Throat Cancer and HPV
When people consider the risks of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, they usually think about cervical cancer or genital warts. Throat cancer doesn’t even make the radar screen. Maybe it should....
View ArticleAllison Hicks and Cervical Cancer
Allison Hicks is a doula and a cervical cancer survivor. She talks about her life as both and shares one of her passions – the Hicks Foundation. Listen now! Right-click here to download podcast (13mb,...
View ArticleHPV Testing
This is about speculums, Pap tests and pokey sticks. For those who hate icy speculums and pokey swabs, read on, because those days may be, if not over, at least fewer in one’s lifetime. An eight-year...
View ArticleKeep Our Kids Safe
Abstaining from sex is a good way not to get a sexually transmitted infection. To get through life without any such infections, there are two choices: never have sex – ever, or never have sex except...
View ArticleChristine Baze’s Yellow Umbrella!
Christine Baze talks about being a cervical cancer survivor and saving the “hooch!” www.theyellowumbrella.org Listen now! Right-click here to download podcast (12mb/25min)
View ArticleGardasil Label Revised
This week, the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) revised Gardasil’s label. Gardasil is a vaccine to prevent certain cancers and genital warts caused by some types of human...
View ArticleCDC’s Pre-teen Vaccine Campaign!
CDC wants folks to know about these educational materials, so we’re doing the viral thing and passing this blurb along. Hope you do the same: Pre-teens Need Vaccination Too! With school in full swing...
View ArticleHPV and Pregnancy
For most women, HPV (human papillomavirus) is an infection that comes and goes without sign or symptom. For some women, it’s a horrible infection that causes cervical cancer. Treatments for cervical...
View ArticleDr. Mary Beth – HPV in Boys
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View ArticleWhy Get The HPV Vaccine?
HPV is short for human papillomavirus. About 20 million people in the United States, most in their teens and early 20s, are infected with HPV. Not only does HPV cause almost all cervical cancers in...
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