Articles in Cervical Cancer
In the first government-backed survey conducted since Gardasil, the vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV), made its market debut in 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says about 25% of all American …
In 2006, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the vaccine, Gardasil, for girls and women between the ages of 9 and 26 as a means of preventing cervical cancer caused by the human …
During 2007, more than 11,000 women in the United States were diagnosed with cervical cancer. Another 3,600 women died from it. The recently introduced Gardasil vaccine is expected to reduce the incidence of …
In a society where we are all “stressed out,” we can add another entry to our worry list.
Stress may increase the risk of developing cervical cancer. A study published this month in “Annals of Behavioral …
Obese white women are less likely to be screened for breast and cervical cancer than women who maintain a healthy weight according to a review of cancer screening studies conducted by researchers at the University …
Merck & Co., Inc., has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted and designated as priority a review of GARDASIL, a vaccine against types 6, 11, 16, and 18 of the …
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has just issued the alarming findings of its first ever survey of teen health which included sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). In the study, the National Health …
A new study shows that the HPV vaccine, GARDASIL, reduced abnormal Pap test results by 43 percent compared to women not given the vaccine. GARDASIL is FDA approved against the human papilloma virus (HPV) strains …
A study released this week by the American Cancer Society outlined disturbing differences in survival rates among insured versus uninsured patients. The study, which appears in the March issue of The Lancet Oncology, is the …
Stress could be a factor in whether or not women infected with malignancy-linked types of human papillomavirus (HPV) develop cervical cancer according to recent research.
