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 Experts Close In on 
 Breast Cancer Vaccine 

Link to childbearing hormones could be prevention key

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Oct 6, 08 5:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The prevention of breast cancer has been strongly linked to hormonal changes that occur during pregnancy and breastfeeding, prompting a top cancer expert to predict that a vaccine could mimic such safeguards, reports the Guardian. The researcher called for increased efforts to prevent breast cancer in addition to treating it, noting that the number of new diagnoses continues to climb even as death rates drop. More »

More about:  pregnancy • breast cancer • cancer research • vaccine • hormones • cervical cancer • cancer prevention

UK Begins Massive HPV Vaccine Campaign

12- and 13-year-old girls first targeted by program that could reach 2M by 2011

Times (UK) Times (UK) Sep 3, 08 4:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The UK kicked off a campaign to give 12- and 13-year-old girls the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, the Times of London reports. Schools will begin offering the shot, which is not mandatory, this week. The government estimates that it will vaccinate over 2 million girls by 2011. Beside official programs, the campaign also includes youth-oriented advertising. More »

More about:  Great Britain • teenagers • high school • vaccine • HPV • cervical cancer • underage sex

HPV Linked With Lung Cancer, But Many Still Fight Vaccine

Conservatives say drug encourages teen sex

ABC News ABC News Apr 28, 08 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The human papillomavirus, or HPV, has been linked to increased risk of lung cancer, but conservatives are standing firm in opposition to the new vaccine. Parents and activists charge that Gardasil encourages promiscuous sex, ABC News reports. "If you give kids the vaccine, you're giving them a license to go have sex," insists the head of an abstinence advocacy group. More »

More about:  lung cancer • sex education • HPV • cervical cancer • Gardasil

One-Quarter
of Teen Girls Have STDs

Most common infection is HPV, which can cause cervical cancer

Associated Press Associated Press Mar 11, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - At least one in four teen girls in the US—that's over three million people—has a sexually transmitted disease, a new CDC study shows. By far the most common infection is the human papillomavirus, which can cause cervical cancer, the AP reports. An STD expert calls the new figures "clear signs that we must continue developing ways to reach those most at risk." More »

More about:  teenagers • CDC • STD • HPV • cervical cancer • teen health

HPV Shot Extra Painful, Say Patients

Docs report patients fainting
after stinging injection

Associated Press Associated Press Jan 4, 08 3:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Recipients of the new HPV vaccine are reporting that it's more painful than regular vaccines because not only does the needle hurt, but the vaccine itself stings as it's injected. Doctors have reported teenage girls fainting when getting the shot of Gardasil, although that may be in part because teenagers are more prone to fainting after injections than other age groups. More »

More about:  teenagers • vaccine • virus • HPV • cervical cancer • Gardasil • needles

Pill Use Boosts Cervical Cancer Risk Slightly

Reduced incidence of other cancers offsets increase, say experts

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Nov 9, 07 1:26 PM CST
(Newser) - A woman's risk of cervical cancer doubles after 10 years on birth control pills, a new study shows, but the risk begins to return to normal immediately after she stops taking them, the LA Times reports. The new research shows that the increase is both minor and "outweighed by reduced risks for ovarian and womb cancer," says the study leader. More »

More about:  HPV • cervical cancer • birth control pill

Study: HPV Test Better Than
Pap Smear

Detects 40% more pre-cancers than traditional exam

USA Today USA Today Oct 18, 07 5:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Women over 30 might be better off getting an HPV test than a pap smear to fight the battle against cervical cancer, a new study concludes. Researchers found that the HPV test caught 94% of cervical pre-cancers, versus the pap smear's 55% success rate. Worries that the more sensitive HPV test would return a high rate of false positives proved largely unfounded—both tests were about the same. More »

More about:  women's health • HPV • cervical cancer

Study Links Certain Cancers to Divorce

Cervical, testicular diseases affect intimacy, relationships

Reuters Reuters Sep 27, 07 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - A recent study finds the presence of either testicular or cervical cancer in one partner heightens the risk of divorce, Reuters reports. With most forms of cancer, the unaffected spouse is statistically likely to support his or her partner; however, women with cervical cancer are nearly 70% more likely to get divorced, and men with testicular cancer 34% more likely. More »

More about:  divorce • cervical cancer • testicular cancer

Tobacco Used in Cancer Vaccine

Scientists who developed HPV vaccine work on a cheaper version—±±

USA Today USA Today Jul 30, 07 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - The same researchers who developed Gardasil—the vaccine that can prevent cervical cancer—have genetically engineered tobacco plants to produce a cheaper version of the vaccine. The new drug, designed for distribution in India and other poor countries, would cost $3 for three doses, as opposed to $360 for Gardasil, reports USA Today. More »

More about:  cancer • vaccine • tobacco • HPV • cervical cancer • cancer vaccine • Gardasil

You Say 'Tomato,' FDA Says 'Not a Cancer Cure-All'

Study shows no link between lycopene and reduced risk of many types of the disease

Reuters Reuters Jul 11, 07 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tomatoes and lycopene, the pigment that gives them their color, do not prevent cancer, the FDA says, contradicting preliminary research. Researchers analyzed 145 studies of lycopene, tomatoes, and cancer risk and found "no credible evidence" that the vegetable wards off lung, colorectal, breast, cervical or uterine cancers, according to a report released yesterday. More »

Conservatives Wield FDA Data on HPV Vaccine

Cite health risks in opposing vaccination
of teenage girls

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal May 24, 07 3:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - A group of religious conservatives has marshalled unreleased FDA data as a weapon in the battle against  Gardasil, the new cervical cancer vaccine. The data indicates health problems in women taking the vaccine, but  drugmaker Merck and the FDA both insist that the negative effects are probably unrelated to the vaccine. Critics oppose legislation to require administering the vaccine in schools. More »

More about:  health • cancer • women • FDA • women's health • vaccine • Merck • HPV • cervical cancer • vaccination • teen health • cancer vaccine • Gardasil

Vaccine May
Not Prevent
Cervical Cancer

Mandated for all girls
in some states, HPV vaccine fails to deliver 

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Apr 16, 07 8:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pharma behemoth Merck is defending what it touted as a miracle cervical-cancer vaccine against charges of ineffectiveness. Merck lobbied states to mandate Gardasil for young girls—Texas and Virginia did—and got a glowing endorsement from the CDC. But new studies show that it works only to prevent sexually-transmitted HPV, a cause of cancerous cervical growths, not the cancer itself. More »

More about:  health • cancer • pharmaceutical companies • vaccine • CDC • Merck • STD • HPV • cervical cancer • pharma • cancer vaccine • Gardasil

Condom-Hating Health Official Steps Down

Bush's top family planning official resigns after legal action against him

Boston Globe Boston Globe Mar 30, 07 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bush's top family planning official resigned unexpectedly yesterday, on the heels of a legal action against him in Massachusetts, the Boston Globe reports. The lawsuit  initiated by Medicaid  targets Dr. Eric Keroack's private practice in Marblehead. Abortion rights groups protested his appointment five months ago, claiming he opposed birth control and comprehensive sex education.   More »

More about:  health • health care • abortion • birth control • contraception • sex education • Medicaid • condom • cervical cancer • Department of Health

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