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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...
Wartrol is a clinically proven and prescription free formula to remove warts caused by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in men and women. Wartrol has launched a special offer of an extra package. New York, California (PRWEB) January 27, 2013 There are a number of alternatives to remove these warts, such as laser therapy but they are often time consuming and painful. An over-the-counter treatment can be the easiest and effective option to eliminate genital warts, according to recent...
Carolina Women’s Physicians wants to share important information about Cervical Health Awareness. Greenville, NC (PRWEB) January 23, 2013 January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, and Carolina Women’s Physicians wants to share important facts about Cervical Cancer and its risks. Through regular check-ups and early treatment, cervical cancer is highly treatable. Dr. Ferguson and her team at Carolina Women’s Physicians are highly qualified and committed to spreading awareness for...
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...
Wart removal product now helps remove plantar warts courtesy of the Wartrol.com company. This new product is a brush based solution that is clinically guaranteed to remove the most common plantar warts in men, women and teens and is now offered online. Seattle, Washington (PRWEB) January 21, 2013 The plantar wart is one of the most common that can develop in multiple areas of the body. The face, hands, toes and other delicate areas of the body can suffer from outbreaks. While the virus...
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...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Cancer deaths amongst adults in the US declined modestly over the past decade, but incidence rates for children and teenagers has risen slightly since 1992, claims an annual report compiled by a coalition of some of the country’s top cancer organizations. The rate of death from all cancers dropped in both men and women between the years of 2000 and 2009, researchers revealed on Tuesday. Also during that time, overall cancer...
McGill University’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology, in coordination with the National Cancer Institute (NCI), is launching a new clinical trial with over 450 women to determine the effectiveness of using a carrageenan-based topical gel to block HPV infections. Orlando, Florida (PRWEB) January 07, 2013 Divine Corporation announced today its Divine 9® personal lubricant containing Carragel® has been selected by McGill University’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology for use in...
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The Colposcopy is a preventive procedure to identify a possible abnormal cells or tissue on the cervix, vagina and vulva. By illuminating and magnifying the area with a coloscope during the examination, areas of concern can be identified earlier by the colposcopist. The procedure was developed by a German physician Hans Hinselmann in 1925 with the help of Dr. Helmut Wirths. Cause for the Procedure This examination has multiple candidates. If a patient has been a victim of a sexual...
The Colposcopy is a preventive procedure to identify a possible abnormal cells or tissue on the cervix, vagina and vulva. By illuminating and magnifying the area with a coloscope during the examination, areas of concern can be identified earlier by the colposcopist. The procedure was developed by a German physician Hans Hinselmann in 1925 with the help of Dr. Helmut Wirths. Cause for the Procedure This examination has multiple candidates. If a patient has been a victim of a sexual assault...
The cottontail rabbit papilloma virus (CRPV), is a type I virus under the Baltimore scheme and posses a non-segmented dsDNA genome. It infects rabbits by causing keratinous carcinomas usually near the animal's head. These tumors eventually interfere with the host's ability to eat and can lead to starvation. The virus provided the first mammalian model of a cancer caused by a virus. The name comes from Dr. Richard E. Shope, who discovered it in the 1930s. Shope isolated virus particles from...
Papillomaviridae is a taxonomic family of non-enveloped DNA viruses, collectively known as papillomaviruses. There are several hundred species, or types, of papillomaviruses that have been identified. Most infections are asymptomatic or cause small benign tumors. Types 16 and 18 carry risks of becoming cancerous. They replicate in the basal layer of the body surface tissues. Typically they infect the skin but can infect a particular body surface. HPV type 1 tends to infect the soles of...
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...
