Source: Yourlife.USAtoday.com In the smoker-heavy state of Kentucky, a cancer center is suggesting something that most health experts won’t and the tobacco industry can’t: If you really want to quit, switch to smoke-free tobacco. The James Graham Brown Cancer Center and the University of Louisville are aiming their “Switch and Quit” campaign at the city [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Source: PR Newswire WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following is a statement from Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: The Federal Trade Commission on Friday reported that cigarette marketing expenditures in the United States declined from $12.5 billion in 2006 to $10.9 billion in 2007 and $9.9 billion in 2008. The [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 14, 2011
Source: Dr.Bicuspid.com July 14, 2011 — With the alarming rise in the rate of oropharyngeal cancer among men being linked to the human papillomavirus (HPV), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is considering whether to also recommend the HPV vaccine for boys. Two vaccines (Cervarix and Gardasil) are currently available to protect [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Source: Medscape.com Vaccines Decrease Rate of Bacterial Meningitis A recent, retrospective study revealed that the incidence of bacterial meningitis decreased by 31% over 10 years, likely the result of vaccinations (Thigpen et al. 2011). In addition, the median age of those infected increased from 30.3 to 41.9 years, evidence that vaccinating the young has protected [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 6, 2011
Source: International Medicine News CHICAGO – Human papillomavirus infection was firmly linked to the recent rise in oropharyngeal cancers in the United States, based on data from the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program. If current trends continue, the incidence of HPV-related oral cancers will soon surpass that of cervical cancers, senior [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation This year (Fiscal Year 2011) states will collect $23.5 billion in revenue from the 1998 tobacco settlement funds and tobacco taxes. Alarmingly, though, the states will only spend two percent of that amount—$517.9 million—on programs to prevent smoking and help smokers quit. That’s the lowest amount of tobacco prevention program [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Source: Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology doi:10.1016 Author: Mark W. Lingen, DDS, PhD Section Editor, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the 6th most common malignancy in the world today.1 Despite numerous advances in treatment, the 5-year survival rate has remained modest. This poor outcome is due to several factors, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 30, 2009
Source: St. Petersburg Times Author: John Barry David Hastings’ crusade to inoculate boys against a cancer-causing virus that afflicts women — but threatened him, too — has scored a victory. But it’s not quite the one he has been fighting for in the past three years. A panel of the Centers for Disease Control and [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 13, 2009
Source: Buffalo News Author: Henry L. Davis New questions arise as cancer tied to HPV is rising in men Parents who face the dilemma of whether to protect their young daughters with a vaccine aimed at a sexually transmitted infection that causes cervical cancer now face a new question: Should they do the same for [...]
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