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Fighting STDs with Wal-Mart gift cards.
Syphilis is called the "French Disease" by the Germans, the "German Disease" by the French and the "Polish Disease" by the Russians. Per some theories, the disease was the boon companion of European exploration (do I mean exploitation?) of the Americas. For the last 60 years the disease was on the wane in America but a strange thing happened on our way to economic ruin and recovery: the bacteria rebounded.
According to MSNBC, parts of North Carolina, Forsyth County to be exact, are elbow deep in the Syph. No worries, though—big retail came to the rescue. Read: How … Read More
If you weren't paying attention, here's the week's best from YourTango.
YourTango this week was just like the perfect man: powerful, sexy and bold. In case your liquid lunch did a number on your memory, here's what you missed.
Feature: Can Powerful Women Find Love?
And you thought Maureen Dowd and Hilary Duff had nothing in common
Love Buzz: 5 Things To Blame On Sex And The City
If only love was as easy as scapegoating.
Celeb Love: Simon Says He And Paula Secretly In Love
Maybe he's not a cold-hearted snake after all?
Tomfoolery: If We Stop Kissing Then The Swine Flu Wins
We aren't in Beirut. We don't … Read More
Cleanliness and common sense should help combat the virus.
In a goofy story out of Lebanon, the Beirut government asked citizens to pump the breaks on a tradition as time-honored in the country as lamenting (but continuing) sectarian strife and appreciating olives. Per Reuters, the act of the triple kiss "hello" has become too risky a proposition per Lebanon's Health Minister Mohammed Khalifeh.
The theory goes that greeting someone by getting up in his/ her grill and dropping a smooch (even to the cheek) could pass the Swine Flu. This is directly in line with advice that the CDC is giving to people in terms of prevention.
What happens when you get a STD from your partner.
My live-in boyfriend and I had been together almost two years. Although he was on a six-month deployment to the Philippines, the relationship felt solid, and when I learned he would be home for a three day weekend mid-deployment, I was overjoyed.
We had a fantastic visit and lost no opportunity to make up for lost time in the bedroom. But about three days after he left, I started feeling strange. It felt as if my vagina was literally on fire, and obviously, I knew something was terribly wrong. The pain became unbearable and I went to see the doctor … Read More
The figures from 2006 on teen pregnancy are in. And teen pregnancy beat...
US Teen Births On The Rise Last Year
From The Associated Press
By Mike Stobbe
ATLANTA - In a troubling reversal, the nation's teen birth rate rose for the first time in 15 years, surprising government health officials and reviving the bitter debate about abstinence-only sex education.
The birth rate had been dropping since its peak in 1991, although the decline had slowed in recent years. On Wednesday, government statisticians said it rose 3 percent from 2005 to 2006.
The reason for the increase is not clear, and federal health officials said it might be a one-year statistical blip, not the … Read More
