STDs setting new records in the U.S.


	STDs setting new records in the U.S.

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11-13-2007 5:49 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/36e4e76b-e56a-4b7c-965d-d685a8a81263/2C54E213-8B09-4632-95C2-5B96F372284B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/conditions/11/13/std.rates.ap/index.html" href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/conditions/11/13/std.rates.ap/index.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.cnn.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/conditions/11/13/std.rates.ap/index.html">More than 1 million cases of chlamydia were reported in the United States last 
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health officials said </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/conditions/11/13/std.rates.ap/index.html">More bad news: Gonorrhea rates are jumping again after hitting a record low, and 
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<P>Syphilis is rising, too. The rate of congenital syphilis -- which can deform 
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<P>The CDC releases a report each year on chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis, 
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caused by sexually transmitted bacteria.</A></p> <P>Chlamydia is the most common. Nearly 1,031,000 cases were reported last year, 
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