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Articles in Oct, 1989 issue of FDA Consumer

• Progress reports in the battle against acquired immune deficiency syndrome - toll-free AIDS information, zidovudine for pregnant women, antigen test for HIV-1
• Flu shots; do you need one? Every year 10,000 to 20,000 Americans die from the complications of flu - includes related information
  by S.J. Ackerman
• Putting pressure on illegal steroid traffic
  by Vern Modeland
• Burns, eye injuries from tanning devices
• The health-diet link: charting a rising awareness
  by Dale Blumenthal
• Cleaning a filthy kitchen - San Juan Puerto Rico airport
  by Catherine Carey
• Aspirin and heart attacks - aspirin can reduce the rate of initial heart attacks
• Care of filters used in dialysis
• It's time to talk about children's medications - column
  by Frank E. Young
• Top 10 health frauds - includes related article
• Life-saving drug for preemies - Exosurf Pediatric
• NIH panel recommends daily sunscreen use - National Institutes of Health
• Urinalysis: looking into the void - includes related article, last part
  by Dixie Farley
• Dentist's device - Amalgameter
  by Catherine Carey
• Reye syndrome cases
• Why aren't you asleep yet? A bedtime story - includes related information
  by Egon Weck
• E. coli clue to contamination - Escherichia coli
  by Catherine Carey