Self-isolation and social distancing NOW is critical … Science article reports that, prior to lockdown in China, >85% of CV infections were asymptomatic or mild. The transmission rate of these infections was estimated to be 55% of documented infections. Science article
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a long awaited update to sunscreen rules aimed at strengthening regulations of over-the-counter sunscreens Thursday. Two of the 16 currently used main chemical ingredients in over-the-counter sunscreen products are considered safe, the FDA says, as part of a proposal here aimed at improving the safety and quality
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Cervical cancer could potentially be eliminated as a major public health threat in the majority of the world by the end of this century, a new study says. According to the researchers, more widespread use of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, combined with increased cervical cancer screenings, could prevent millions of cases of the disease
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Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women in the United States and each year, more than 4,000 women die from it. All women are at risk for cervical cancer and the main cause of this cancer is the human papillomavirus (HPV). These facts are helpful in understanding the impact of cervical cancer
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Cigarette smoking has reached the lowest level ever recorded among U.S. adults – and the youth smoking rate dropped even farther, the federal government reported Thursday. About 14 percent of U.S. adults, or 34 million people, smoked cigarettes everyday or some days in the previous month, down from 15.5 percent in 2016, according to the
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Air pollution was responsible for as many as 6.5 million deaths worldwide in 2015—as a result of diseases such as heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, and COPD—according to a study by The Lancet Commission on Public Health. The same study found that even in the U.S., more than 150,000 deaths that year could be attributed
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By understanding your risk factors, protecting yourself from the sun, maintaining a balanced diet, exercising regularly and not smoking, up to 50% of all cancers can be prevented.
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Medical advances have contributed to a near doubling of life expectancy over the past century and will produce more than 1 billion individuals over age 60 worldwide. However, this monumental achievement has also fueled dramatic increases in the incidence of diseases such as cancer. As a father to three teenagers, a son whose father lost
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Recognizing that vaccination rates for the human papillomavirus (HPV) remain low across the U.S., particularly in Texas, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center again has joined with the 69 other National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer centers in issuing a joint statement to call for increased HPV vaccination and evidence-based screening, with the goal
Scott Courville admired his full beard and round belly in the mirror: He was ready for the upcoming holiday season. It was November 2015 and Courville, who plays Santa Claus in Lafayette, Louisiana, was too excited about his favorite time of year to worry much about the pain developing in his jaw. By February, though,
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