Guangdong aged residents pay the price of passion
By Wang Qingyun | China Daily | Updated: 2013-07-03 07:58
Who says the elderly in South China's Guangdong province are letting their age get them down.
According to provincial health experts, the frequency of elderly people older than the age of 60 contracting syphilis is going up, mostly because of risky sexual activities.
Zhang Xibao, director of the Guangzhou Institute of Dermatology, said the rate has been increasing by more than 10 percent annually since 2011.
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