Interesting insights from Jonah Goldberg. Reason # 124 why it’simportant to either a) know your history or b) do your own research:turns out that no one was actually infected with syphilis at Tuskegee, but theywere lied to about the ‘treatment’ they were receiving....
"New genetic evidence supports the theory that Christopher Columbus brought syphilis to Europe from the New World, U.S. researchers said on Monday, reviving a centuries-old debate about the origins of the...
Considering all the drug gear already available at needle exchanges, I'm surprised no one thought of this sooner. "The B.C. Ministry of Health will provide crack-pipe mouthpieces to people who smoke crack, as...
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Nietzsche might have had 'The Pox', as is speculated for Oscar Wilde,
Beethoven, van Gogh, and even Abe Lincoln [source]. So, big deal right? It is if you're a New Yorker: this year there are twice as many NYC...
"Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Symptoms may go away without treatment, but the disease will progress. It is usually spread when an infected person has anal, vaginal or oral sex without a condom. Babies born to mothers infected with syphilis may have...
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"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door" <--- 21st Century interpretation: ...