Oral Cancer Screenings: Saving Miles of Smiles
Regular trips to your dentist are always a good idea if you want to keep your teeth and gums in top shape and ensure that you maintain a nice healthy smile for as long as possible. Various screenings for issues More...
Exploring High-risk HPV, Testing Options and the Gardasil Vaccine
HPV – or human papillomavirus – is actually a group of viruses with more than 100 different strains or types. More than 30 of these are sexually transmitted, and although it’s relatively benign More...
HPV transmission via sex toys: One study’s findings
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is by far the most prevalent sexually transmitted infection (STI) reported, new or new and existing combined, HPV accounts for approximately 79 million of the total STIs in the United More...
PositiveSingles: STD dating and whole lot more
Online dating sites are hugely popular and can cater specifically to virtually every individuals wants and needs- Christian dating, Jewish dating, 50+ dating and just about anything else under the sun. One dating More...
Gardasil approved for the prevention of anal cancer in Europe
Sanofi Pasteur MSD announced Wednesday that the European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for the use of Gardasil for the prevention of anal precancerous lesions and anal cancers causally related More...
FDA approves HPV test as ‘stand alone’ cervical cancer screen
PRESS RELEASE The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first FDA-approved HPV DNA test for women 25 and older that can be used alone to help a health care professional assess the need for a woman More...
HPV eradicated from cervical cancer cells after treatment with mushroom extract: Study
A study by researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth) Medical School at Houston suggest that an extract from Basidiomycete mushrooms was able to eradicate the human papillomavirus More...
HPV vaccine: Conversations between pediatricians and parents key to ensuring daughters get vaccinated
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says despite there being available protective vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV) since 2006, they say the HPV vaccine uptake in the US is relatively More...
The Top 5 most prevalent sexually transmitted infections in the US
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates there are more than 110 million sexually transmitted infections (STI) among men and women nearly split evenly. This number includes both new and existing More...
CDC’s Top Five Health Threats in 2014
PRESS RELEASE 1. Antibiotic Resistance & Advanced Molecular Detection Coping with untreatable infections in The End of the Antibiotic Era Every year, more than two million people in the U.S. get infections More...
Older HIV-positive men who have sex with men at higher risk of HPV that cause anal cancer: Study
Human papillomavirus, or HPV, which can cause cervical cancer in women, is also known to cause anal cancer in both women and men. Now, a study led by researchers at the UCLA School of Nursing has found that older More...
CDC gives update on HPV vaccination: ‘We’re dropping the ball’
During a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) telebriefing today, health leaders gave an update on vaccination rates against human papillomavirus (HPV) and vaccine safety. CDC Director Thomas Frieden CDC More...
HPV prevalence in female teens drop 56% since HPV vaccine introduced
CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden opened up his statements during a CDC telebriefing today (audio) with positive news saying, “Today we have really good news. The types of HPV, human papillomavirus, that More...
The Battle of Texas: No love lost between Rick Perry and Ron Paul
Off-camera confrontation captures tension The scrap between Rick Perry and Mitt Romney may have gotten more attention in Wednesday’s presidential candidates debate, but it was tame compared to the dust-up More...
