Cervical cancer Articles & Stories
Seven Cervical-Cancer Falsehoods Debunked
Though the incidence of cervical cancer among women (12,000 are estimated will be diagnosed with the disorder this year) is hardly as great as, say, breast cancer (207,000) or lung cancer (105,000), fully 1.2 million women will contract the pre-cancerous disorder known as dysplasia. Without tr... Read More
Clinicians May be Screening for Cervical Cancer Too Often
Clinical guidelines currently recommend screening low-risk women for cervical cancer every three years after age 30, but most primary care clinicians report that they would advise testing for the disease more frequently. Adding a test for human papillomavirus (HPV) to screening protocols does ... Read More
Expert Commentary: Dr. Tauseef Ahmed, M.D., April 30, 2009
I think a better term for the therapies recently reported in Cancer Research would be targeted small molecules. Nanoparticles are formulations of various chemotherapeutic drugs that improve the delivery of chemotherapy. The most commonly used nanoparticle medication is nanoparticle bound pa... Read More
What is the Polypill?
Dr. Valentin Fuster discusses the Polypill. The Polypill is being developed in response to an important reality surrounding cardiovascular disease. There are three important drugs that can help prevent heart disease (statins, ACE inhibitors, and aspirin). These drugs are not taken for two maj... Read More
FDA Approves New Contraceptive Pill Lybrel
The FDA approves an oral contraceptive that also eliminates menstruation. Wyeth's oral contraceptive Lybrel is now approved by the FDA to eliminate monthly menstrual periods. The drug has a lower level of synthetic hormones than other oral contraceptives and must be taken 365 days a year. Acc... Read More
Health Wrap - Week of June 5th
The cervical cancer vaccine that was approved Thursday called Gardisil also appears to protect women against vulvar and vaginal cancers. HPV, or human papillomavirus, is present in 80 percent of the 6,000 cases of vaginal and vulvar cancers diagnosed in the United States each year. The Gardas... Read More
Also Read
- Clinicians May be Screening for Cervical Cancer Too Often
- What is the Polypill?
- Expert Commentary: Dr. Tauseef Ahmed, M.D., April 30, 2009
- FDA Approves New Contraceptive Pill Lybrel
- Expert Commentary: Dr. Tauseef Ahmed, M.D., April 30, 2009
- Seven Cervical-Cancer Falsehoods Debunked
- Seven Cervical-Cancer Falsehoods Debunked
- Health Wrap - Week of June 5th
- FDA Approves New Contraceptive Pill Lybrel
- Seven Cervical-Cancer Falsehoods Debunked
- Clinicians May be Screening for Cervical Cancer Too Often
- Expert Commentary: Dr. Tauseef Ahmed, M.D., April 30, 2009
- What is the Polypill?
- Expert Commentary: Dr. Tauseef Ahmed, M.D., April 30, 2009
- Clinicians May be Screening for Cervical Cancer Too Often
- FDA Approves New Contraceptive Pill Lybrel
- Seven Cervical-Cancer Falsehoods Debunked
- What is the Polypill?
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