Patients aged between 40 and 49 years, heterosexual patients, and patients diagnosed in the emergency department are the least likely patient groups to complete syphilis treatment. Only slightly more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If “syphilis” sounds to you like an illness people got in another century, you’re not alone. For decades, the infection was widely ...

A single dose of penicillin works just as well to cure early syphilis as the three-injection regimen now used by many doctors, a new clinical trial says. Second and third doses of benzathine ...

Drugmaker Pfizer is warning doctors that it expects to run low on supplies of Bicillin L-A, a long-acting injection of the antibiotic penicillin, the preferred option for treating syphilis during ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I read that in the 1700s, animal blood was transfused into humans to cure syphilis. Is this true? — T.U. Dear T.U.: The story is a bit more complicated. Transfusion from animals into ...

Key Takeaways Syphilis can dramatically increase heart health riskPatients with syphilis are more likely to suffer a heart ...

Syphilis has been rising sharply in the United States, with especially high rates in Southern states. Now, a new study from ...

Syphilis is independently linked to an elevated risk for major cardiovascular events and death, with the strongest ...

If “syphilis” sounds to you like an illness people got in another century, you’re not alone. For decades, the infection was widely considered a disease of the past. But after years of decline, ...