Topic: Cervical Cancer

AP News | 2010-03-12 09:36:44
Are some medical tests overused? Some guidelines are scaling back on frequency, timing

Recent reports and guideline changes suggest some medical tests should be delayed, avoided, or done less often: _ MAMMOGRAM: Most women don't need a mammogram in their 40s and they should get one every two years starting at 50, according to the U.S. Preventive Services ...

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AP Features | 2010-02-17 17:21:16
<div><p>The Gardasil vaccine appears to protect most young women from cervical cancer and homosexual men from anal cancer for at least a few years, according to new studies released Wednesday by its maker, Merck & Co.</p><p>The vaccine is designed to block four of the most common ...
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Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-01-14 23:16:44
<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - A simple "see and treat" approach using a test costing $2 could help doctors prevent 100,000 cervical cancer deaths a year in women in poorer countries, British scientists said on Friday.</p><p>Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women in developing nations ...
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AP News | 2009-12-12 18:47:58
<div id="subtitle">Poor turned away from some free cancer screening centers as economy forces comebacks</div><div><p>As the economy falters and more people go without health insurance, low-income women in at least 20 states are being turned away or put on long waiting lists for free cancer screenings, according ...
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Setback for cancer test hopes

BBC News | 2010-03-19 20:43:53

Medical student smeared for 'humourous commentary' on Pap tests

The Province, Canada | 2010-03-19 17:35:53

Screens, Vaccine for HPV Less Beneficial in Older Women

EverydayHealth.com | 2010-03-19 16:36:49

Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer

Courier-Post Online, New Jersey | 2010-03-19 16:25:28

U.S. Doctors Overtesting, Overtreating

Sci-Tech Today | 2010-03-19 12:56:57

Health provider: Why we failed

New Zealand Herald | 2010-03-19 12:24:02

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