Word: gonorrhea
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...Cranbrook, British Columbia, test results for about 3,000 people got reversed when they were tested for gonorrhea and chlamydia over an 18-month period, health officials say, blaming a faulty diagnostic machine...
...CITY The U.S. government reports that the rate of gonorrhea infections nationwide finally leveled off in 2000. That's the good news. The bad? It shot up more than 20% in cities like Buffalo, N.Y.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Detroit; Nashville, Tenn.; and Kansas City, Mo. The best way to prevent the sexually transmitted disease is abstinence or condoms. But don't count on help from the spermicide nonoxynol-9. Contrary to expectations, a separate report shows that nonoxynol-9 does nothing to kill off gonorrhea bacteria...
...UPDATE Sexually transmitted diseases aren't going away. Some 65 million Americans are currently infected with one or more STDs, and 15 million new infections occur each year. Most disturbing, after two decades of decline, gonorrhea incidence is up 9% since 1997. Meanwhile, 18% of women and 8% of men carry the human papilloma virus that causes half of all cervical-cancer cases. All the more reason to use a condom.--By Janice M. Horowitz...
...first time since the mid-'70s, gonorrhea rates are rising, while ironically...
...anecdotes just keep on coming. In Tallulah we learn that the star once fired a young Marlon Brando from her play The Eagle Has Two Heads because she couldn't stand him "yawning and pawing his privates during my speeches." In Tallulah Hallelujah! we find out that she had gonorrhea, wanted the Bette Davis part in Jezebel and turned down the role of Blanche in the original production of A Streetcar Named Desire. In Dahling we watch her throw wild '20s parties, experiment with cocaine and bisexuality, and toss off one of her more famous quips from the bathroom. Asking...