Pap Awareness Week is taking place in British Columbia from June 8 to June 13. The B.C Cancer Agency is offering all women in the province the chance to have a pap test at designated walk in clinics and want to...
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British television star Jade goody has died. She died in her own home over on Sunday morning. Jade has been battling cervical cancer since 2008. " Reality TV star Jade Goody has died at the age of 27. She died at...
Jade Goody, well known to Brits for staring in Big Brother has been told her cancer cannot be cured and that she will die. Goody became a household name in the UK after appearing in Big Brother in 2002 and since...
Since it's approval in the summer of 2006 by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 5 million girls and women, ages 9 to 26, have been vaccinated with GARDASIL.
GARDASIL, aggressively marketed by Merck &...
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Human papillomavirus, or HPV, is an oncogenic virus implicated in causing nearly 100% of all cervical cancer cases, but it does not just target females. It also infects males, and can cause anal, penile, neck...
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A feisty line up of young volunteers pick on topical news stories and get stuck in. This month’s round up includes Bono’s latest bed net for Africans campaign and a challenge to those who thinks inoculating...
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A Catholic school in Manchester, UK has banned their 12 and 13 year old female students from receiving immunization against cervical cancer at the high school, even though the NHS vaccination program has been approved by Britain's Catholic Education Service. The vaccine...
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This article states that the New England Journal of Medicine has posted articles questioning the distribution of GARDASIL, manufactured by Merck & Co. Inc and Cervarix, manufactured by...
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Update: Effective July 1, 2008, in a press release dated July 24, 2008, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, adding human papillomavirus to the required list of vaccinations required when...
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CANCER PATIENT DIES OF DEHYDRATION AFTER DOCTORS PULL THE PLUG
DOES DCA WORK AS A CANCER DRUG? A BC CANCER AGENCY PHYSICIAN THINKS "WHATEVER THE PATIENT WAS USING MIGHT HAVE ACCENTUATED THE EFFECT OF...
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