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Published: 10/26/10

Scientists: Columbus Did Not Introduce Syphilis to Europe

By Ben Muessig - AOL News

(Oct. 26) -- Christopher Columbus has been blamed for instituting slavery in the New World and setting the stage for centuries of bloody conquest. But new evidence might help clear his name in at least one way: Researchers say they now have proof that the famed explorer didn't introduce syphilis to Europe. After making landfall on a number of Caribbean islands -- and changing the course of history in the process -- Columbus and his crew returned to Spain in 1493. Two years later, the first documented case of syphilis was reported in Europe, leading some experts to hypothesize that the ...

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Published: 07/6/10

Study: Men with Erectile Dysfunction Pose Higher STD Threat

By Katie Drummond - AOL News

(July 6) -- Impotence and immunity are not synonymous -- and someone might want to inform the Viagra-poppers of America. U.S. men taking medication to treat erectile dysfunction are being diagnosed with twice as many sexually transmitted diseases as their non-flaccid peers. That's the sobering conclusion of a new study, published this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Older men, who struggle to achieve erection, are also harboring conditions like gonorrhea and chlamydia in record numbers. What gives? Just how many men have STDs? If you must know, researchers followed 1.4 million men ...

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Published: 06/17/10

French-British Study: Stigma of Obesity Affects Sex

By Dana Kennedy - AOL News

NICE, France (June 17) -- Obese women have less sex than women of normal weight, but they also have more unplanned pregnancies because they often don't ask for contraceptives or use the pill, according to a new study. Obese men have fewer sexual partners than men of normal weight, the study also says, but they run a higher chance of contracting sexually transmitted diseases and are more prone to erectile dysfunction. The study by French and British researchers, published this week in the British Medical Journal, is the first to investigate the impact of obesity on sexual health. STF / AFP ...

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Published: 03/30/10

Gonorrhea Close to Gaining Superbug Status

By Katie Drummond - AOL News

(March 30) -- Unless medical experts devise a new way to treat it, gonorrhea -- the world's second most common sexually transmitted infection, after chlamydia -- will soon become a drug-resistant superbug. "This is a very clever bacteria. If this problem isn't addressed, there is a real possibility that gonorrhea will become a very difficult infection to treat," Catherine Ison, a British gonorrhea specialist, told Reuters. The bacterial infection is most common in southern Asia and Africa. Left untreated, it can cause pelvic inflammatory disease and lead to ectopic pregnancies and ...

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Published: 09/24/09

First Glimmer of Hope for an AIDS Vaccine

By Ria Misra - Politics Daily

A new vaccine created by cobbling together two older, ineffective AIDS vaccines shows the first evidence of being able to prevent the virus, though only in less than one-third of cases. Still, it's a major breakthrough and one that the scientists who completed the study are justifiably thrilled with as a first step towards finding a vaccine that could be widely used. The study, completed in Thailand on a sample of more than 16,000 people, was the result of a partnership between Thailand's Ministry of Public Health and the United States. Though it's a groundbreaking medical discovery, ...

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