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Reducing Obstacles To Much Needed Cervical Cancer Screenings Via STD Clinics
A new study found that STD clinics could provide important access to cervical cancer screenings for women who traditionally have trouble receiving these screenings because of lack ...
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Extend HPV Jab To Young Gay Men, Say Sexual Health Experts
Young gay men should be vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, because their risk of developing anal cancer is more than 15 times higher than it is in straight me...
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Cervical Cancer One of the Most Beatable
Among cancers considered preventable and treatable, cervical cancer is seen as one of the top success stories in the medical community. The pap test can prevent every new case of c...
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Removing Ovaries during a Hysterectomy for Noncancerous Disease
While ovary removal during hysterectomy protects against future risk of ovarian cancer, the decision to conserve the ovaries and the hormones they produce may have advantages for p...
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Study Finds Possible Link between Phthalates and Endometriosis
Phthalates may alter the risk of a hormonally-mediated disease of a reproductive age, a study carried out in the US has found. Researchers measured urinary phthalate metabolite con...
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Friendships Reduce Risky Sexual Behaviors in Homeless Youth
Homeless young women may be at greater risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) than homeless young men because of the structure of their social groups and friendships, acco...
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IVF May Be a Risk Factor for Adult Onset Diabetes
Scientists believe children conceived through IVF treatment could have an increased likelihood to develop Type II Diabetes later in life after discovering mice conceived through IV...
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Cervical cancer screening and treatment are neglected in low- and middle-income countries
While there have been substantial improvements in mortality rates and an increase in access to reproductive health interventions in low- and middle-income countries, the global hea...
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MicroRNAs Expression Profiling of Eutopic Proliferative Endometrium in Women with Ovarian Endometriosis
The eutopic endometrium of women with endometriosis, compared with disease-free individuals, contains certain molecular alterations, including the differential expression of microR...
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Fertility Drugs Do not Increase Ovarian Cancer Risk
Infertility may cause ovarian cancer according to analysis. Since fertility treatments became more widely available, theres been controversy over whether drugs used in the treatmen...
