Cervical Cancer

Doctors To Start Vaccinating Boys For Virus That Causes Cervical Cancer (VIDEO)

CBS News | Posted 06.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Hpv, Cervical Cancer, Stds, Video, Health, Gardasil, Gardisil, HPV Vaccination for Boys, Gardasil for Boys, Living News

Doctors will soon vaccinate young boys with Gardasil, a vaccine traditionally administered only to girls, in the hopes of limiting HPV cases among wom...

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Teen Sexual Health Crisis: What Parents Can Do

Shelby Knox | Posted 03.13.2008 | Living

America has to get over its squeamishness about teens and sex: not talking about it for the past 20 years has proven ineffective, to say the least.

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World Cancer Day: A Call to Action

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 02.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Lung Cancer, Hpv, Poverty, Smoking, Poverty and Health, Cervical Cancer, World Cancer Day, Poverty Cancer, Cancer, Tobacco, Health Care, Developing Nations Cancer, Living News

Poverty is a carcinogen: lower education and income levels are linked to higher rates of cancer.

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WWMCD? (What Would My Cervix Do?)

Leslie Goldman | Posted 01.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Female Health, Hpv, Cervical Cancer Vaccine, Cervical Cancer, STD, STI, Pap Smear, Living News

This is your cervix writing. You might've forgotten I existed until you got this email just now (with vagina and clitoris always hogging all the attention). I bet you wouldn't even recognize me if you saw me.

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7 Days Post Op: My Journey to Prevent Ovarian Cancer

Allison Gilbert | Posted 12.06.2007 | Living

Read More: Oophorectomy, Ovarian Cancer Information, Ovarian Cancer Surgery, Ovarian Cancer, Ovarian Cancer Prevention, BRCA1 Information, Cervical Cancer, Cancer, Hysterectomy, Brca1, Living News

It's pretty amazing to see what your ovaries and fallopian tubes really look like. I stared at the picture in awe. My children were once inside that pouch.

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13 Days and Counting: My Journey to Prevent Ovarian Cancer

Allison Gilbert | Posted 11.16.2007 | Living

Read More: Cervical Cancer, Ovarian Cancer Surgery, Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Living News

This week I met with my doctor for the last time before my surgery. I needed to figure out -- once and for all -- what we were going to do about my cervix.

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Divorce Rates Higher Among People With Cervical, Testicular Cancer

Associated Press | Maria Cheng | Posted 09.28.2007 | Living

Read More: European Cancer Organization, Cervical Cancer, Divorce Rates, Cancer, Testicular Cancer, Living News

People who develop cervical or testicular cancer may face another harsh reality: they are more likely to get divorced than those without the disease, ...

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HPV Vaccine Debate Plagued by Ignorant Opposition

Matt Ortega | Posted 09.28.2007 | Living

Read More: Cervical Cancer, Gardasil, Vaccine, Hpv, Living News

There is totally understandable, precautionary skepticism, but it is the other argument pushed forward by opponents that is problematic.

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Cervical Cancer Vaccines To Face-Off In Europe

CNN/Money | Aaron Smith | Posted 09.24.2007 | Business

Read More: Cervical Cancer Vaccine, Cervical Cancer, GlaxoSmithKline, Gardasil, Cervarix, Merck, Business News

Merck's cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil now faces direct competition from Glaxo's Cervarix, which was approved by European health authorities, said t...

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