among black and Hispanic gay men, to prevent men from becoming infected with H.I.V. The survey found that black and Hispanic gay men were less likely to engage in risk reduction. They were also twice as likely as white gay men to get their H.I.V. test in a hospital, usually when sick with AIDS, instead of at a clinic when feeling well

Gay men in New York City have significantly reduced their levels of risky sexual behavior, and the number of men infected with the AIDS virus has dropped sharply over the last 15 years, city health officials said in issuing findings yesterday from the largest survey ever of gay men's sexual health. The survey, conducted last year in an unusual partnership between the city and the Gay Men's Health Crisis, offers what they said is the clearest picture of how sexual practices of gay and bisexual men have changed in response to the AIDS epidemic. HIV infection rates among gay men are lower than commonly believed, the survey found. About one in seven participants said they were infected, a drop from studies in 1985 showing an infection rate of one in three in New York City

Gay men in New York City have significantly reduced their levels of risky sexual behavior, and the number of men infected with the AIDS virus has dropped sharply during the past 15 years, city health officials said in issuing findings Sunday from the largest survey ever of gay men's sexual health. The survey also indicated that young gay men are heeding messages about the need for precautions. Use of condoms for first anal intercourse rose to 78 percent in 1998 from 34 percent in 1985, said Dr. Tracy Mayne, the director of epidemiology for the New York City Health Department's AIDS prevention planning group. He said most men do not engage in unprotected anal intercourse, are reducing the risk if they do, and have fewer sex partners. Although the new survey was not representative of all gay and bisexual men in New York City and reflected only what the men said about themselves, it showed that more extensive efforts are needed, particularly among black and Hispanic gay men, to prevent them from becoming infected with HIV. The survey found that black and Hispanic gay men were less likely to engage in risk reduction. They also were twice as likely as white gay men to get their HIV test in a hospital, usually when sick with AIDS, instead of at a clinic when feeling well