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Although syphilis was nearly eliminated from the U.S. about a decade ago, the sexually transmitted disease has resurged in recent years, mainly due to a rise in cases among gay and bisexual men, according to a new report.

Heard a short blurb by Fox News Radio that in an interview I think schedule for tonight, Newt believes that a couple of new candidates may enter the race by April and he mentioned Palin - saying that if she enters with her level of support that it would really shake up the race.....hmmm! Interesting times indeed!

The number of newly diagnosed cases of the three most common sexually transmitted diseases rose for the second year in a row in the U.S., driven in part by an increase in risky sexual behavior, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday. *** Of particular concern is a rising number of syphilis cases among gay and bisexual men, Douglas said. A large proportion of these men were HIV positive and became more sexually active when better AIDS drugs improved their health, he said. *** Gay and bisexual men made up 64% of new cases of primary and secondary...

What's up with the fetid minions of the "moon god" anyway? We have had five years of artificial terror warnings flashed all over the TV while these seventh century goat-lovers have tried to decifer old copies of Popular Mechanics" in repeatedly noisy failures to try and figure out if the explosive is supposed to be placed where the light bulb symbol is on the build your own radio kit!Come on people, it's time to move on to the greatest threat of our times; venerial diseases spread by casual sexual contacts made at dance clubs populated by swarthy Middle Eastern looking...

Half of Young Americans to Get Sex Diseases -Study By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Half of all young Americans will get a sexually transmitted disease by the age of 25, perhaps because they are ignorant about protection or embarrassed to ask for it, according to several reports issued on Tuesday. The reports, publicized by two nonprofit sexual and youth health groups, said there were 9 million new cases of STD among teens and young adults aged 15 to 24 in 2000. They said the U.S. government's policy of preferring abstinence-only education would only increase those...