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Merck vaccine protects men from wart virus, too
sea-maid submitted, created time 1 month 3 weeks (www.reuters.com)
A vaccine designed to protect women and girls from cervical cancer caused by a wart virus may protect men, too, maker Merck and Co reported on Thursday 


HPV infection rates similar in men and women
sea-maid submitted, created time 2 months 4 weeks (www.reuters.com)
Although men are at high risk of acquiring human papillomavirus (HPV) infections, most last no more than a year, about the same time this sexually transmitted disease persists in women, researchers report in The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 


HPV DNA test "promising" for cervical cancer
sea-maid submitted, created time 3 months 2 days (www.scidev.net)
At over 90% accuracy, a test developed to detect carcinogenic human papillomavirus in women in developing countries has shown promise in trials. This article does not directly mention how this compares to PAP smears in efficacy and practicality. 


Oral Sex and Pot Linked to Cancer
Sue Wu submitted, created time 9 months 3 weeks (www.cbsnews.com)
Certain head and neck cancers may be tied to sexual activity, marijuana use, and human papillomavirus (HPV ) type 16. 


One fourth of American teenage girls have at least one STD.
Darkfrog submitted, created time 9 months 4 weeks (www.nytimes.com)
We've been talking about Gardasil and Cerverix a lot recently. Sure, lots of parents are reluctant to vaccinate their children before they become teenagers, but a nationwide study reveals that 50% of black teenagers and 20% of white teenagers have at least one STD. The specific age ranges are fourteen to nineteen. And what is the most common infection out there? Shocker of shockers, it's HPV 


Virtue Meets Virus: aiming the HPV vaccine toward young men
DanyC submitted, created time 9 months 4 weeks (edition.cnn.com)
CNN that studies on Gardasil in boys should be completed this year, and it hopes to have the vaccine approved and available to young men as early as next year, likely for 16-to 23-year-olds - in the form of the same series of three shots that young women now receive. 
Two years later, cervical cancer vaccine is still an emotional battlefield.
DanyC submitted, created time 10 months 1 day (edition.cnn.com)
The HPV vaccine has been available to the public for almost two years, and moms also want their daughters to get the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine when they go to see their doctor, but mothers can't win over their daughters.
"I don't want to." "Well, sorry. You have to." There is still an emotional battlefield to the HPV vaccine. Another, the hitch is that the vaccine is suggested for adolescent girls, but the viruses in question are sexually transmitted. And that is one of the big reasons the HPV vaccine has divided parents in the question of "to give or not to give." 


Why are there no boys in the Gardasil commercial?
Darkfrog submitted, created time 10 months 2 weeks (www.nytimes.com)
Although I knew that it was possible to give the anti-HPV vaccine to boys (it would protect them from getting genital warts in addition to making them less likely to give the cervical-cancer-causing virus to any female partners) I have to admit, the question didn't occur to me. Usually, drug companies are so eager to market their wares to as many people as possible, but there is a real dearth of pro-male HPV vaccine advertising out there. 


New HPV test could replace the antiquated PAP, save lives
DanyC submitted, created time 11 months 4 weeks (www.forbes.com)
With early detection, cervical cancer is almost entirely preventable with a new genetic test. But if doctors still cling to the highly unreliable Pap smear that screen for pre-cancerous cervical,maybe there is a wrong unavoidable, a cervical cancer prevention group do supports on prevention cancers that are preventable. 


Merck says Gardasil vaccine protects older women
yangjane submitted, created time 1 year 2 months (www.reuters.com)
Gardasil, Merck's vaccine for preventing cervical cancer in girls and women aged 9 to 26, may offer protection for women up to age 45, the company said on Sunday.ervical cancer is the second most common type of tumor in women and the leading cause of cancer death in some countries.
More than a quarter of U.S. girls and women aged 14 to 59 are infected. About 90 percent of infections clear within two years. 


Quadrivalent Vaccine against Human Papillomavirus to Prevent Anogenital Diseases
deirdre submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (content.nejm.org)
Human papillomavirus types 16 (HPV-16) and 18 (HPV-18) cause approximately 70% of cervical cancers worldwide. A phase 3 trial was conducted to evaluate a quadrivalent vaccine against HPV types 6, 11, 16, and 18 (HPV-6/11/16/18) for the prevention of high-grade cervical lesions associated with HPV-16 and HPV-18. In young women who had not been previously infected with HPV-16 or HPV-18, those in the vaccine group had a significantly lower occurrence of high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia related to HPV-16 or HPV-18 than did those in the placebo group. 
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