Friday, March 29, 2013
CDC Says There's 110 Million Venereal Disease Cases in the U.S.
CNSNews.com:
According to new data released by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 19.7 million new venereal infections in the United States in 2008, bringing the total number of existing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the U.S. at that time to 110,197,000.
The 19.7 million new STIs in 2008 vastly outpaced the new jobs and college graduates created in the United States that year or any other year on record, according to government data. The competition was not close.
The STI study referenced by the CDC estimated that 50 percent of the new infections in 2008 occurred among people in the 15-to-24 age bracket. In fact, of the 19,738,800 total new STIs in the United States in 2008, 9,782,650 were among Americans in the 15-to-24 age bracket.
By contrast, there were 1,524,092 bachelor’s degrees awarded in the United States in the 2007-2008 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. That means the total number of new STIs in 2008 outpaced the total number of new bachelor’s degrees by nearly 13 to 1, and the number of new STIs among Americans in the 15-to-24 age bracket outnumbered new bachelor’s degrees by more than 6 to 1.
While the CDC estimates that there were 19.7 million new STIs in the United States in 2008, data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicated that the total number of people employed in the country actually declined by 2.9 million during that year.
The CDC said the new venereal infections contracted each year cost the nation about $16 billion.
“CDC’s new estimates show that there are about 20 million new infections in the United States each year, costing the American healthcare system nearly $16 billion in direct medical costs alone,” said a CDC fact sheet.
The CDC study—“Sexually Transmitted Infections Among U.S. Women and Men: Prevalence and Incidence Estimates, 2008”—was published in the March edition of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, the journal of the Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association.
Teenager Nearly Goes Blind After Eye-Eating Parasite Grows On Her Contact Lens
Bossip.com:
A South Florida high school senior nearly lost her vision after a parasite grew on her contact lens and began eating through her cornea.
One of Ashley Hyde’s eyes was red and throbbing but doctors couldn’t figure out what was wrong.
“They did multiple cultures where they scrape your eye,” she said. “One time, they had to drill into my eye. It was really nasty.”
Doctors discovered Hyde, 18, had an acanthamoeba infection. Acanthamoeba is a microscopic parasite found in water and soil that can spread through contact lens use, cuts, or skin wounds or by being inhaled into the lungs.
“Every day, we see people come in with contact lens related to infections, complications, ulcers,” said Dr. Adam Clarin, an optometric physician. “There are all things that are potentially blinding.”
Clarin recommends patients use disposable contacts for daily use.
“There is nothing safer or healthier than throwing out the lens every day and starting with a new one the next day,” added Clarin.
Zak Mann uses disposable contacts after years of having red, itchy, and dry eyes with traditional contact lenses.
“I love the disposable contacts because every day you start with a fresh, sterile set of contacts,” he said.
Hyde must undergo several more months of treatment and advises contact users never skip a step when cleaning their lenses.
“It hurts,” she said. “I wouldn’t risk it.”
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
Bobby Brown Turns Himself In Over DUI Conviction
LATimes.com:
Bobby Brown reported to court Wednesday to begin serving his sentence of 55 days in jail and four years' informal probation after pleading no contest in February to a DUI charge -- one of two such offenses last year by the singer.
Because of jail overcrowding, as well as time off for good behavior and credit for "good time work time," Brown is likely to serve no more than nine days in county jail, sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said.
He noted that Brown's sentence could be influenced by his county probation officer or a judge's order.
In addition to the jail time for pleas related to drunk driving, driving on a suspended license and a probation violation for a prior DUI incident, Brown also must complete an 18-month alcohol-treatment program and attend three Alcoholics Anonymous meetings a week.
Brown had been sentenced to a day in jail and three years' probation for the March 26, 2012, arrest, which took place in the San Fernando Valley after officers with the California Highway Patrol spotted him talking on his cellphone while driving. The second arrest, also in the Valley, took place Oct. 24.
The singer, who went solo after being part of the group New Edition, also has a previous DUI conviction from 1996. The latest incidents came after the death of his former wife, Whitney Houston.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Bow Wow Ordered To Pay French Porno Star $80,000
Vladtv.com:
Bow wow has to fork over nearly $80k to a French porn star for allegedly using footage of her dancing in one of his videos without her permission.
Celine Tran, known as "Katsuni", sued the "106 & Park" host back in July 2012, claiming he stole clips of her pole dancing in a video for a French band called Electronic Conspiracy, and then used the footage in his music video "Drank in My Cup" without her permission.
The Young Money rapper completely ignored the lawsuit, so now a federal judge has ordered him to cough up $79,346.07 in damages and attorneys' fees, and stop using the footage immediately.
Monday, March 18, 2013
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Friday, March 15, 2013
Miami Heat Baller Mario Chalmers Puts Two Thirst-Bucket Groupies On Blast For Frontin’
Bossip.com:
Say what you will about the reigning NBA Champion Miami Heat, but we got love for their point guard Mario Chalmers. Recently, while partying at a club, Mario was asked to take a pic with two young ladies who could be described as hoes, but we’ll just call them “excited”.
After snapping a quick flick for some Twitter/Instagram props, Mario scanned his mentions and wasn’t fond of the way the ladies described their encounter with him. He wasted NO time, putting them both in check.
LMFAO!
Way to go Mario, don’t let these floozy broads put you out there like some of your peers!
Mom Sells 18-Month-Old Daughter To Man So He Can Make Child Porn
DailyMail:
A mother has been charged with selling her 18-month-old daughter to a man who used her to make child pornography.
Natisha Hillard sold the child to 39-year-old Christopher Bour for an undisclosed amount of money, according to court documents.
The 24 year old is alleged to have known that her daughter would be used in child porn films.
The FBI began investigating Bour after being alerted by a unnamed masseuse who said Bour had texted her about his intentions to sexually abuse the child.
Two of Bour's messages read: 'U wanna watch me play with a baby tomorrow a real one' while another said: 'I get a chance once in a while I was just seeing if you would hold the camera.'
The woman told FBI agents she had seen child porn movies on Bour's laptop during previous visits to houses he lived in while renovating them.
He also said he had expressed interest in 'animal love.'
An FBI agent assumed the identity of the masseuse and texted Bour about what he planned to do with the infant according to NBC News.
Bour responded with graphic descriptions, said he had done it before and that the mother approved.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Financial Info on Celebrities Including Jay-Z, Beyonce and Ashton Kutcher Leaked Online
AJC.com:
Authorities and celebrities were grappling Monday with how to respond to a website that posted what appears to be private financial information about top government officials and stars such as Jay-Z and Mel Gibson.
The Justice Department said Monday the FBI was investigating how the Social Security number, address and a credit report of FBI Director Robert Mueller ended up on the site. The site also posted the same information about Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck, and the department said it was investigating the matter.
In addition to Jay-Z and Gibson, other targeted stars included Beyonce, Ashton Kutcher, Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton. Info posted about Vice President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did not include credit reports but included addresses and other sensitive information.
Social Security numbers posted on Gibson, Jay-Z and others matched records in public databases.
The site, which bears an Internet suffix originally assigned to the Soviet Union, expanded throughout the day Monday to add entries on Britney Spears, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and others.
It did not state how the information was obtained or why the 11 people targeted on the site were selected, describing the records only as "secret files." A Twitter profile linked to the site and created after its existence was first reported by celebrity website TMZ included an anti-police message in Russian.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
AIDS-Infected Thug Sentenced To 240 Years For Kerosene-Soaked Racist Threats: “White People Gonna Burn Tonight!”
Bossip.com:
You’re just a vicious racist, a Manhattan judge said in sentencing a psychotic gunman to life in prison for holding 15 white patrons of an East Village wine bar hostage ten years ago.
Steven Johnson — an African-American, AIDS-infected, unemployed Brooklyn barber — had burst into Bar Veloce on Second Avenue just before closing time on a June night in 2002, dousing everyone with kerosene and shouting, “White people are going to burn tonight!”
Ten years, one mistrial and one overturned verdict later, Johnson was up to his old tricks again at his sentencing today — ranting on about the economic collapse and comparing himself to the great terrorists of yore.
“In closing, I’d just like to say, f— you and suck my d—,” he told Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Daniel FitzGerald.
The judge had the last word. First he turned down Johnson’s crude oral application, telling the creep, “Your pro se motion is denied.”
Then he sentenced Johnson to 240 years to life.
Saturday, March 9, 2013
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Isaac Burks Ia Wanted For Infecting 240 People With HIV
BlackNews.com:
Local authorities are offering a reward up to $100,000 for information leading to the arrest of 31-year-old Isaac Don Burks who is from the West New York area. Burks has been accused of intentionally infecting hundreds of men and women in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania with HIV. Police say his potential victims could date back as far as 2003.
Described as an African-American male, six feet two inches tall, weighing 185 pounds, Burk is just 31-years old with medium brown skin. He has had several aliases throughout the years including: Stephawn Burks, Stefan Levine, Isaac Levine, Stefan Burks, and Walter Brooks.
New York City Health Department spokesperson Kate Caraway commented that this is the first time they have seen someone deliberately trying to spread HIV to so many people. “We want to make sure that anyone who may have injected drugs with , who may have had sex with him, does come forward and get tested,” she said to a local TV station. “We want to make sure that they’re not spreading the virus to anyone else.”
Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts is advised to call Crime Stoppers at 888-CRIMESC (888-274-6372). Your call will remain anonymous, and your tip may just earn you $100,000.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Deelishis Leaps From Window to Escape Abusive Fiancee
DetroitNews.com:
An alleged drug dealer faces new legal problems after prosecutors say he assaulted his estranged fiancee, Deelishis, a model and reality show star who won the VH1 reality show "Flavor of Love 2."
Federal court records shed light on a minor celebrity scandal that broke earlier this week when a popular Web site claimed Deelishis was assaulted by a pack of angry strippers.
Deelishis, real name Chandra London Davis, denied the report. The 35-year-old Farmington Hills resident, known for her ample derriere, posted a message on her social-media site, saying she tripped on icy stairs while wearing expensive designer shoes.
"I am fine & will be even better in a few days!" she wrote.
Court records offer a darker explanation.
Deelishis was injured jumping out of a second story window Sunday in Farmington Hills after allegedly being assaulted by Franklin resident Orlando Gordon, according to federal court records.
Deelishis' manager, who would not give her name Friday, said she was unaware of the alleged incident.
"I don't know nothing about no alleged assault," the woman told The News.
Gordon was free on bond and awaiting trial in federal court at the time of the incident.
He was indicted in January 2012 along with more than a dozen others and accused of participating in a drug-trafficking operation involving thousands of pounds of cocaine and marijuana.
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Study Shows That More Than 20% Of Black And Hispanic Teenagers Have Sent Freaky Phone Messages And Pics Before
Bossip.com:
More than 20 percent of black and Hispanic teens say they have used their cellphones to send a “sext” message showing a nekkid or semi-nekkid photo or video of themselves to another person, and more than 30 percent say they have received such sex messages, according to a new study.
The research was done by University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and funded by the Centers for Disease Control and the U.S. Department of Health Services. Why the focus on the two groups?
“Although sex messages among U.S. youth has received much popular media attention, there are only limited data on its prevalence among ethnic minority youth,” say the researchers in their study, published online journal, Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking.
The concern about sex messages, the researchers say, is whether it “impacts other behaviors and health outcomes among youth and adults and, if so, what is the direction of the impact.”That said, not every scientist is convinced that sexting will lead to ho-ish tendencies.
Balderdash, says Deb Levine, the executive director and founder of the Internet Sexuality Information Services, based in San Francisco, which uses the Internet and mobile apps and texts to share information about sexual health, disease prevention and assault.
“From a public health perspective, we have not as yet identified ‘sex messaging’ as a risky sexual behavior as regards HIV, STDs and unplanned pregnancies,” Levine told NBC News. “Therefore, the need to identify young people who sex message seems unnecessary.”
In a recent editorial piece, “Sex!ng: A Terrifying Health Risk … or the New Normal for Young Adults?” for the Journal of Adolescent Health, Levine wrote that “If we are to use sex messaging to create relevant health messaging for youth, the messages could focus less on shame and more on mutual consent, communication about sexual desires, and regular testing for HIV and other STDs, especially for sexually active members of high-risk groups.”
One thing that is not in question however, is which demographic of people are more likely to be prone to having a lil freaky phone fun.
“The results of this study indicate that sex messaging is prevalent among ethnic minority youth,” the researchers said in the study. “
And while the authors acknowledge that more research is needed to understand the context and circumstances of that sex messaging, “the first step in any public health inquiry is to understand the scope and prevalence of a potential health problem. Some data exist on the prevalence of sex messaging among youth in general. However, prevalence data for ethnic minority youth specifically are scarce.”
The researchers’ data is based on findings from 1,034 tenth-graders from a “large, urban school district in southeast Texas.”
Michael Jordan Facing Paternity Suit
TMZ.com:
Michael Jordan has been sued by a woman who claims he fathered her 16-year-old son ... and she wants a paternity test to prove it.
Pamela Smith claims in her paternity suit -- filed February 6 in Fulton County, GA and obtained by TMZ -- she became pregnant after having sex with Jordan in 1995. Pamela gave birth to Grant Pierce Jay Jordan Reynolds -- aka Taj -- in June 1996. BTW, Jordan was married to Juanita Vanoy at the time he allegedly had sex with Smith.
Pamela says in her legal docs she welcomes a paternity test to prove Jordan's the dad. She wants full custody and child support. She also wants Jordan to pay the kid's medical expenses.
Pamela also wants the judge to make Jordan the boy's legal last name.
The docs do not describe any alleged relationship between Smith and Jordan.
"Taj" posted a YouTube video (below) in December declaring that Jordan's his daddy.
Jordan is scheduled to marry Yvette Prieto in April.
A rep for Jordan had no comment.
Friday, March 1, 2013
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