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  2. Congenital syphilis - Wikipedia

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    Other investigations include testing for HIV. [10] Prevention is by safe sex to prevent syphilis in the mother, and early screening and treatment of syphilis in pregnancy. [6] One intramuscular injection of benzathine penicillin G administered to a pregnant woman early in the illness can prevent congenital syphilis in her baby. [11]

  3. Premarital medical examination - Wikipedia

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    A poster encouraging premarital syphilis blood tests, created shortly before New York state began mandating premarital testing in July 1938. [ 8 ] A wave of more effective laws requiring blood tests for both partners were passed by state legislatures between 1935 and 1950, beginning with Connecticut's "premarital examination law", which served ...

  4. Unethical human experimentation in the United States

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    A subject of the Tuskegee syphilis experiment has his blood drawn, c. 1953.. Numerous experiments which were performed on human test subjects in the United States in the past are now considered to have been unethical, because they were performed without the knowledge or informed consent of the test subjects. [1]

  5. Epidemiology of syphilis - Wikipedia

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    To combat the increase in syphilis and other various sexually transmitted infections, the United States focuses on prevention programs where the focus is on practicing safe sex and being aware of whether ones partner has syphilis. Pregnant women, which have a high risk of infecting their children, are required to take syphilis screening and ...

  6. This Christmas, ask for genetic testing. It could save your life.

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    Rose Brystowski, 68, had a choice to make. Others might have found it difficult. She found it easy. Brystowski, of Oak Park, Michigan, wasn't about to let her genetics forfeit her future. Doctors ...

  7. Doctors Say This Viral "Sleep Rule" Actually Works - AOL

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    3 hours before bed: No more eating or alcohol It typically takes three hours for food to move through the digestive system, so this rule is meant to prevent acid reflux , which can interfere with ...

  8. Social Security Fairness Act could restore benefits, but ...

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    The purpose of these two 1980s-era programs was "so that there was no way you could 'double dip' into both a federal pension and Social Security," explains Jill Schlesinger, CBS News business analyst.

  9. Syphilis - Wikipedia

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    Syphilis has been known as "the great imitator", because it may cause symptoms similar to many other diseases. [2] [3] Primary syphilis on the tounge. Syphilis is most commonly spread through sexual activity. [2] It may also be transmitted from mother to baby during pregnancy or at birth, resulting in congenital syphilis.