Arguably the best mammography studies have been ignored, scientific consensus panels have been overruled by politicians, and histrionic (and personal) attacks have been leveled.
Andy Ostroy | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics
It's irresponsible for Republicans to label two new cancer-screening recommendations as partisan-based and illustrative of the sort of "rationing" they claim reform will bring.
nytimes.com | DENISE GRADY | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living
New guidelines for cervical cancer screening say women should delay their first Pap test until age 21, and be screened less often than recommended in ...
Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living
I recently spoke with a Media Relations person at Merck regarding the efficacy and side effects of Gardasil, the new HPV vaccine. Here's what she had to say.
Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living
As the nation's attention is riveted on the discourse about health care reform, another debate is taking place around the Gardasil vaccine.
Abby L. Ferber | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living
Last Friday, the FDA approved the HPV vaccine for use in boys and men. Why is Gardasil only now being approved for males, when it was approved three years ago for females?
BBC NEWS | Posted 12.01.2009 | World
A girl who was vaccinated against cervical cancer died from a malignant tumour of the chest and not from a reaction to the jab, it has emerged....
Jim Luce | Posted 11.22.2009 | World
Pro Mujer is helping some of the poorest women in Latin America to increase their income, develop their full potential, and claim their basic human rights, enabling them to become agents of change.
Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 10.20.2009 | World
Cervical cancer is diagnosed in about 500,000 women every year. About 250,000 will die. But it is largely preventable.
Rebecca Booth, MD | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living
Could anyone forget the beautiful music of Evita, or even more compelling the black and white photos of Eva Peron, her cheeks becoming more and more h...
Chi-Town Daily News | ALEX PARKER | Posted 07.20.2009 | Chicago
If state legislators buck Gov. Pat Quinn's call for an income tax hike, the Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program stands to lose millions and wo...
Jane Hamsher | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics
How will Loefgin justify giving $108 billion in loan guarantees to European banks while her own state goes bankrupt? How will anybody?
David Horton | Posted 12.23.2008 | Living
I see Ian Fraser, who developed the vaccine against cervical cancer, is now working on one for a form of skin cancer. What next I wondered. Remember ...
CBS News | Posted 07.08.2008 | Living
Doctors will soon vaccinate young boys with Gardasil, a vaccine traditionally administered only to girls, in the hopes of limiting HPV cases among wom...
Associated Press | Maria Cheng | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
People who develop cervical or testicular cancer may face another harsh reality: they are more likely to get divorced than those without the disease, ...
CNN/Money | Aaron Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Merck's cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil now faces direct competition from Glaxo's Cervarix, which was approved by European health authorities, said t...
H. Gilbert Welch | Posted 12.01.2009 | Living