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Study reveals sharp increase in HPV-positive tonsil cancer

Study reveals sharp increase in HPV-positive tonsil cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The number of cases of tonsil cancer continues to increase, according to a new Swedish study from Karolinska Institutet, with diagnoses tripling since 1970. The results of the study, which ...


Genetic differences help protect against cervical cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women with certain gene variations appear to be protected against cervical cancer, according to a study led by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and reported in Clinical Cancer Research. Knowi ...





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Panel backs vaccine as cervical cancer alternative

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A second kind of vaccine against cervical cancer may be added to the recommended list for girls and young women after a federal advisory panel voted Wednesday to support it.


Using flower power to fight foot woes

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 01, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

A common flower that helps wipe out garden insects has also shown promise in eradicating stubborn warts, according to preliminary research presented by podiatrist Tracey Vlahovic at the American Academy of Dermatology’s Annual ...


Peptide targets latent papilloma virus infections

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 03, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

While a newly marketed vaccine promises to drastically reduce human papilloma virus (HPV) infections, the major cause of cervical cancer, a new discovery by University of California, Berkeley, researchers could some day help ...


Scientists report breakthrough in HPV research

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have developed a new, inexpensive and efficient method for producing and studying a type of human papillomavirus (HPV) that causes cervical cancer. The process could speed understanding ...


Kangaroos may hold skin cancer cure: study

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created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Kangaroos may provide the key to a potential treatment to prevent skin cancer, Australian scientists said Monday.


New device enables early detection of cancerous skin tumors

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev are developing a new device that detects cancerous skin tumors, including melanomas that aren't visible to the naked eye.


Sexually spread diseases up, better testing cited

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Sexually spread diseases continue to rise, with reported chlamydia cases setting yet another record in 2008, government health officials said Monday.


Skin color gives clues to health

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Researchers from the universities of Bristol and St. Andrews in the UK have found that the color of a person's skin affects how healthy and therefore attractive they appear, and have found that diet may be crucial to achieving ...


Clinical trials of spray-on skin to start in US

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Clinical trials comparing a spray-on skin product with skin grafts will start in the US in December. The trials, which are partly funded by a US army grant of $1.4 million, will last about a year and will ...


Be careful when using garlic to treat childhood ailments

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created Feb 13, 2007 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Parents and practitioners should know more about garlic before using it to treat children, according to a review of data conducted in part by the University of Alberta.



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