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Cancer jabs for girls

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Katharine Child & Denise Williams 16 May, 2013 01:15 Source: Times Live Image by: Gallo Images/Thinkstock Fresh from his battle to reduce HIV infections and make antiretrovirals freely available to almost two million South Africans infected with the virus that causes Aids, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is now taking on cervical cancer. In [...]

Dental groups dispute Consumer Reports cancer screening story

Friday, April 5, 2013

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Source: http://www.drbicuspid.com By: Donna Domino, Features Editor Date: April 5, 2013 The dental community is up in arms over a recent Consumer Reports article that claims oral cancer screening is one of several medical tests that are overrecommended and unnecessary for all but high-risk patients. The article, which appears in the March 2013 issue, concluded [...]

One Less Cancer to Worry About (If Only)

Friday, February 8, 2013

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Posted: 02/07/2013 By: Joaquin M. Espinosa Source: Huffington Post Thankfully, there is one cancer that I no longer have to worry about. I just need to figure out when exactly my seven-year-old twin daughters will have sex for the first time. … In 2013, around 12,000 American women will be diagnosed with invasive cervical [...]

Attitudes Toward HPV Vaccination For Boys

Monday, February 4, 2013

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Source: Medical News Today Date: 01 Feb 2013 A new Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) study has found that low-income and minority parents/guardians were receptive toward vaccinating boys against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). However, racial/ethnic differences emerged in attitudes regarding school-entry mandates. The findings appear online in the journal Clinical Pediatrics. Although low-income [...]

HPV vaccine issue returns to legislature

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

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Source: abcnews4.com Date: January 14, 2013 by Stacy Jacobson CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — A local state representative will introduce a bill that would give middle school students better accessibility to information about the Human Papilloma Virus vaccine and to the vaccine itself. Gov. Nikki Haley vetoed the bill last year. But lawmakers wanted to try again. HPV [...]

High HPV Immunization Rates Achieved With PATH Initiative

Friday, August 31, 2012

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Source: Medscape.com August 30, 2012 (Montreal, Quebec) — Exceptionally high immunization rates against human papillomavirus (HPV) have been achieved in target-aged girls in India, Peru, Uganda, and Vietnam as a result of a PATH initiative, researchers told delegates here at the Union for International Cancer Control World Cancer Congress 2012. Vivien Tsu, PhD, MPH, director [...]

Fewer teens having oral sex

Monday, August 20, 2012

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Source: CNN.com Fewer teens aged 15 to 17 are having oral sex now than in 2002, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, but the number remains high. The report, based on data from The National Survey of Family Growth, found that more than a third of teens had engaged in [...]

Gardasil vaccine to be free for boys for protection against human papilloma virus

Thursday, July 12, 2012

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Source: Herald Sun IN a world first, Australian schoolboys will receive the Gardasil vaccine free from next year. Federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek’s announcement yesterday comes five years after it was first funded for girls. She said about 870,000 boys would receive Gardasil over the next four years under the national immunisation program, costing about [...]

HPV vaccine reduces infection, even in unvaccinated

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

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Source: Therapeutics Daily The HPV vaccine not only has resulted in a decrease in human papillomavirus infection in immunized teens but also in teens who were not immunized. The study is believed to be the first to show a substantial decrease in HPV infection in a community setting as well as herd protection – a [...]

Viral Marketing: What’s Stopping Men From Getting the HPV Vaccine

Monday, July 9, 2012

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Source: GOOD Mobile By: Jake Blumgart on July 6, 2012 at 3:00AM PDT In early 2011, my doctor informed me that a vaccine to protect against the human papillomavirus—HPV—was now available for men. I was relieved, then frustrated—my doctor didn’t actually offer the principal vaccine, Gardasil, to her male patients. After a couple days of hunting [...]

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