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House Call: AIDS Vaccine Research
Aired December 23, 2002 - 07:53 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: We're going to get a check of the health stories this morning. Dr. Sanjay Gupta is working that for us at the CNN Center.
How are you, Sanjay? Good morning to you.
DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Bill -- a couple of stories for you.
First of all, well, you talked about an AIDS vaccine just a few minutes ago. What we're talking about here is a new article that's actually going to come out in "Nature" next month -- it's sort of a jump start on this -- looking at an AIDS vaccine actually in monkeys. And as you know, vaccines are often tried in monkeys before they're actually tried in humans.
What they found is not HIV, but something called SIV. It's Simian Immunodeficiency Virus. It causes AIDS-like symptoms in monkeys, and they've actually been able to develop a vaccine that raises the good kind of cells, CD4 cells, and decreases the amount of virus in those monkeys that have that particular disease.
They haven't tried it in humans yet, Bill. That's obviously the next step. People are pretty encouraged by that. We're going to keep an eye on this potential vaccine.
Also another story, Bill, talking about holiday stress, you and I have talked about that just last week, specifically though talking about depression and anxiety. An organization called the New York Child Study Center actually found that during the holiday season, depression and anxiety among adolescents skyrockets; 54 percent of adolescent girls report some depression, 19 percent of adolescent boys.
In addition to the depression and anxiety, risky behaviors also seem to go up, whether it's drinking alcohol, taking drugs, having sex -- all those sorts of things seem to increase amongst those people that have depression anxiety as well. So, parents and friends, be aware of that this holiday season, especially among adolescent girls; 54 percent that number -- Bill.
HEMMER: That's our first look at our "House Call." Thank you, Sanjay. See you next hour here in a moment on AMERICAN MORNING.
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Aired December 23, 2002 - 07:53 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: We're going to get a check of the health stories this morning. Dr. Sanjay Gupta is working that for us at the CNN Center.
How are you, Sanjay? Good morning to you.
DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Bill -- a couple of stories for you.
First of all, well, you talked about an AIDS vaccine just a few minutes ago. What we're talking about here is a new article that's actually going to come out in "Nature" next month -- it's sort of a jump start on this -- looking at an AIDS vaccine actually in monkeys. And as you know, vaccines are often tried in monkeys before they're actually tried in humans.
What they found is not HIV, but something called SIV. It's Simian Immunodeficiency Virus. It causes AIDS-like symptoms in monkeys, and they've actually been able to develop a vaccine that raises the good kind of cells, CD4 cells, and decreases the amount of virus in those monkeys that have that particular disease.
They haven't tried it in humans yet, Bill. That's obviously the next step. People are pretty encouraged by that. We're going to keep an eye on this potential vaccine.
Also another story, Bill, talking about holiday stress, you and I have talked about that just last week, specifically though talking about depression and anxiety. An organization called the New York Child Study Center actually found that during the holiday season, depression and anxiety among adolescents skyrockets; 54 percent of adolescent girls report some depression, 19 percent of adolescent boys.
In addition to the depression and anxiety, risky behaviors also seem to go up, whether it's drinking alcohol, taking drugs, having sex -- all those sorts of things seem to increase amongst those people that have depression anxiety as well. So, parents and friends, be aware of that this holiday season, especially among adolescent girls; 54 percent that number -- Bill.
HEMMER: That's our first look at our "House Call." Thank you, Sanjay. See you next hour here in a moment on AMERICAN MORNING.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.
