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Public opinion about other vaccines remains unchangedThe 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. News coverage about HPV vaccine...

National guidelines not closely followedThe 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.Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this is the first study to look at...

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.The findings are published in the May issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.The HPV vaccine prevents four strains of the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus, two of which are found in about 70 percent of all women with cervical cancer. Both the American...

College women were more likely to be vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) if their mothers communicated with them about sex and if they thought their mothers would approve of their getting vaccinated, according to new Dartmouth research in the May issue of Pediatrics (published online April 12).Meg Gerrard, PhD, of Dartmouth Medical School and Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Megan Roberts, a PhD student at Dartmouth College, and their colleagues, surveyed 972 female undergraduates at a...

Head and neck cancer linked to a virus spread through oral sex is quickly rising and suggestions are being made that both boys and girls should be offered vaccinations for protection, doctors said Friday.In recent years, head and neck cancers have been in slight decline, but cases of a particular form known as oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) have been steadily increasing, especially in the developed world. In a report appearing in the British Medical Journal, doctors said the...

Researchers from the Institute of Head and Neck Studies and Education at England's University Hospital Coventry have discovered a possible link between oral sex and an increase in mouth cancer.The study, prepared by lead author Hisham Mehanna and published in the British Medical Journal, has discovered a link between the increase of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and the sexually-transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV).OSCC, a form of mouth cancer in which a tumor forms in the...

LONDON, March 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) today confirmed that it has notified regulatory authorities of the presence of material from a virus called PCV-1 in its oral rotavirus vaccine, Rotarix(TM). PCV-1 does not multiply in humans and is not known to cause illness in humans (1)(2). It is found in everyday meat products and is frequently eaten with no resulting disease or illness. The material was first detected following work done by a research team in the...

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DENVER, March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Called the "Little Women," six women who have spent the past three years listening, documenting and researching parental concerns about Gardasil have been invited to formally present their information to the FDA on March 12. FDA participants include the Office of Communication, Outreach and Development/Center of Biologics (CBER), Office of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, and Office of Vaccines Research and Review. The women making the presentation on behalf...

CHICAGO, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- In recognition of Cervical Health Awareness Month, singer-songwriter and actress Mandy Moore, The Gynecologic Cancer Foundation (GCF) and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) are teaming up to encourage young women to do their part to help reduce their risk of cervical cancer. The goal of the "Reality Check: What Young Women Don't Know About Cervical Cancer" campaign is to raise awareness of cervical cancer and motivate young women to talk to their healthcare professional...