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  • Sex, lice and pubic shaving: study highlights risks

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    People who shave, wax, or trim their pubic hair are at higher risk of sexually-transmitted infections (STIs), but less likely to get lice, a study suggested on Tuesday. Sharing tools such as razors may also be a risk, they said, citing a case of HIV transmission between brothers using the same blade. Pubic hair grooming,…

  • Sex, lice and pubic shaving: study highlights risks

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    People who shave, wax, or trim their pubic hair are at higher risk of sexually-transmitted infections (STIs), but less likely to get lice, a study suggested on Tuesday. Sharing tools such as razors may also be a risk, they said, citing a case of HIV transmission between brothers using the same blade. Pubic hair grooming,…

  • Ex-coup leader, DEA fugitive wins Haitian Senate seat

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    By Makini Brice PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – A former Haitian coup leader wanted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration for alleged cocaine trafficking and money laundering has won election to Haiti’s Senate, according to preliminary results released by the electoral council. Guy Philippe defeated all other candidates in the second round of elections, held on Nov.…

  • DNA offers hard evidence of malaria in Roman Empire

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    A DNA analysis of 2,000-year-old teeth unearthed from an Italian graveyard has offered hard evidence that malaria existed during the Roman Empire, researchers said Monday. The findings are based on mitochondrial DNA — genetic material inherited from one's mother — extracted from teeth belonging to 58 adults and 10 children at three imperial-period Italian cemeteries,…