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HPV Vaccine and Premarital-Sex Controversy

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Source: The News Tribune Some perspective is needed on the controversy over the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine that arose after a recent Republican presidential debate. The best way to do that is to take sex out of the equation. Instead of preventing a sexually transmitted disease that can lead to cervical cancer in women and [...]

HPV links to throat cancer in males

Friday, September 23, 2011

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Source: www.thesimmonsvoice.com Author: Emese Nemeth Whether it is your first year or you are returning to college, there are always emails and pamplets about immunizations. While some vaccines are mandatory for public safety and health, vaccines such as Gardasil (also known as Silgard) for the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) are not. While some may argue that [...]

HPV Vaccine- Should it be Available for Boys?

Thursday, July 14, 2011

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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 [...]

Men likely at greater risk for developing HPV-positive cancers

Monday, July 11, 2011

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Source: curetoday.com Author: Jon Garinn A new analysis from the National Cancer Institute suggests that the number of HPV-positive oral cancers among men could rise significantly in the next decade, possibly surpassing HPV-positive cervical cancers among women. The genital human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the U.S., according to the [...]

Virus passed during oral sex tops tobacco as throat cancer cause

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

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Source: www.npr.org Author: Peggy Girshman If you’re keeping score, here’s even more evidence that HPV causes oral, head and neck cancers and that vaccines may be able to prevent it. Researchers studying the human papilloma virus say that in the United States HPV causes 64 percent of oropharynxl cancers. In the rest of the world, [...]

Cancer vaccinations for boys by 2012?

Thursday, February 10, 2011

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Source: Star Observer The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) will determine if the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Gardasil, should be included in the National Immunisation Program for boys. Gardasil is currently administered to girls when they begin high school to prevent cervical cancer. HPV, however, also causes throat cancer, genital and anal warts, and cancer [...]

How protein made by HPV thwarts protective human protein, causing malignancy

Monday, January 17, 2011

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Source: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology BETHESDA, MD., Jan. 11, 2011 – An international team of researchers is reporting that it has uncovered new information about human papilloma virus that one day may aid in the development of drugs to eliminate the cervical-cancer-causing infection. Led by researcher Per Jemth of Uppsala University in [...]

A cancer vaccine is born

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

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Source: www.rochester.edu Author: Corydon Ireland Room 3-5135 at the Medical Center looks like a hundred other cubbyholes of basic science. A gray metal door decorated with the obligatory cartoon leads into a space the size of a motel room. White lab coats drape on wire hangers. Plain shelves, a desk, and a computer surround a [...]

HPV vaccination of young women may protect men through herd immunity

Sunday, November 21, 2010

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Source: www.medscape.com Author: Laurie Barclay, MD High coverage of quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in young Australian women resulted in a lower frequency of genital warts, which might protect heterosexual men through herd immunity, according to the results of an analysis of national sentinel surveillance data published online November 9 in Lancet Infectious Diseases. “The [...]

FDA panel backs new use for Gardasil vaccine

Thursday, November 18, 2010

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Source: TherapeuticsDaily.com WASHINGTON — A federal health panel says evidence supports expanding use of Merck’s Gardasil vaccine to prevent anal cancer in young men and women. The panel of Food and Drug Administration advisers said a 4,000-patient study conducted by Merck & Co. Inc. shows the vaccine lowers the risk of anal cancer in men. [...]

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