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January Is cervical health awareness month
Cervical cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths among women worldwide, yet it is almost always preventable with the Pap test. Cervical cancer grows slowly, as abnormal cells begin to change into a pre-cancerous state. For some women, pre-...Tags: Disease Prevention, Medical Procedures and Tests, Diseases and Illnesses, Drugs and Medicines, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Pap smears can detect ovarian and endometrial cancers, Hopkins scientists find
Johns Hopkins scientists have found a way to screen for hard-to-detect endometrial and ovarian cancers in women using a routine Pap smear, a discovery they hope eventually could reduce the number of deaths caused by the deadly malignancies.
The...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Endometrial cancer, Science and Technology, Medical Research, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)
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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: Immunization, Breast Cancer, Health Organizations, Death, Science and Technology
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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... -
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: Health and Safety at School, Cancer, Medical Procedures and Tests, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Research
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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: Health and Safety at School, Separation of Church and State, Loyola University Chicago, Medical Procedures and Tests, Nursing
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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: Cancer, Birth Control, Pharmaceuticals, Health Treatments, Medical Research
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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: Chemical Industry, Cancer, Disease Prevention, Family Planning, Pharmaceuticals
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It's A Medical Nightmare: A 24-year-old Man Endures 350 Surgeries Since Childhood
AP Chief Medical WriterIt's a medical nightmare: a 24-year-old man endures 350 surgeries since childhood to remove growths that keep coming back in his throat and have spread to his lungs, threatening his life. Now doctors have found a way to help him by way of a scientific...Tags: Cancer, National Institutes of Health, Science and Technology, Health Treatments, Medical Research
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Online Dish: Semen Cures Depression Among Women
KIAHGo out and have unprotected sex, you'll be happier! Say what?! That's what researchers from SUNY Albany are saying in a new study. They claim that certain chemicals found in semen can have a positive effect on the physical and mental health of women...Tags: Chlamydia , Oxytocin (drug), State University of New York, Medical Research, Depression
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Learning from the best: Father-son businesses share secrets to success
Sons learn from their fathers. Whether it’s how to throw a ball, ride a bike, shave or tie a tie, the lessons fathers teach can last a lifetime. But how do those lessons change when a son joins his father in business? Howard Magazine talked with...
Tags: Harvard Medical School, West Virginia University, George Washington University, Business, Drugs and Medicines
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Circumcision's benefits outweigh risks, doctors' group says
The American Academy of Pediatrics is modifying its stance on circumcision for the first time in more than a decade, acknowledging that the health benefits outweigh the risks of the procedure, which involves removing the foreskin of a baby boy's penis....Tags: Cancer, Parenting, Medical Procedures and Tests, Science and Technology, Government Health Care
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