U.S. Conducted Syphilis Experiments in Guatemala Without Consent

Beginning in 1946 through 1948, an experiment funded and conducted by the United States' National Institutes of Health (NIH), infecting those in the study without their knowledge with syphilis and, in some...

US Apologizes for Infecting Guatemalans with Syphilis

The United States apologized today for an experiment carried out from 1946-1948 in Guatemala. US government researchers deliberately infected Guatemalan prisoners with syphilis, so they could test the new drug ...

Not all lovers present equal risk

It seems that two subgroups present incredibly high risks of contracting STD's.  Be careful out there and use protection people.  " Sexually transmitted disease rates soar: CDC     By Will...

Opinion: Tall Tales About Tuskegee

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 study blames Columbus for syphilis spread

"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...

Crack-pipe mouthpieces free in B.C.

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,...

Syphilis on Rampage in Big Apple

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...

syphilis - a sexually transmitted infection

"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...

None dare call it reason, but amnesty will do for the time being

"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: ...

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