Month: January 2009

CDC says syphilis cases increasing among MSM

By Staff ReportsMinorities disproportionately affected by STDs, with highest rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea among African-American women ages 15 to 19 Reported cases of chlamydia and gonorrhea in the United States exceeded 1.4...

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Needle exchange program showing mixed results in N.J.

By Associated PressAtlantic City effort succeeding in getting clean needles to IV drug users, but not doing as well at getting addicts into rehabilitation Atlantic City’s program started in November 2007 as a three-year...

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The impact of Milk

Here’s a quote from openly gay screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, who was just nominated for an Oscar for his script to “Milk:” When I first heard Harvey’s story at 13, I was a closeted kid living in a...

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Breadman

Newbie Dallas scribe cooks up success with ‘Light Bread’ You’d think an ophthalmologist at Baylor University Medical Center would be too busy to crank out a novel. But after Dr. Cordell Adams’ released...

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