If you’re well past the age of 12, you’re probably not spending too much time thinking about HPV—you got the vaccine or you didn’t, so you’re either safe or not, right? Not so fast—an HPV vaccine isn’t a “get out of jail free” card, just like an HPV diagnosis isn’t a death sentence for your […]
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The human papillomavirus or HPV spreads through intimate contact during sex with someone who is infected. In some women, an HPV infection will persist and lead to cervical cancer. HPV vaccines protect against cervical cancer in young women, especially when the women are vaccinated between the ages of 15 and 26, a new Cochrane Report
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Pope Francis emphasizes the thesis that cancer prevention is a childcare issue at the 4th International Vatican Conference. Address of his Holiness Pope Francis
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Unite to Cure was created by the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Culture, the Stem for Life Foundation, Cura Foundation and STOQ Foundation, the Fourth International Vatican Conference united the world’s thought leaders across all disciplines to engage in a powerful conversation about the future of medicine. I was honored to participate in the Global Approaches
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The NIH budget has gone up by 23 percent between 2016 and 2018, the 21st Century Cures Act has been passed, the Biden Moonshot continues into the Trump administration, and the FDA cancer center has been formed. What changed? Why such success after a 13-year dry spell marked by flat budgets? Washington insiders say at
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In June 2016, California became the second state in the country, after Hawaii, to increase the minimum tobacco sales age from 18 to 21. A report published last month in the journal Tobacco Control suggests the new law is already working. Seven months after it took effect, preliminary data show, the percentage of state retailers
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E-cigarettes are increasingly being used as a nicotine alternative as smokers seek ways to kick their habit. They work by heating a pure liquid called e-juice — composed of flavorings, propylene glycol, glycerin and often nicotine — until it vaporizes. The resulting vapor is much less offensive to many, both smokers and non-smokers. But their
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E-cigarette liquids sweetened with flavorings like vanilla and cinnamon may harm the lungs even when they don’t contain nicotine, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers examined what happened to monocytes, a type of white blood cell, upon exposure to flavoring chemicals used in popular e-cigarette liquids. None of the liquids contained nicotine, but the flavoring chemicals
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Advertising campaigns, tobacco taxes and public bans have lowered rates of smoking significantly in the U.S. since the 1960s. And for people who never smoke or manage to quit, there are major health benefits: lower risk of cancer, heart problems and stroke. But 15 percent of Americans — about 40 million people — continue to
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IF YOU’D SURVIVED melanoma – the deadliest form of skin cancer – you’d avoid the sun like the plague, right? Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. When it comes to patients who’ve gone through melanoma treatment, recent findings on prevention are mixed. Just as a new study reinforces that regular self-checks remain the first line
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