Rhode Island Jewish Holiday Notice Due to upcoming holiday, next week's Rlrode Island Jew1s/r Herald HERALD will be delivered on Friday. The Only English-Jewish Weekly in Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts VOLUME LXl'I, NUMBER 5 KISLEV 28, 5756 / THURSDAY, DECEMBE R 21, 1995 35< PER COPY Pope Meets Leah Rabin by Ruth E. Gruber ROME OTA) - Pope John Paul II receive the widow of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and her.children recently in a private audience dunng which, she said, the ponhff ap­ peared to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Jsrael. Leah Rabin told reporter., .:if­ ter the meehng that the pope h,1d referred to ferus.ilem a~ having double ..,,~nifu.:.10\:e - as the capil.1,l of the three. great monotheistic religiore- ,rnd a..; the ca pit.ii of lsr,11."I Thcrefor~nce to )t..'ru~,lcm.1..; the capital of the Jewish ..;t.,te­ though r,1..,t ,1n orfici,11 n .."Cc,gni­ tion - would m,,"-(' a ..;harp Waging Peace Can Be A Heavy Burden ch,mge inoffioal V,1hc,1n f'<lhCY, which doe._ not recognllc the 1 lonroe Karonin. pr~ident of the ahonal Press Club, aru;wers questions with Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres at a pn.:..;,s ,1s confcnmc:e on [)cc 12 ,n Washington D. C. Pere:, emphasized his intention to pursue the peace proces!:i, and his hopes th~1t Syri., I lolv City lsr.1el"s c.1pit.1l "ould t•nlt-r the peace negollahoru.. 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There is increasing sup­ Stroke Reduction tional study of combination cells in patients who are HIV­ port for 'hitting HIV early and The Miriam Hospital of asa result of a blood vessel block­ therapies for HIV infection and positive, have a CD4 count be­ hard,' leading to studies such as Providence has been selected to age or rupture. AIDS. tween200a nd500cell/ mm,and ICC 002, which tests two and participate in clinical trials of a If blood flow is not quickly This is the second in a series who have not previously re­ three drug combinations at the drug that has shown promise in restored to brain cells that are oftrialsestablished by the Inter­ ceived antiretrovial therapy. very beginning of HIV treat­ limiti ng the seriousness of a being d eprived of oxygen, the Company Collaboration for The study wi ll evaluate three­ ment." stroke. resultmaybetemporaryorper­ AIDS Drug Development. drug combinations of AZT The ICC for AIDS Drug De­ Preliminary research has manent loss of bodily functions According to Gail Skowron, (Retrovir), ddl (VIDEX), 3TC velopment, formed in April s hown that the drug - controlled by the affected cells. M.0., of Roger Williams Medi­ Oa mivudine, Epivir) and 1993, isa consortiumof16inter­ Fosphenytoin-may reduce the Symptoms of stroke include cal Center and the principal in­ nevirapine. AZT, ddl and 3TC national pharmaceutical compa­ size of a stroke if administered sudden weakness or numbness vestigalor for the study, the are FDA-approved medicatjons nies who have agreed to share within four hours of stroke on­ on one side of the body or face, study will last one year and will for HIV and AIDS; nevirapineis information and drug supplies set. When Fosphenytoin is in­ sudden difficulty with speech, eruoll 225 patients at 25 clinical a newer compound currently in the conduct of early combina­ jected into the body, itturnsinto dizziness or clumsiness and centers across the United States. undergoing testing. tion and comparative studies of the drug phenytoin, which has temporary blindness in one or Coinvestigators on the ICC The use of combination antiretroviral agents for the been used safely to treat epi­ both eyes. 002 trial are Ors. De nnis therapy in early HIV infection is treatment of HIV infection and lepsy for the past 50 years. Once a stroke starts, there is Mikolich, Frederick Silverblatt a relatively new idea. Dr. AIDS. Stroke is the nation's third currently no proven non-surgi­ and Allan Erickson at the Provi­ Skowron explains, "Jn the past Information about the ICC leading ca use of death and the cal treatment against its dis­ dence V .A. Medical Center, Ors. few years we have come to un­ 002 trial can be obtained from leading cause of disability abling effects on the brain. Rinchen-Tzo Emgushov and derstand thatHIVinfecti oncon­ the Roger Williams Medical among American adults. It oc­ According to William Stone, Alvan Fisher atStratogen Health tinues to damage the immune Center's HIV/ A-IDS clinical tri­ curs when the brain's blood sup­ MD, director of the hospital's Center and Dr. Michael Stein at system, even though the infected als office at 456-2437. ply is suddenly disrupted, often division of neurology and prin­ Rhode Island Hospital. cipalinvestigatorfortheMiriam Clinical studies for the treat­ Kaplan and Townsend Endow study, Fosphenytoin has been ment of HIV infection have been shown to prevent a cascade of conducted in Providence since AIDS 'Buddy Program'-.----------- chemical reactions leading to 1988. According to Skowron, the James Arcaro was a colorful mother, and Herb Kaplan, his through the program this year, brain damage. expertise in clinical care of pa­ personality, well-known on stepfather. but that it costs $42,000 to iden­ "The goal is to see if we can tients with HIV infection and in Providence streets for his trade­ They continued, "We didn't tify, train,and match volunteers improve the outcome of acute the conduct of clinical trials in mark fur hats and scarves. A choose the program; James did. to clients. "It's wonderful to stroke with a readily available the Providence area has at­ Rhode Island School of Design Fi-om their first meeting at know we ca n count on income drug of proven safety," says tracted clinical trials that are student, a massage therapist, a Rhode Island Project/ AIDS. year in and year out until we Stone. "Our hope is that this available only in select areas of man with zest for life, James James and Jeff, his buddy, got cure this terrible disease." drug will have a protective ef­ the United States. died at 33, in February of this along famously and became Contributions to the James fect on brain cells during acute "The studies that are avail­ year, of AIDS. close friends. Jeff added a much­ Arcaro Fund can be made stroke and that patients will able in Providence," said Arcaro did not die lonely. needed bonus to James' life, and through the agency or The have a better outcome after a Skowron, "rival those available Thanks to Rhode Island Project/ gave usan opportunity to leave Rhode Island Foundation. stroke has occurred." to people living in much larger AIDS' Buddy Program, he was the house for hours at a timei Patients admitted to The metropolitanareas,suchas Bos­ paired with a caring individual knowing that not only was · Miriam with stroke symptoms ton and New York City.