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Next here is some very good news! This first story suggests that in the not too distant future women may not need to get those yearly Pap smears. (Of course I'll be retired by then. Dr. R)
Promising Cervical Cancer Vaccine
Nov. 12, 2004
There's new hope that cervical cancer could be progressively eradicated in a global campaign, much like the ones against smallpox and polio. Researchers say a second experimental cervical cancer vaccine appears to broadly protect against infection and risky precancerous conditions for more than two years.
There's new hope that cervical cancer could be progressively eradicated in a global campaign, much like the ones against smallpox and polio. Researchers say a second experimental cervical cancer vaccine appears to broadly protect against infection and risky precancerous conditions for more than two years.
Worldwide, 511,000 women are stricken with cervical cancer each year, and about half die. It is the leading cancer killer among women in the developing world.
Cervical cancer is caused by infection with human papilloma virus, or HPV, which is spread through sex. There are dozens of HPV strains, but two of them — HPV-16 and HPV-18 — account for more than 70 percent of cervical cancers.
The GlaxoSmithKline vaccine is designed to prevent infection from both major strains. Of the women who received the vaccine, 94 percent were protected from infection and the virus that causes most cervical cancers, McDermott reported.
None of the vaccinated women developed infections or cervical precancerous lesions, said Dartmouth obstetrician Diane M. Harper, the study's lead author. The vaccine also protected 93 percent against conditions that lead to abnormal Pap tests, she said.
In the placebo group, 10 women developed HPV-16 infections and four developed HPV-18 infections by the study's seventh month.
Next, there is a lot of dishonesty in the world. But when your government starts lying to you about health issues I feel a responsibility to tell you the truth. And it has been well documented that having a termination of pregnancy does not increase your risk of getting breast cancer.
Some Women Considering Abortion Are Wrongly Told It Could Hike Breast Cancer Risk
The Associated Press
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON Nov 10, 2004 — Women seeking abortions in Mississippi must first sign a form indicating they've been told abortion can increase their risk of breast cancer. They aren't told that scientific reviews have concluded there is no such risk. Similar information suggesting a cancer link is given to women considering abortion in Texas, Louisiana and Kansas, and legislation to require such notification has been introduced in 14 other states.
"In my experience, this inaccurate information is going to dissuade few women from going ahead and having the abortion," said Dr. Vanessa Cullins, vice president for medical affairs at Planned Parenthood Federation of America. "What it does do is put a false guilt trip and fear trip on that woman." Still, information suggesting a link is being given to women to read during mandatory waiting periods before abortions. In some cases, the information is on the states' Web sites.
The issue continues to be debated in state legislatures, with bills considered this year in Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia.
On the federal level, several members of Congress complained last year after the NCI (National Cancer Institute) Web site included material suggesting a link between breast cancer and abortion or miscarriage. An expert panel that was asked to review the data reported in March 2003 that "well established" evidence shows no link.
"The virtually complete consensus was that the studies that purported to show a link were methodologically flawed," said Dr. Martin Abeloff, director of the Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University. Those studies that showed no link, he said, were almost all well done.
If you like to add olive oil to just about everything you cook, as I do, you'll be very happy to read this next article. Dr. Rehert
FDA- Olive Oil May Boost Heart Health
WASHINGTON - AP - The monounsaturated fat in olive oil may reduce the chances of suffering coronary heart disease, the Food and Drug Administration said Monday, opening the door to revised food labels.
As long as people don't increase the number of calories they consume daily, the FDA found "limited but not conclusive evidence" suggesting reduced risk of coronary heart disease when people replace foods high in saturated fat with the monounsaturated fat in olive oil.
It's the third time the FDA granted a qualified health claim for conventional food.
Olive oil and certain food containing olive oil can now indicate that "limited and not conclusive scientific evidence suggests that eating about two tablespoons of olive oil daily may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease due to the monounsaturated fat in olive oil," the agency said.
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