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Boys and HPV Vaccine: The Facts

Monday, May 23, 2011

Source: Forbes Magazine CNN reports on a study that argues that boys should get vaccinated for the human papilloma virus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer in women. But it misses the main reason that boys should be getting jabs of either Merck‘s Gardasil or GlaxoSmithKline’s rival Cervarix. Cue CNN: Men also carry the human papillomavirus, [...]

HPV Becomes a Major Topic for Researchers as a Source of Oral Cancers

Monday, May 9, 2011

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By Andy Blatchford, The Canadian Press MONTREAL — Amid Michael Douglas’s personal and philanthropic battle with throat cancer, the Oscar-winning actor is shedding light on a viral form of the disease lurking in a growing number of mouths. Oral cancer has long been linked to tobacco and alcohol use, but an expanding body of research [...]

U of A study finds ways to help end dry mouth in cancer patients

Thursday, May 5, 2011

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Source: e! Science News For patients suffering from cancer in the mouth or throat, a recent study shows that a treatment called submandibular gland transfer will assist in preventing a radiation-induced condition called xerostomia. Also known as dry mouth, xerostomia occurs when salivary glands stop working. University of Alberta researcher Jana Rieger likens the feeling [...]

Dental professionals join The Oral Cancer Foundation to raise awareness as HPV is now the primary cause of Oral Cancers in America

Thursday, April 7, 2011

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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — A serious change in the cause of oral cancer is taking place nationally, and its implications are impacting the American public in a manner that a decade ago no one would have predicted. For decades, oral cancer (also known as mouth cancer, tongue cancer, tonsil cancer, and [...]

My dog saved my life, says Sunderland man

Monday, December 13, 2010

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Source: Sunderland Echo By: Katy Wheeler John and Pauline Douglas were devastated when their dog Diesel had to be put down after developing cancer of the neck. But it was the late bull mastiff’s symptoms which helped John, 39, realise that he too had the disease. The dad-of-four, of Tunstall Bank, noticed a lump in [...]

Smokeless tobacco picking up steam — Products growing in popularity as smokers turn to cheaper and less obtrusive alternatives

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

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Source: Los Angeles Times By: Julie Wernau Ron Carroll prefers to smoke cigars and pipes. But when he can’t do that he says he manages to unobtrusively get his nicotine fix by slipping a packet of tobacco, about the size of a teabag, under his upper lip. “I use it all the time — movies, [...]

Mum’s two-year ‘earache’ was huge tumour

Monday, November 29, 2010

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Source: Mirror News By: Jeremy Armstrong A mum told she had earache actually had a giant tumour. It took medics a year to spot Paula Bell’s mouth cancer. Believing it harmless, they took another year to operate. Part of the tumour remains. Paula, 41, of Newcastle, said: “I got on my knees and begged the [...]

Scared smokeless–The FDA should use the most graphic images possible in its new warnings on cigarette packs.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

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Source: Los Angeles Times It’s easy to guess what would happen if a pharmaceutical company asked the Food and Drug Administration to approve a new product with the following characteristics: no proven health benefits. Major known side effects: greatly increased risk of emphysema, heart attacks, stroke and cancer, including lung, cervical, mouth, stomach and bladder. [...]

VEGETABLES CONTAINING VITAMIN B CAN SLASH RISK OF MOUTH CANCER

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

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Source: DentalHealth.org Women who consume high volumes of folic acid found in Vitamin B from vegetables and some fruits are less likely to suffer from mouth cancer. 87,000 nurses were followed for 30 years from 1976 by researchers from the Columbia University Medical Centre and Harvard School of Public Health. Women who drank a high [...]

Smoking cessation funding slashed

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

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Source: Atlantic Drugs By: Susan Ray Smoking cessation funding has been cut to its lowest level since 1999. Despite 20% of the population smoking, the same percentage that were in 2006, the current economic climate and other factors have caused states to reduce funding for stop smoking initiatives. Around $517 million has been allocated in [...]

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