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Elders Enjoying More Sex but Risking More Disease

By Robert W. StockJan 16th 2011 – 7:59AM
Corbis

Corbis

A recent flurry of scientific reports should remove any lingering suspicion that older people automatically lose their sex drive the minute they hand in their retirement papers. That's the good news. The bad news is that too many of these turned-on elders are also contracting sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV,...

Koala Population Ravaged by Chlamydia

By Larry KnowlesSep 17th 2010 – 6:40AM
Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital

Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital

(Sept. 17) -- The world's koala population is being ravaged by an epidemic that would seem at odds with the animal's image as the cuddly emblem of Australia. According to researchers, 50 to 80 percent of the marsupials are infected with a disease commonly associated with human promiscuity: chlamydia. That's right,...

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