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 ...
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 &amp; Co.</p><p>The vaccine is designed to block four of the most common ...
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 ...
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 ...
