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  1. 9 Health Habits Worth Rethinking

    Mon, 29 Apr 2013

    you're going to get some dreaded disease," Dr. Streicher says. "That's just not going to happen. Things like gonorrhea, syphilis and HIV don't live on surfaces. And your vagina doesn't touch the toilet seat; it hangs over the bowl." So hovering

  2. Film Highlights Hepatitis Research on Kids With Disabilities

    Mon, 11 Mar 2013

    late 1980s. During the 1950s and 1960s , some children there were purposefully exposed to hepatitis for research. RELATED: Syphilis Experiments Shock, But So Do Third World Drug Trials The film follows a new doctor, Bill Huntsman, as he learns what the

  3. 'Bumping' Your Way to Safer Sex With a Smartphone App

    Tue, 25 Dec 2012

    each year, millions of those sexually active teens contract sexually transmitted diseases such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis , herpes and HIV . Now one doctor hopes to curb the spread of STDs in this tech savvy group with a smartphone app that lets

  4. Epidural Steroid Injection Risks Include Incurable Arachnoiditis

    Wed, 24 Oct 2012

    attention," said Aldrete. "It's not a new disease," he said. "They have found it in mummies in Egypt, caused by TB, syphilis and infections to the spine." Epidural steroid injections make patients "feel better for awhile," but are being abused

  5. Porn Production Halted After Actor Tests Positive for Syphilis

    Tue, 21 Aug 2012

    A porn actor's positive syphilis test has prompted an industry-wide will test all porn performers for syphilis using the rapid plasma reagin test have offered to cover the cost of syphilis testing and treatment. The decision

  6. CDC: Dip in Oral Sex Among Teens, but Numbers Still High

    Wed, 15 Aug 2012

    lower than vaginal intercourse or anal sex, according to the CDC, the transmission rates for genital herpes, gonorrhea and syphilis are considerably higher. Some studies have found that an increase in oral cancers in the United States is associated with

News

  1. 'Zoobiquity': 7 Diseases Animals Share With Humans

    Tue, 12 Jun 2012

    humans and "ancestral eating strategies." STDs Atlantic bottlenose dolphins suffer genital warts, baboons can get herpes, syphilis is rampant among rabbits, just to name a few sexually-transmitted diseases affecting animals that Natterson-Horowitz and

  2. Rick Santorum Was Warned That 2005 Book Could Become Fodder For Political Attacks

    Sat, 17 Mar 2012

    programs to the Tuskegee medical experiments that began in the 1930s. "The Tuskegee experiments denying black men treatment for syphilis were wrong and horrific, an example of the government using its power for evil," Santorum wrote. "But in terms of the

  3. Shocking HIV Rates Among Black Women: Study

    Thu, 8 Mar 2012

    The HIV rate among black women living in some U.S. cities is the same rate as that of some African countries, according to a new multicenter study presented Thursday at the 19th Conference of Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections . The jarring findings acknowledge that HIV is not an infection

  4. Sex LIfe of Older Adults and Rising STDs

    Fri, 3 Feb 2012

    sexually transmitted diseases such as chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis have doubled for people in their 50s, 60s and 70s in the past Disease Control and Prevention, there were 885 reported cases of syphilis in 45- to 64-year-olds in 2000; in 2010, there were

  5. Did Europe Get Syphilis From Columbus?

    Fri, 30 Dec 2011

    researchers believe that Columbus brought syphilis to Europe, along with the cocoa, tobacco published reports of diseases similar to syphilis detected in the Old World in the years the cases documented were both truly syphilis and occurred before Columbus' return

  6. Teens as Young as 14 Engaging in Group Sex, Study Finds

    Mon, 19 Dec 2011

    in the documentary, " The Lost Children of Rockdale County ." The behavior came to light when 17 teens were diagnosed with syphilis , some girls as young as 13. In the end, more than 200 others were exposed and treated. A 2010 New York Times story highlighted

  7. Simple Solutions To Save Lives Win Millions

    Tue, 4 Oct 2011

    project to 14,000 more pregnant women and 46,000 children under five. A simple, low-cost device that detects HIV and syphilis will be brought to health clinics in rural Rwanda, where tests for sexually transmitted infections are often unavailable

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Videos

  1. The Kabul Commute: No Traffic Lights

    Tue, 22 Jan 2013

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    the relatively cyclist was rightly cyclist has the right things. Yes or syphilis -- and since formally as far as I can and and the entire ticket Koppel doesn't have a single working traffic light
  2. Kathy Griffin on Emmy Nod, Bravo Show

    Thu, 23 Aug 2012

    another young hot thing. I'm jealous. Hang on there. Let me do it. No. Why? I only have a little -- i have a little syphilis , not a lot. Thank you, lipstick on teeth, done. How are you? I'm so happy to see you. This woman -- just fyi, came

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    No. Why? I only have a little -- i have a little syphilis , not a lot. Thank you, lipstick on teeth, done. How are you? I'm so happy to see you. This woman -- just
  3. Key Things About STD Testing For Men?

    Fri, 17 Jul 2009

    routine annual that should be done. We test those men for syphilis . Four HIV aids and for gonorrhea and chlamydia. I every if TDs a sexually transmitted diseases are gonorrhea chlamydia syphilis . Herpes simplex or genital herpes. Human capital a virus

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    routine annual -- that should be done. We test those men for syphilis . Four HIV aids and for gonorrhea and chlamydia. I every if you develop any kind of symptoms and you genital area that is a -- on the opinion as solar. He retooled discharge or India painless swelling that you should see a doctor foursome testing. The fix most common. Asked TDs a sexually transmitted diseases are gonorrhea chlamydia syphilis . Herpes simplex or genital herpes. Human capital -- a virus infections such as genital warts. And of course HIV aids. Some of
  4. Turtles, Beaches and Rum: It's Barbados

    Thu, 10 Mar 2011

    white sands of the west continues. For the dramatic east news into the famous Preference listen. As well. Take that area and syphilis and And if you're not quite ready is back on them and hope aboard Atlantis teens. Capsized tropical this tightening anyway

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  5. Pope Shifts Stance on Condom Use

    Tue, 23 Nov 2010

    life threatening disease. Where do you draw the line when it comes to serious but nonlife threatening diseases. Like saying syphilis . we reached out to the Vatican and to the US bishops today and gotten no response. If the church hierarchy isn't talking

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    line when it comes to serious but nonlife threatening diseases. Like saying syphilis . -- we reached out to the Vatican and to the US bishops today and gotten no response. If the church hierarchy isn't
  6. Preventing HIV With a Pill

    Tue, 23 Nov 2010

    will this can reduce infection but it should not prevent condom condom not only prevent HIV to prevent chlamydia gonorrhea syphilis . Those infections can increase the likelihood did you get HIV. But what this study recognizes is that people are fallible

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    condom -- condom -- not only prevent HIV to prevent chlamydia gonorrhea syphilis . Those infections can increase the likelihood did you get HIV. But what this study recognizes is that people are fallible and although
  7. Teens Show Affection With Love Bites

    Fri, 9 Jul 2010

    FaceBook pages devoted to the subject. Doctors caution that breaking the skin can lead to serious illness including hepatitis syphilis and HIV. Up to 15% of bites can become infected. For the same reason we never thought that that becoming blood Brothers

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    caution that breaking the skin can lead to serious illness including hepatitis syphilis and HIV. Up to 15% of bites can become infected. For the same reason we never thought that that becoming blood Brothers
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  2. Photo: US Apologizes for 1940s STD Study That Infected Guatemalans With Syphilis: President Obama Calls Guatemalan President to Offer Nation's Apology
  3. Photo: US Apologizes for 1940s STD Study That Infected Guatemalans With Syphilis: President Obama Calls Guatemalan President to Offer Nation's Apology
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