By Brenda GoodmanHealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) — Preteen girls may get the same immune response against human papillomavirus (HPV) with two doses of vaccine as young women get with the full three-shot series, a new study suggests.
HPV is a sexually transmitted infection that causes cervical cancer, the second biggest cancer killer in women [...]
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Girls May Need Fewer Gardasil Shots, Study Suggests
April 30, 2013
Kids More Likely to Pick Up Warts at Home, Not Public Spaces
April 22, 2013
By Alan MozesHealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, April 22 (HealthDay News) — Contrary to conventional wisdom, a new Dutch study has found that the most likely way children get infected with the virus that causes warts is from close contact with family members or classmates, rather than from public places such as pools or communal showers.
The researchers concluded [...]
HPV Vaccination Sends Genital Wart Cases Plummeting: Study
April 19, 2013
In the five years since launching a nationwide human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program among girls between the ages of 12 and 26, Australia has seen a huge drop in the number of cases of genital warts, new research reveals. Among Australian girls in the targeted age range for vaccination, the country saw genital wart cases plummet by 59 percent within just the first two years of the program’s launch in 2007.
Study May Explain How Circumcision Reduces HIV Risk
April 16, 2013
TUESDAY, April 16 (HealthDay News) — A new study reveals that circumcision affects the type of bacteria that live on the penis, which could explain why circumcised men have a 50 percent to 60 percent reduced risk of being infected by HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
Circumcision also lowers the risk of infection with other [...]
Strides Made in Preventing Cancer, But Challenges Remain: Report
April 11, 2013
By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, April 11 (HealthDay News) — When it comes to cancer prevention, the latest report from the American Cancer Society offers mostly good news but some bad news as well.
Cigarette smoking rates continue to drop, with significant declines seen in high school-aged smoking. But, in response to the now ubiquitous [...]
Study Hints of Links Between HPV and Lung Cancer
April 10, 2013
WEDNESDAY, April 10 (HealthDay News) — Human papillomavirus (HPV), the virus that can cause cervical and head and neck cancers, may also trigger some cases of lung cancer, according to a small new study.
Researchers examined 36 tumor tissue samples from patients with non-small-cell lung cancer who had never smoked. Smoking is a major cause of [...]
Doctors Too Pap-Happy, Survey Suggests
April 8, 2013
MONDAY, April 8 (HealthDay News) — Most primary care physicians advise women to get “Pap” tests for cervical cancer screening more often than clinical guidelines recommend, new research reveals.
Guidelines recommend that women aged 30 or older with a negative test result for the potentially cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV) and a normal Papanicolaou (Pap) test wait [...]
Parents Worry About HPV Shots for Teens
March 18, 2013
Although experts recommend girls and young women be vaccinated against the virus that causes most cases of cervical cancer, parents seem to be increasingly worried about the vaccine’s safety, a new U.S. study shows. Experts say the findings are both worrying and puzzling, because the vaccine — which guards against the human papillomavirus (HPV) — has not been linked to any serious side effects.
‘Hidden’ HPV May Reactivate in Older Women, Study Suggests
December 14, 2012
Many older women infected with the human papillomavirus (HPV) in their youth may not “clear” it from the body as completely as once thought, a new study suggests. The research hints that HPV infection in older women is often the reactivation of a strain picked up years ago, rather than a newly acquired sexually transmitted infection.
Less Frequent Pap Tests Safe for Most Women, Ob/Gyn Group Says
October 22, 2012
By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) — Most women need testing for cervical cancer only every three to five years, rather than annually, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
For women aged 30 and older, the Pap test, as it is called, should be done along with a test for human [...]
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