http://genitalwartsadvisor.com Genital warts is a highly contagious sexually transmitted infection caused by some sub-types of human papillomavirus (HPV). Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:14:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A cervical cancer vaccine programme is likely to be introduced in the Republic in the near future, on foot of today’s publication of a Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) report. The HIQA value-for-money report should pave the way for the early announcement of a formal immunisation programme ... http://genitalwartsadvisor.com/vaccine/cervical-cancer-vaccines-may-start-soon Researchers affiliated with the Quadrivalent HPV Vaccine Merck Study Group have reported that vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) is associated with a reduction in Pap tests, colposcopy, cervical biopsy, and definitive treatment among women who were uninfected at the time of vaccination. The details of this ... http://genitalwartsadvisor.com/hpv-vaccine/vaccination-against-human-papillomavirus-decreases-related-tests-and-treatment-for-cervical-cancer Gen-Probe has launched its new Aptima HPV Assay in Europe. The diagnostic test, for detecting high-risk strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV), has been CE-marked and is now available for sale in 13 European countries. The assay is an amplified nucleic acid test that detects 14 high-risk HPV ... http://genitalwartsadvisor.com/hpv/gen-probe-hpv-assay-launched-in-europe CHICAGO (AP) — At least one in four teenage girls nationwide has a sexually transmitted disease, or more than 3 million teens, according to the first study of its kind in this age group. A virus that causes cervical cancer is by far the most common sexually transmitted ... http://genitalwartsadvisor.com/std/1-in-4-teen-girls-have-std by Amy Fleming Allentown, PA - Recently the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention reported that in the last two years, more than 450 youngsters fainted after getting a vaccination. That may explain why some teenagers are taking a new position on the HPV vaccine. Gardasil protects against a virus that cervical cancer ... http://genitalwartsadvisor.com/hpv-vaccine/hpv-vaccine-fainting by Brian Boyer Men are neither vaccinated nor screened for human papillomavirus, but two university studies suggested last week that it may be the cause of cancer for many men, and that those cancers could have been prevented. The virus, better known as HPV, is the primary cause of ... http://genitalwartsadvisor.com/vaccine/more-links-found-between-cancer-in-men-and-hpv-but-men-arent-approved-for-vaccination Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun Published: Saturday, May 17, 2008 B.C. I Boys as well as girls should be offered the free HPV vaccine to stop the spread of the cervical cancer-causing disease, former deputy health minister Dr. Penny Ballem says. The vaccine, which will be offered by the provincial government to ... http://genitalwartsadvisor.com/hpv-vaccine/boys-should-also-get-hpv-protection FREE vaccinations against a virus that can cause cervical cancer will be made available for girls aged 12 to 18 within the next five years. Prime Minister Helen Clark announced last week that the government will pledge $164.2million to fund a vaccine against the human papilloma virus (HPV), ... http://genitalwartsadvisor.com/cancer/government-promises-free-cervical-cancer-vaccination-campaign A local syphilis outbreak has renewed concern over the growing number of people infected with sexually transmitted diseases each year in the United States. With an estimated 19 million new infections reported last year, health officials are warning that just because you’re not showing symptoms it doesn’t ... http://genitalwartsadvisor.com/std/officials-urge-caution-after-local-std-increase The first cancer vaccine was supposed to be unequivocally a good thing. The Gardasil vaccine, touted as a triumph of modern medicine, protects against four strains of human papilloma virus (HPV) that commonly cause genital warts and cervical cancer. In the two years since obtaining FDA approval and being released ... http://genitalwartsadvisor.com/hpv-vaccine/university-health-services-nears-1000th-course-of-hpv-vaccine