Your partner(s) should also get tested and treated for syphilis so you don’t re-infect each other or anyone else. Don’t have any kind of sex (vaginal, anal, oral) until you and your partners have ...

Because of that fragility, researchers have been limited in their ability to develop new syphilis diagnostics, treatments, and preventive measures such as vaccines. Effective treatments are ...

Hair loss is one possible symptom of the sexually transmitted infection syphilis. It’s thought to occur due to an immune response to the bacteria causing the infection. Syphilis is a sexually ...

which was first successfully used to cure syphilis in 1943. Before penicillin, several treatments were employed to cure the ...

Syphilis is spread through sexual contact. So the best way to prevent syphilis is to get tested regularly and use condoms and/or dental dams if you have sex. For more accurate abortion options, please ...

Syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection ... bringing STI tests and treatments to the county’s most vulnerable — from ...

Investigational treatments—therapies not yet approved for market introduction—provide a beacon of hope for tackling complex ...

“This is my memento mori: to Aunt Hazel; to her horses; to her bas­tard, bliss; to famous cases of syphilis.” Mary Todd Lin­coln prob­a­bly con­tracted syphilis from her hus­band. Nor­bert Hirschhorn ...

The historical record shows that the battle to prevent and find cures for infectious disease will lead to a lower incidence ...

The history of syphilis has long been debated, with experts unable to come to a consensus over the origins of the outbreak that rocked Europe in the 16th century. New research reveals the bacterium ...

Sera were originally collected for the purpose of investigating syphilis epidemiology. The performance of the test to detect HIV was evaluated using 400 sera (200 HIV positives and 200 HIV negatives).