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CDC: 1 in 3 teen girls got cervical cancer vaccine

(AP) -- A new government report shows one in three teenage girls have rolled up their sleeves for a relatively new vaccine against cervical cancer, but vaccination rates vary dramatically between states.

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FDA: Merck's Gardasil stops genital warts in boys

(AP) -- Merck's blockbuster vaccine Gardasil, which is already used to prevent cervical cancer in women, also stops viruses that cause genital warts in men, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.

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Cervical cancer vaccine causing confusion

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Oral sex linked to cancer risk

US scientists said Sunday there is strong evidence linking oral sex to cancer, and urged more study of how human papillomaviruses may be to blame for a rise in oral cancer among white men.

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created Feb 20, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (24) | comments 14

HPV vaccination prevents genital warts in males

(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 ...

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created Feb 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Study details how protein made by HPV teams up on and thwarts protective human protein

An international team of researchers is reporting that it has uncovered new information about human papillomavirus that one day may aid in the development of drugs to eliminate the cervical-cancer-causing ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

US approves anal cancer vaccine

US health authorities have approved a vaccine intended to prevent anal cancer and pre-cancerous lesions in young people aged nine to 26 years old.

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created Dec 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Survey of American women finds STD vaccine viewed positively

Cost but not convenience plays a significant role in attitudes about vaccination for common human papillomaviruses for women over the age of 26, according to the authors of a recent article in the journal Sexual Health.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 24, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research on cancer vaccine begins to pay off

The vaccine that Larry Mathews is getting won't protect him from the flu. That's OK -- the stakes are far higher than that.

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created Aug 20, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Cervical cancer virus found in head and neck cancers

A virus known to cause cervical cancer in women is increasingly being identified in head and neck cancers, leading to suspicion that the route of infection may be oral sex.

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created Jul 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

An HPV vaccine cheap enough for the developing world? Could be

Vaccine manufacturers in India and other developing countries may be able to produce a lower-cost HPV vaccine in spite of the complicated array of patent protections on the technology, say researchers at the Duke Institute ...

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created Jul 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

One-third of young girls get HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer

Only about one in three young women has received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to help prevent cervical cancer, according to a new report from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

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created Jun 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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