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Aleck Woogmaster
Aleck Woogmaster

Aleck Woogmaster is based in New Orleans. He is the founder and Manager of Arts Love Letters and Company and has toured several major regions of the US as a songwriter and spoken word artist. A well-reviewed cooking instructor and creator of the FIFFIK Initiative, when Aleck isn't researching or writing, he spends a fair amount of time convincing people he is a real person even though he has no social media and a name that sounds like spam.

These STDs frequently get mistaken for each other, but here's what makes them different.
Discussing your concerns when dealing with an STD doesn't have to be so hard.
Modern syphilis treatments save lives, but what should patients do after they're cured?
Stories about syphilis have been around for more than 500 years. What's real and what's myth?
A life can be lived well even when an HIV diagnosis makes the future seem daunting.
How do HIV medications work? Have we cured AIDS? Can HIV transmission be prevented?
HIV symptoms change significantly as the disease progresses through multiple stages.
Antibiotics and awareness mean syphilis isn't as dangerous as before—unless left untreated.
Syphilis is an extremely dangerous STD, with numerous stages and potentially lethal outcomes.
Marriage isn't as universal as film and television would have us all believe.