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"Cutting" your risk of prostate cancer
CNNThey don't call it "The Big C" for nothing. People don't even like to say the word out loud. The good news, we're told, is that there are many things we can do - or not do - in our adult lives to lower our risk of developing different types of cancer....Tags: Prostate Cancer, Lung Cancer, Human Body, Prostate, Chlamydia
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A sharp divide on ultrasounds, HPV, 'personhood'
RICHMOND – When Majorie was 8 years old in the early 1930s, she came home from school in the Texas community she grew up in to find her mother and a friend talking about a neighbor woman who had just died, leaving four children behind.
"This...Tags: Jim Webb, Preventative Medicine, Abortion Issue, HPV Vaccine, Polio
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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Free HPV vaccine The health department will provide free human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. The vaccine, Gardasil, is available for both males and females ages 9 to 26. Those under 18 must have a parent or guardian sign a consent form. The clinic will...Tags: Methadone (drug), Healthy Diet, Preventative Medicine, Behavioral Conditions, HPV Vaccine
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Bill to end HPV vaccine mandate advances in Virginia General Assembly
The House of Delegates has rejected a proposal to give parents information about a vaccine to prevent a virus that can lead to cervical cancer.
Del. Chris Stolle of Virginia Beach offered the idea as an amendment to legislation repealing Virginia's...Tags: Preventative Medicine, HPV Vaccine, Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Diseases and Illnesses
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Virginia GA expected to vote on HPV vaccine Friday
Republican Del. Kathy Byron introduced a bill to end Virginia's requirement to notify parents about the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine. The vaccine prevents cervical cancer and is recommended for girls entering 6th grade in Virginia. Virginia requires...Tags: Chemicals, Preventative Medicine, Family, HPV Vaccine, Diseases and Illnesses
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Health Notes: Some posit link between stress and cancer rates
New statistics from the American Cancer Society show a slight decline in cancer death rates between 2004 and 2008, but a few types of cancer are on the rise.
Figures released last week, in Jan. 2012, show a drop in cancer death rates of 1.8 percent...Tags: Hepatitis C , Death, Human Body, Human Interest, Medical Research
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HPV screenings recommended for young men and women
marieg@herald-mail.comWhen a vaccine became available several years ago that would protect against the human papillomavirus, Sarah Robbins didn't hesitate to have her 13-year-old daughter receive it. "Medical science has given us a vaccine against cancer," the Hagerstown...Tags: Parenting, Anal cancer, Preventative Medicine, HPV Vaccine, Symptoms
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Susan Bahorich's Blog
Comments, questions, concerns, story ideas, etc. email me at: sbahorich@wdbj7.com
5/5/13
You may have seen or heard my promo.
I have cancer.
The story airs Monday night at 6o'clock.
This is a little weird for me.
I'm not used to "being" the...Tags: Shootings, X-rays, Satellite Technology, Ayn Rand, Students
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