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Cancer death rates fall as HPV-associated cancers rise: U.S. report
This year’s Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, released online Monday, brought Americans good news and bad. Extending a trend since the early 1990s, authors reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute that cancer...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Death, Breast Cancer, Health Organizations
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Annual Pap tests? For some in U.S., old habits die hard
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - An increasing number of younger women in the United States are delaying their first Pap test for cervical cancer until after they reach 21, reflecting new U.S. guidelines, health officials said on Thursday. But 60 percent of U.S....Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medical Procedures and Tests, Diseases and Illnesses, Gynecology, Obstetrics
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Getting snippy over adult circumcision
Is it healthy to get circumcised well into your mid-40s? And can not being circumcised cause urinary tract infections?--Anon. Like my first boyfriend, I thank you sir, for putting the fate of your penis in my very unqualified hands. Circumcision is a...
Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, Penile cancer, Genital Herpes, HIV, Syphilis
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It’s a New Day for Women
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelThanks to the Affordable Care Act, for the first time ever, women across the U.S. have access to life-saving preventive care without cost-sharing. Effective as soon as August 1, 2012 –today!– all new insurance plans are required to provide... -
As circumcision rates drop, costs increase: study
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - As gaps in insurance coverage lead to fewer male babies being circumcised in the United States, related health costs could end up increasing by millions of dollars every year, a new study suggests. Using a model based on...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Government Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, HIV, Health
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Wait longer between Pap tests, ob-gyns say
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most women can wait three to five years between Pap tests to screen for cervical cancer, according to guidelines released Monday by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). The recommendations fall in...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Procedures and Tests, Gynecology, Immune System, Obstetrics
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Gay women not getting tested for cervical cancer
Correction: An earlier posting misstated the percentage of lesbians who had not received pap tests compared to all women. The Sun regrets the error. Many gay women are not being screened for cervical cancer, putting them at increased risk of...Tags: Colleges and Universities, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medical Procedures and Tests, Diseases and Illnesses, Education
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Girls may not have riskier sex after HPV vaccination
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Girls who had been vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) weren't more likely to get other sexually transmitted infections or to become pregnant, in a new study from Georgia. That goes against worries on the part of...Tags: Parenting, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Procedures and Tests, Pharmaceuticals
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Don't rush medical care for student athletes
Some cash-strapped parents see group sports physicals or quick exams at walk-in clinics as a convenient and inexpensive way for students to meet health exam requirements before entering a new school or athletics. But pediatricians say they worry when...
Tags: Nursing, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Healthcare Provider, Health and Medical Professionals
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Study: HPV vaccine doesn't encourage sexual activity
There's been a lot of controversy over the HPV vaccine. Because Gardasil is designed to protect young people against human papillomavirus, a common sexually transmitted disease, some people believe the inoculation gives teens the go-ahead to have sex....
Tags: Mouth, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Throat Cancer, Pharmaceuticals
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The HPV vaccine and teen sex
If you could vaccinate your kids against cancer, wouldn't you do it? The answer may sound obvious. But we can vaccinate our kids against some vicious types of cancer -- and many parents are deliberately choosing not to. Why? Because the cancers...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Diseases and Illnesses, Pharmaceuticals, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Cancer
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Pennsylvania company is in the early stages of a cervical cancer vaccine
CNNThe most common sexually transmitted disease is often silent and invisible: human papillomavirus (also called HPV). But in some people HPV leads to genital warts and cancers -- notably, cervical cancer. The vaccines Gardasil and Cervarix were designed as...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Pharmaceuticals, Immune System, HIV
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