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posted 11/13/2008, comments (0)

Gardasil May Be Good to Go for Guys

Gardasil is a vaccine given in 3 doses and it costs about $375. To date, about 1 in 4 girls have taken the vaccine, whose recommendations have been "to prevent deadly cervical cancers (and more recently vulvar/vaginal cancers) in women." Seventy percent of these cancers tend to be cause by 2 strains of HPV, both of which the... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/14/2008, comments (0)

HPV, Oral Cancer and Young People: What You Should Know

Between the 1980s and the year 2000 researchers were looking at some startling statistical revelations. It took until the year 2000 for the research based on these observations to become embraced by the science community AND made public. That announcement is now responsible for some worrisome new statistics. HPV, which we know... Read more Chevron

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Charlotte Grayson, M.D.

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posted 04/17/2008, comments (0)

HPV and Abnormal Pap Smears

HPV and the Abnormal Pap Abnormal Pap smears always make women anxious and make us wonder if we have cancer. Over the past decade, a new anxiety provoking term has slipped into the GYN lexicon : human papilloma virus or HPV infection. Studies show that around 90% of cervical cancer is caused by HPV infection. Most... Read more Chevron

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