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The Louisiana insurance agents remind residents to keep cervical health in mind during “Cervical Health Awareness Month.” Natchitoches, LA (PRWEB) January 28, 2013 January marks the start of a new year and new beginnings. For the American Cancer Society, January also marks the beginning of “Cervical Health Awareness Month.” Cervical cancer is one of the most common causes of death in American women. Each year, 12,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer – of that, nearly...
By the National Cancer Institute Editor's Note: The following article is part of the monthly Lifelines education and awareness print series that the National Cancer Institute provides to African American news and information outlets BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- We can vaccinate our children against polio, against measles, against the flu. And more recently a vaccine has become available that lets parents give their children a new leg up against...
This Cervical Cancer Awareness month, Maternal & Family Health Services, Inc. points out that cervical cancer disproportionately impacts poor women, despite the availability of life-saving treatments. Throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania, MFHS provides life-saving screenings for low-income women and encourages all women to schedule regular cervical cancer screenings. (PRWEB) January 23, 2013 Modern medicine has given people unprecedented tools to prevent cervical cancer, and Maternal...
Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A sexually transmitted disease (STD) is a disease that passes from an infected person to a non-infected person during anal, vaginal or oral sex. Depending on the disease transmitted, there can be several differing symptoms and health risks for the infected person. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has published, on their website, an action forum on the prevention and treatment for the most common STD’s. On their site, they...
Despite the decline in cancer death rates in the U.S., there is an increase in incidence rates for cancers associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and more efforts are needed to increase HPV vaccination coverage levels to prevent the occurrence of these cancers in the future according to a study published January 7 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The American Cancer Society (ACS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Cancer...
Genital warts are caused by the human papillomavirus which has been directly associated with cervical cancer in some cases. VyGone provides the best genital warts treatment to people in the US on http://www.ultimatecoldsoretreatment.com/. Boise, Idaho (PRWEB) December 29, 2012 December 29, 2012 - On the 19th of November, ABC News posted an article on the decision by the Australian government to provide human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines to school-going boys. This decision is to be...
RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Virginia Women's Center has been selected to participate in a nationwide clinical trial, one that will ultimately hope to prevent the human papillomavirus virus (HPV) from progressing into cervical cancer and treat women who have HPV and the precancerous lesions associated with it. The Richmond-area OB-GYN practice has participated in over 50 clinical research studies since 1997, all of which have contributed to the future of safe and...
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Trovagene, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROV) and the PIO XII Foundation, affiliated with Brazil's Barretos Cancer Hospital, today announced that they entered into a research collaboration to evaluate the performance of a urine-based molecular assay for detection of HPV types associated with cervical lesions. The goal of the study is to determine whether this assay can potentially replace Pap smears as the primary screen for cervical cancer risk in...
Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Unless you have been living in a cave for the past decade, chances are you have heard of human papillomavirus (HPV) in the news or addressed on your favorite medical drama. Even with all of this attention, many are still in the dark as to exactly what HPV is, how it is spread, its potential effects to one’s health, and how to successfully prevent it. To date, there are more than 70 different types of HPV. Of these, certain types...
RED BANK, N.J., and WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Vaccines play an important part in helping to maintain health and wellness for people of all ages, not just children. Yet 58 percent of American adults admit that they are not aware of the vaccines that are recommended. In fact, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has vaccination schedules for preteens, teens and adults, in addition to children. That's why HealthyWomen, a leading...
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A human papillomavirus (HPV), a member of the papillomavirus family, is capable of infecting humans. HPVs establish productive infections in the skin or mucous membranes. Most of the 200 known types cause no symptoms in most people. Some types can cause warts, while others can lead to cancer. There are more than 30 to 40 types of HPV that are typically transmitted through sexual contact and infect the anogenital region. High risk HPV, can lead to cancer, in fact HPV infection is a cause of...
