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Pubic Lice on the Verge of Extinction

Lice need their "forest" in order to survive. However, just like the Brazilian Amazon forests, another one seem to be lost forever, thanks to the influence of modern civilization... A British research published in the June 2006 issue of the Sexually Transmitted Infections journal revealed that crab rates in Leeds are...

12 May 2008
14:06 GMT

How Did Paris End Up in Jared Leto's Mouth?

I once used to think Jared Leto was the mother of all hotness - well, if you like skinny, emaciated guys who like to go out wearing no shirt underneath their coats - but no more. After having taken just one look at this photo of Jared and Paris exchanging germs, tongues and whatever else can be found in their mouths,...

23 January 2008
05:38 GMT

Soon, a Vaccine Against the Most Common Sexually Transmitted Disease

HIV, syphilis or gonorrhea are words that go like bullets through your brain, but amongst all STDs, Chlamydia, the "Silent Epidemic" (named so because in women it may not induce any symptoms and will linger for months or years before being detected) is the most widely-spread. In men, Chlamydia can sometimes cause abn...

5 November 2007
06:04 GMT

Clap, the Second Most Widespread Sexually Transmitted Disease, Can No Longer Be Treated by Common Antibiotics

Gonorrhea or clap, as it is colloquially named, is the second most common sexually transmitted disease in the US after Chlamydia. The disease is determined by the bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoeae and causes pains during urinating and sexual contact, ectopial pregnancies, and blindness in newborn if untreated. There wer...

16 April 2007
05:58 GMT

HIV Turned into More Dangerous Mutant by Common Drug

HIV is bad, but combined with any other disease, it's worse. A team at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has showed that the use of entecavir, an antiretroviral drug widely used against hepatitis B infections, in patients co-infected with HIV leads to cross-resistance to other antiviral chemical in the...

1 March 2007
11:01 GMT




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