Syphilis Articles

Syphilis News : Syphilis has made a comeback in China
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:05:10 GMT
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 10:16 AM CDT According to an article in the New England Journal of Medicine on May 6, 2010 that on an average over one baby is being born with congenital syphilis in China for a total of 9480 cases in 2008. About 50% of babies conceived by women with syphilis die before they are born.

Syphilis News : Travel By Numbers: Tahiti
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:35:04 GMT
Explorer Louis-Antoine de Bougainville first set foot on Tahiti in 1768 during the first French circumnavigation of the globe. His Voyage Autour du Monde described the island as an earthly paradise where men and women live happily in innocence

Syphilis News : Enhancing HIV Prevention Services to Young Gay Men
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:16:51 GMT
I have chosen to frame this discussion in terms of young gay men. They are the ones being most impacted by the HIV epidemic, yet still have the opportunity to work to make behavioral changes.

Hey Kids, Get the New STD Test Badge on Foursquare! [Bright Ideas]
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:32:33 GMT
# brightideas As AIDS death and syphilis blindness aren't incentive enough for sexually active youngs to get STD tests, MTV and stalker enabler Foursquare have teamed up to create a GYT (Get Yourself Tested) badge for anyone who "checks-in" at the clinic. More »

In Medical School Shift, Meeting Patients on Day 1
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:43:12 GMT
A new curriculum at N.Y.U. is intended to foster more personal relationships between medical students and patients.

Community Notes
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:37:17 GMT
* Greene County Singles will hold a dance and dinner at the Greene County Extension Building at Switz City. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m., dance from 7- 10 p.m. Admission is $5 with a food item, $6 with a 2 liter soda or $7 empty-handed. For more information call 825-4032.

In Medical School Shift, Meeting Patients on Day 1
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:58:12 GMT
A new curriculum at New York University is intended to bolster a sense of humanity by fostering more personal relationships between medical students and patients.

Omnicare, Walgreen announce closing of transaction
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:12:42 GMT
Omnicare, Inc. and Walgreen Co. today announced a transaction in which Omnicare will acquire substantially all of the assets of Walgreens long-term care pharmacy business. In exchange, Walgreens will acquire substantially all of the assets of Omnicare's home infusion business.

Young Black Males Dying in Detroit at Alarming Rates
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:51:44 GMT
Filed under: News , Politics , President Obama , Race and Civil Rights African-American males in Detroit between the ages of 15 and 24 are dying at a rate that is roughly seven times higher than the rest of the Detroit population. If they were dying at the same rate as everyone else, there would be one death every three weeks. Instead, there are two black men dying every single week. This has ...

Officials fight STDs with free testing
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:50:31 GMT
“Free condoms” written in white shoe polish on the back of a vehicle is the only advertisement necessary for a mobile STD testing unit in the parking lot across from the Golden Lady on Ninth Street.

In silhouette
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:31:02 GMT
A photography technique that frequently catches my eye is the use of silhouette - placing a subject directly between a primary light source and the camera. The effect can be painterly or haunting or evocative. It can break a subject down to basic ideas conveyed only by line and shape, where an individual might appear iconic. Collected here are a handful of recent photographs from around the ...

Contact us:
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:35:24 GMT
Health bosses have played down new research which exposed Wandsworth as one of the country’s sexually transmitted infection (STI) hotspots.

Reality of STDs unavoidable
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:06:33 GMT
Subject: Crimelog- Author: Brandi Panter- Published: Friday, September 03, 2010

Last Fair Deal Gone Down: The Tangled-Up Song of Robert Johnson
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:30:09 GMT
Poor Robert Johnson, now more words than man. We know he was born and that he’s deader than dead. But the truth of what happened in the breaths between is anybody’s guess.

Community Notes
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:52:17 GMT
* The White River Valley High School Junior Post Prom Parents for the class of 2012 is asking for your support. A basket bingo -- which will raise money for post prom -- is planned for Nov. 11 and is in need of money donations from individuals and businesses for the purchase of baskets.

New Walk-in Std Clinic Option at the KCMO Health Department
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:36:24 GMT
Patients to be seen in a more timely manner.

Foursquare offers reward for checking in after STD checkups
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:50:05 GMT
The Starting Point is a preview of the stories we expect to cover today and a snapshot of the news that occurred overnight.

Community Notes
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:52:19 GMT
* Due to vehicle repair, the Greene County Recycling Center's mobile trailer that was scheduled to be in Bloomfield Sept. 1 will be there today.

Who are 4chan?
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:55:16 GMT
The 4chan website is credited with creating some of the web's biggest phenomena, but it is blamed for wreaking havoc across cyberspace.

Puppy-tossing girl tracked down by cops
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:14:43 GMT
This latest example of all-too-human behavior, originally posted on LiveLeaks, became the subject of international outrage this week, hot on the heels of the "Cat Bin Lady of Britain." Great Britain - Cat - Recreation - Pets - Prime minister

Report blames celebs for risky teen sex
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:30:52 GMT
Britney Spears and other pop stars are being blamed for contributing to a rise in risky sexual behaviour by teens in the UK.

Magazine Regulars
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:08:56 GMT
Coventry cat tormentor Mary Bale has become the latest victim of 4chan - a website credited with creating some of the web's biggest phenomena, whose users wreak havoc across cyberspace. Just what is it all about?

Who are 4chan?
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:54:06 GMT
The internet pranksters who helped expose cat bin lady

E-health groups seek systems for 'data harvest'
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:45:20 GMT
US experts flag opportunity for software vendors.

Community Notes
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:22:17 GMT
* The Linton Public Library will open late (at noon) to provide in-service training for staff. * The Linton-Stockton School Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. to conduct a public hearing on the budget.

Health Calendar
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT
Coming UpKIDNEY SCREEING: KEEP (Kidney Early Evaluation Program) will have screenings for chronic kidney disease from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sept. 26 at High Point City Lake Park, 602 W. Main St. in Jamestown. The screenings are open to the public and free.For more information and to register, call Denise Hockaday at 877-858-3808.

How 4chan Became The World’s Best Tabloid Of The Internet Age
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:43:07 GMT
Why 4chan is a hit and the Daily tabloids should worry...

Actors' Rule
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:30:30 GMT
I know that as union actors we're not supposed to do nonunion work. But, hypothetically, what happens if we do? I'm not saying I would. But what are the penalties? Do you get kicked out? Fined? Blacklisted?

Job seeker files case on HIV discrimination
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:57:45 GMT
A court in Anhui province said on Monday that it accepted a case filed by a college graduate who had been denied a teaching job because he was HIV positive.

Sedgwick County may track partners in HIV case involving McConnell sergeant, swinger parties
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:01:30 GMT
When the military realized a sergeant stationed at McConnell Air Force Base may have knowingly exposed people to HIV at "swinger events" in the Wichita area, it contacted Mayor Carl Brewer's office and the Sedgwick County Department of Health.

Why They Chose SDSU Over UCSD
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:45:59 GMT
San Diego State's prestige is growing, with some researchers choosing its teaching focus over the local powerhouse. But its transformation to a major research university isn't yet complete.

Ochocinco: The Ultimate Catch Recap - Episode 9 - One Thing We Did Not Love About The Show
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:02:39 GMT
This about sums up our level of disgust. Guys, Tara is gone. Take a few minutes and let that sink in. It’s OK. I’ll wait. It’s maybe not so big of a surprise that Tara couldn’t get with the program, as it were, and be serious (whatever that means) and I guess cease to entertain. Her unwillingness to break the wisecracking, un-PC character that she presented from the jump did lead to her loss (if ...

The Signpost - Are STDs on WSU campus?
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:56:51 GMT
Many colleges across the United States have built sexual reputations for themselves. At Weber State University, however, such a reputation has not been created.

University of Alabama at Birmingham students, faculty urged to get on front lines of health care
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:09:18 GMT
Head of Jefferson County Department of Health speaks to School of Public Health

STDs warning to binge drinkers
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:25:17 GMT
PROMISCUOUS binge-drinkers are fuelling an increase in the number of people diagnosed with sexually transmitted diseases, a top hospital consultant has warned.

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