Syphilis

STDs: Don't Put Your Sexual Health in Jeopardy

Deborah Arrindell | Posted 04.01.2013 | Impact

Read More: Sexual Health, STD Prevention, Stds, STD Awareness, Std, Chlamydia, Sex, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, STD Awareness Month, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Trich, Public Health, Trichomoniasis, Impact News

Trichomoniasis, or "Trich," is the most common, curable STD in the United States, yet a recent survey by the American Sexual Health Association (ASHA) found that only one in five women are familiar with it.

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3 Questions Every Post 50 Woman Should Ask Their Doctor

The Huffington Post | Shelley Emling | Posted 02.27.2013 | Fifty

Read More: Syphilis, Red Wine, Health Post50, Aarp, Depression, Talking to Your Doctor, Questions to Ask Your Doctor, Condoms, Drinking, Fifty News

When people show up for a business meeting, they have the points they want to make at the ready. When they take their car to a mechanic, they come wit...

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The Strange History Of The Condom

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 11.08.2012 | Science

Read More: Syphilis, Museum of Sex, Sex History, Video, Std, Talk Nerdy to Me, Safe Sex, Science, Cara Santa Maria, Birth Control, Science News, Sti, Condom History, Condoms, Sex Education, Science News

The condom protects us from infection and unwanted pregnancy, and it has reshaped the history of sex across the world. Studying its strange past can t...

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Meet The Porn Star Who Started The Syphilis Outbreak

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 08.24.2012 | Los Angeles

Every outbreak has a patient zero. Porn actor Mr. Marcus has come out and identified himself as the performer responsible for the current syphilis ...

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Syphilis Valley

Jennifer Ketcham | Posted 10.22.2012 | Los Angeles

Read More: Safe Sex, Pornography, Condom Use, Syphilis Outbreak in Porn, Porn Condom Measure, Syphilis, Porn Industry, Syphilis Porn Shut Down, Los Angeles News

The people in porn seem to be connecting the dots, but not because pornographers, performers, and agents are sounding the war cry and finally endorsing the widespread use of condoms.

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Advocacy Group Rips Porn Industry Over Syphilis Outbreak

Reuters | Posted 10.21.2012 | Los Angeles

Read More: Syphilis, Video, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Reuters, Porn Syphilis Outbreak, Porn Shutdown Syphilis, Free Speech Coalition, Porn Shutdown, Los Angeles News

By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES, Aug 21 (Reuters) - A porn industry trade group has announced a U.S. moratorium on producti...

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The Porn Industry May Be Facing A Syphilis Outbreak

AP | SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER | Posted 10.20.2012 | Business

Read More: Pornography, Syphilis, Video, Std, Los Angeles County Public Health Department, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Syphilis Porn Moratorium, Porn, Free Speech Coalition, Ap, Business News

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four more cases of syphilis have been found in an investigation of an outbreak among porn performers, bringing the total to nine,...

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UPDATE: Porn Industry Shutting Down Over Syphilis Outbreak

The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 08.21.2012 | Los Angeles

A cluster of syphilis diagnoses threatens to temporarily shut down the porn industry in Southern California. Adult Production Health & Safety Serv...

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Shocking New Stats About STDs In California

HuffingtonPost.com | Kathleen Miles | Posted 08.16.2012 | Los Angeles

Generally, you expect to see preventable diseases decline in advanced societies. Not so with some sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in California. ...

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How Did William Shakespeare Die?

Ben Arogundade | Posted 07.10.2012 | Books

The exact nature of Shakespeare's illness, and subsequent death, remains unknown, and is still the subject of much speculation. Here are the hypotheses currently debated by scholars.

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Did Columbus Bring Syphilis to Europe?

The Huffington Post | Travis Korte | Posted 01.08.2012 | Science

Read More: Syphilis, Columbian Theory, Columbus, Christopher Columbus, Pre-Columbian Theory, Columbian Exchange, Columbus Syphilis, Epidemiology, Archaeology, The New World, Emory University, Science News

When Columbus returned to Europe from his voyage to America, he and his crew brought news that would reshape the world. And according to recent resear...

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Which County Has The Highest Rate Of Reported Syphilis Cases?

Posted 11.18.2011 | Chicago

According to new data released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control, Cook County, Ill. ranks first among the U.S. counties documenting reported...

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Time to Start Talking

Vanessa Cullins | Posted 11.15.2011 | Black Voices

While STIs cross all racial lines, African Americans are disproportionately at risk for such common infections as chlamydia, gonorrhea, herpes, and syphilis. African-American women must take the first step to protect our health: Talk about sex.

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PHOTOS: Guess The Artist: Answer Revealed!

Posted 09.12.2011 | Arts

Read More: Syphilis, Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec, Toulouse-Lautrec, Post-Impressionism, Homosexuality, Alcoholism, Moulin Rouge, Jane Avril, Post Impressionism, Lesbians, Painting, Postimpressionism, Arts News

We feared our chosen painting for this week's Guess The Artist was too easy, but yesterday a little less than 40% of you correctly identified the arti...

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U.S. Syphilis Experiments In Guatemala Mental Hospital Revealed, U.S. Apologies To Nation

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Syphilis, Syphilis Experiment, US Syphilis Experiments, Guatemala, US Guatemala Syphilis, World News

WASHINGTON — American scientists deliberately infected prisoners and patients in a mental hospital in Guatemala with syphilis 60 years ago, a re...

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Not-So-Magical Realism

John Feffer | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Syphilis, Guatemala, Gore Vidal, Francisco Goldman, Rigoberta Menchu Tum, World News

The government has provided prosecutors with a document outlining the military's role in one massacre of civilians. But can the Guatemalan courts end the climate of impunity in the country?

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Clinton-Sebelius-Obama Apologies for Guatemala Are Just the First Step

Peter Hotez | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Syphilis, Guatemala, World News

The timely apologies issued at the highest levels of the U.S. Government are welcomed. Now they should be backed up with action across the Southern hemisphere to control or in some cases eliminate the region's neglected tropical diseases.

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1 Chinese Baby Born With Syphilis Every Hour

AP | MARGIE MASON | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Syphilis Prevention, Hiv, Deafness, Babies, Shanghai, Newborn Deformities, Syphilis, Neurological Problems, Prostitution, Std, Health, Aids, Sti, Children's Health, China, Healthy Living News

Every hour a baby is born in China with syphilis, as the world's fastest-growing epidemic of the disease is fueled by men with new money from the nati...

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