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If Americans knew more basic science and were more proficient in technical reasoning, would public consensus match scientific consensus? http://phys.org/news257318674.html Space & Earth Sun, 27 May 2012 13:01:36 EST news257318674 The public 'recruitment' campaign promoting the new cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil has done little to educate adolescent girls about the cause of the cancer, University of Sydney researchers Kellie Burns and Kate Russell have found. http://phys.org/news219318728.html Medicine & Health Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:52:26 EST news219318728 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new international study shows the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine protects against genital warts and other lesions associated with HPV in males. HPV is the most common sexually transmitted disease and affects men and women. It has been linked to genital warts and cancers of the cervix and, more rarely, cancers of the vagina, anus, penis and mouth. http://phys.org/news216029436.html Medicine & Health Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:00:01 EST news216029436 Even after young women reach adulthood, their mothers can play a key role in convincing them to receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, new research suggests. http://phys.org/news213292566.html Medicine & Health Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:56:15 EST news213292566 New research being presented at the 2010 FIP Pharmaceutical Sciences World Congress in association with the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposition will highlight a targeted inhalable dry powder vaccine that may prove preferable in terms of needle avoidance and expected lower cost than the current commercial human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine used throughout the world. http://phys.org/news209207988.html Medicine & Health Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:30:01 EST news209207988 Women who have had the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine could need only two HPV screening tests for the rest of their lives according to new research being presented at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Liverpool (9 November 2010). http://phys.org/news208604309.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:38:42 EST news208604309 In a study of more than 9,600 adolescent and young adult women in the Baltimore area, researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have found that fewer than 30 percent of those eligible to receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to prevent cervical cancer actually chose to get it. And only about a third of those who began receiving the vaccine completed the three doses recommended for maximum protection. http://phys.org/news208547456.html Medicine & Health Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:51:05 EST news208547456 The vaccine that protects against the potentially cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV) enjoys wide support in the medical and public health communities. Yet state laws to require young girls to be vaccinated as a requirement for middle school attendance have aroused controversy with parents, politicians, and even medical and public health experts disagreeing about whether such laws are appropriate. http://phys.org/news208012141.html Medicine & Health Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:09:48 EST news208012141 The vast majority of pediatricians and family physicians nationally are offering the human papillomavirus (also called HPV) vaccine, though fewer physicians are strongly encouraging it for 11- to 12-year-old girls as recommended by national guidelines, according to a survey in the September issue of Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. http://phys.org/news199976151.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:30:03 EST news199976151 Even when financial and healthcare barriers are removed, some parents remain hesitant to have their daughters receive the HPV vaccine. As a result, policymakers must develop and implement strategies to ensure optimal HPV vaccine uptake, says new research in this week's PLoS Medicine. Gina Ogilvie and colleagues surveyed parents of grade 6 girls (age 11) in a publicly funded school-based program in British Columbia, Canada, to determine the level of uptake of the first dose of the HPV vaccine, and to examine the factors involved in their decision to allow receipt of the vaccine. http://phys.org/news192215230.html Medicine & Health Tue, 04 May 2010 18:50:02 EST news192215230 Nearly all U.S. states offer the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to adolescent girls who have been arrested or detained, according to a new report from The Miriam Hospital and Brown University. The study, published in the May issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health, offers the first nationwide review of HPV vaccination practices among juvenile justice facilities. http://phys.org/news191680264.html Medicine & Health Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:10:03 EST news191680264 High-coverage human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations among adolescents and young women may result in a rapid reduction of genital warts, cervical cell abnormalities, and diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, researchers report in a new study published online February 5 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Some of these genital abnormalities are precursors of cervical, vulvar, and vaginal cancers. http://phys.org/news184614253.html Medicine & Health Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:44:47 EST news184614253 (PhysOrg.com) -- New research conducted by the Cultural Cognition Project at Yale Law School concludes that people’s cultural values influence how risky they perceive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to be and thus, their views on whether or not the vaccine should be mandatory for elementary school girls. http://phys.org/news182625279.html Other Sciences Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:50:01 EST news182625279 Results of two separate studies show lower rates of HPV vaccination in low-income populations, and identify vaccination barriers and tailored interventions that may help to increase HPV vaccine uptake rates. http://phys.org/news179522391.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:20:01 EST news179522391 (PhysOrg.com) -- Nearly 80% of girls say that having the HPV vaccine makes them think twice about the risks of having sex, according to a University of Manchester study published in the British Journal of Cancer. http://phys.org/news175857987.html Medicine & Health Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:00:01 EST news175857987 (PhysOrg.com) -- Injections of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine appear to be no more painful than other shots that prevent disease, according to a new study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://phys.org/news175364897.html Medicine & Health Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:10:01 EST news175364897 British drug giant GlaxoSmithKline said Tuesday it was working with health authorities here probing the death of a schoolgirl following a cervical cancer vaccination. http://phys.org/news173428319.html Medicine & Health Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:50:01 EST news173428319 The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends the human papillomavirus vaccination for all 11- and 12-year-old girls, but results of a recent survey showed that more than half of Texas physicians do not follow these recommendations. http://phys.org/news168764784.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:30:01 EST news168764784 Infection with anal human papillomavirus (HPV), a virus that can cause anal and cervical cancers, is associated with a higher risk of new HIV infection in previously HIV-negative men who have sex with men (MSM), according to new UCSF research. http://phys.org/news160330706.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:18:59 EST news160330706 Chronic human papilloma virus (HPV)-infections can lead to cellular changes in the cervix that can be a pre-stage to cervical cancer. Surgical treatment of these pre-stages gives an increased risk of preterm birth in subsequent pregnancies. As the HPV-vaccine can prevent pre-stages of cervical cancer, it may therefore reduce the number of preterm births. A new Norwegian study has calculated the benefits of HPV-vaccination. http://phys.org/news156513765.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:05:52 EST news156513765