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January Is cervical health awareness month
Cervical cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths among women worldwide, yet it is almost always preventable with the Pap test. Cervical cancer grows slowly, as abnormal cells begin to change into a pre-cancerous state. For some women, pre-...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), HPV Vaccine, Disease Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses
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HPV screenings recommended for young men and women
marieg@herald-mail.comWhen a vaccine became available several years ago that would protect against the human papillomavirus, Sarah Robbins didn't hesitate to have her 13-year-old daughter receive it. "Medical science has given us a vaccine against cancer," the Hagerstown...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Symptoms, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HPV Vaccine
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HPV-related throat cancers multiplying
It is well known that HPV (human papillomavirus) can lead to deadly cervical cancer in women, but the virus is causing cancer in men as well. Throat cancers caused by HPV are showing up typically in men with little or no history of smoking, said Dr. Kevin...
Tags: Chemotherapy, Science and Technology, Viral Diseases and Infections, Symptoms, Oncology
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Routine testing key to reducing sexually transmitted diseases
Here's a sobering fact: More than 110 million people in the United States, which is more than one-third of the population, currently have a sexually transmitted disease. In 2010 alone, more than 8,000 Orange County residents were newly diagnosed with an...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Viral Diseases and Infections, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Focusing on STDs: Vaccines now available to prevent, reduce risk of HPV in adolescents
April is sexually transmitted disease Awareness Month, an annual event calling attention to STDs in the United States. This month-long observance provides individuals, doctors, and community-based organizations an opportunity to address ways to prevent...
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Symptoms, Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HIV
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Many parents say no to HPV vaccine but vaccinations are up: study
Parents forgo vaccines for their teenage kids for a number of reasons, researchers said Monday in a paper reporting findings from the annual National Immunization Survey of Teens, which was published in the journal Pediatrics. That might mean that public...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Viral Diseases and Infections, HPV Vaccine, Meningitis, Tetanus
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A healthy dose of data
The daily broadcast of medical reports, scientific studies and sociological statistics can cause your ears to ring. Sometimes a report will contradict the findings of another issued just days earlier. More often, compelling snapshots of the American...Tags: Diphtheria , Medical Procedures and Tests, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Food and Drug Administration, Behavioral Conditions
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The cost of sexually transmitted disease
Doctors and patients alike are often uncomfortable talking about sexual health and sexually transmitted disease. But a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report shows that this squeamishness costs society millions of dollars spent trying to...Tags: Chlamydia , U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HPV Vaccine
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HPV may reactivate in older women
Scientists have always thought the HPV virus clears most women after a couple of years, but new evidence suggests it may linger in the body undetected and reappear later in life. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Science and Technology, Malaysia, Health and Safety at School, Diseases and Illnesses
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Let’s Start 2013 by Preventing Cervical Cancer
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelJanuary is cervical cancer awareness month, and at Planned Parenthood of Greater Orlando, we are ringing in the new year by talking prevention all month long. Cervical cancer is one of the most deadly forms of cancer in women. It’s also the most... -
More info on vaccines
I'm writing in resonse to Kenneth VanAntwerp M.D. commentary on Oct. 31 about Gardasil. The Gardasil supposedly protects you from only four different strains of HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) when there are more than 100 different strains of HPV. Fifty-...Tags: Smallpox , Viral Diseases and Infections, Biology, Autism, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Hi there. What's your sign? Have any STDs?
One key to launching a successful business is finding the right problem to solve. That's why so many entrepreneurs are inspired by problems they encounter themselves or that stymie their family and friends. The trick is not confusing an anecdote for a...
Tags: Chlamydia , Hepatitis C , Hepatitis, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Gonorrhea
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