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Oral HPV, the stats.
The prevalence of oral human papillomavirus is nearly three times higher in men than in women. You may ask “Why does this matter?”… oral HPV infection causes a subset or oropharyngeal squamous cell...
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HPV vaccine does not cause riskier behavior
HPV vaccine has not shown to increase teen girls sexual activity or to engage in riskier sexual practices. The researchers examined two risk perceptions: did the participants feel they still needed to...
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Half of cervical pre-cancers are caused by two subtypes of HPV!
HPV subtype 16 was the most commonly detected HPV type among all “high grade” (read this: ominous) cervical lesions. Half of the high-grade cervical lesions had HPV 16 or 18 involved. Then, another 25%...
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Three HPV vaccine types to choose from…
There are three HPV vaccines. The vaccines cover a different number of HPV subtypes: One of them covers for two , one with four and the newest one that covers NINE subtypes. The 9 subtype vaccine...
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HPV vaccination is fighting cervical cancer and winning!
HPV vaccination is fighting cervical cancer and winning! HPV vaccination has been shown to decrease cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 1 (CIN1) by 9%. CIN1 is a precursor to frank, invasive cervical...
View ArticleWow! Stop the presses. Pap scheduling change.
Wow! Stop the presses. Pap scheduling change. I know…every woman loves to go in to her doctor for a pap. (Just kidding.) Years ago we performed paps every year on every woman and that’s how the...
View ArticleHPV
I took notes at the Nevada Family Medicine meeting when expert Dr. Trudy Larson spoke about HPV. Here are the take-home points… Who gets HPV? 80 % of adults have a strain of HPV. “HPV happens.” There...
View ArticleHPV vaccine is REALLY effective!!!
HPV vaccine is REALLY effective!!! The human papillomavirus vaccine is really effective, especially when given before age 17. There was a Swedish study of MORE than 1.6 million patients. The patients...
View ArticleHPV. What you should know…
HPV. What you should know… There are more than 200 types of human papillomavirus (HPV) that cause infections of the skin and mucosa. HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the US....
View ArticleWill pap smears be a test of the past?
Researchers are considering screening average-risk asymptomatic women for cervical cancer with only HPV testing. We now know that HPV, human papillomavirus is the virus that causes cells on the cervix...
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