History Of Syphilis

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Winston Churchill's mother had a two-year sexual liaison with King Edward VII, the Queen's great-grandfather, according to a new book. Lady Randolph also swindled the wartime Prime Minister and his brother, Jack, out of part of their inheritance from their father Lord Randolph Churchill when she remarried, hitherto unseen family letters reveal. The correspondence also shows Winston wrongly ...

Complacent middle-aged women match teenagers for unplanned pregnancy
Complacency about contraception and fertility in middle age is resulting in similar rates of unplanned pregnancies among over-40s as in the under-16s, fertility campaigners warn.

Rupert Cornwell: The incredible story of the most important woman in the history of modern medicine
She was a poor black tobacco worker, the descendant of slaves. She is buried in an unmarked grave in a clearing, just outside the little town in rural Virginia where she grew up, now all but razed from the face of the earth. Whether or not her soul lives on is a matter of religious belief. Unarguably though, her body does, and for that reason, Henrietta Lacks may be the most important woman in ...

Unrolled, Unbridled and Unabashed
A fascinating new exhibition at the Museum of Sex about the history of the condom suggests that these commonplace objects are icons of far more than the phallus.

CDC may recommend circumcisions for health
For the first time, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics are considering whether to recommend circumcision as a preventive measure against HIV transmission.

Weekend spots, from sweet to freaky, make for offbeat V-Day plans
From a Chelsea art gallery to the Museum of Sex, New York offers fun, fantastical, and freakish sights (and tastes, too) to enjoy on or around Valentine’s Day.