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GOP debate: Rick Perry vs. Mitt Romney, plus Gary Johnson and some dogs
Top of the TicketGary Johnson joins GOP candidates to make it nine debating the issues, with Fox News anchors and questions from YouTube.... -
Vaccine approved for anal cancer prevention
Gardasil, the vaccine that can prevent most cases of cervical cancer in girls, has won the FDA's blessing as a vaccine to prevent anal cancer, a rare but growing diagnosis in the United States. The drug agency's approval for Gardasil as an anal cancer...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Minority Groups, Cancer, Health
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Get vaccinated early to avoid cervical cancer, say experts
Khaleej TimesOver 50 per cent of women who contract cervical cancer, die. And those who survive suffer excruciating pain and a poor quality of life. This is the grim picture portrayed by health experts in the Capital on Monday in efforts to drive home the importance...Tags: United Arab Emirates, Viral Diseases and Infections, Disease Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Human papillomavirus
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Preteens require proper immunizations
Herald & Review, Decatur, Ill.As children get older and more active, the need for immunizations becomes just as important as when they were infants. Many of the old vaccines given before they started school have begun to diminish and new vaccines have been introduced to teens and...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pneumonia, Common Cold
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Check your child's vaccination record
The Kid's Doctorhttp://www.kidsdr.com It's important to remember that not only infants and young children need vaccines. Older children (and even adults) continue to need vaccinations, and some vaccines are not given until a child is in his or her 'tween and teen years....Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Disease Prevention, Human papillomavirus, Vaccines, Pharmaceuticals
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Science, sex and birth control
Democrats claim we have one party that upholds science and one that rejects it. When it comes to climate change, presidential polling, stem cells, evolution and other topics, we are told, Republicans have no use for actual experts. They'd rather listen to...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Heart Attack, Heart Surgery, Chemical Industry, Justice System
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The cost of sexually transmitted disease
Doctors and patients alike are often uncomfortable talking about sexual health and sexually transmitted disease. But a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report shows that this squeamishness costs society millions of dollars spent trying to...Tags: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Vaccines
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Let’s Start 2013 by Preventing Cervical Cancer
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelJanuary is cervical cancer awareness month, and at Planned Parenthood of Greater Orlando, we are ringing in the new year by talking prevention all month long. Cervical cancer is one of the most deadly forms of cancer in women. It’s also the most... -
More info on vaccines
I'm writing in resonse to Kenneth VanAntwerp M.D. commentary on Oct. 31 about Gardasil. The Gardasil supposedly protects you from only four different strains of HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) when there are more than 100 different strains of HPV. Fifty-...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, Pharmaceuticals
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January Is cervical health awareness month
Cervical cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths among women worldwide, yet it is almost always preventable with the Pap test. Cervical cancer grows slowly, as abnormal cells begin to change into a pre-cancerous state. For some women, pre-...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Diseases and Illnesses, Disease Prevention, Human papillomavirus, Drugs and Medicines
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MedImmune creating drug pipeline for AstraZeneca
When Gail Folena-Wasserman joined Gaithersburg biotechnology startup MedImmune in 1991, she was its first employee in research and development, and dreamed of what the company might be "when it grew up."
Two decades later, the senior vice president for...Tags: Flu Vaccine, Viral Diseases and Infections, MRSA, Diseases and Illnesses, Technology
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Vaccine injury awareness
It's a little known fact that the month of October is Vaccine Injury Awareness month! Many of you may not have heard about it in the main stream media or our local papers but it is a very real occurrence for many families. Many people have heard about...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cancer, Blood
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