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By Randy Dotinga HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Sept. 1 (HealthDay News) -- The rate of serious allergic reactions to the cervical cancer vaccine is considerably higher than that for other vaccines given to children, but the total number of these reactions remains miniscule, Australian researchers report.

Vaccine monograph unveiled A series of papers presenting the best global thinking on cervical cancer prevention with vaccination and screening, as well as fresh regional and national research and insights to guide governments and donors in building plans, was unveiled Thursday at the World Cancer

Source: Daily Mail Teenage boys should be vaccinated against cervical cancer alongside girls because they contribute to the spread of the disease, an infectious diseases expert said today. Where have we seen this before… Dr Paul Yeo said the Government vaccination programme should be widened because

A new question surrounding Merck's HPV vaccine. Is the media to blame for over hyping Gardasil? Personally, I think there is enough blame to go around for everyone here. But, the latest evidence is pointing to the news media sensationalizing the HPV and cervical cancer link.

Recent advances in cervical cancer prevention offer new hope for controlling the disease in developing countries, where 80% of cases occur.

Should Personal Belief be Protected at the Workplace? ... Laura Bristow at the Baltimore Workplace Examiner raises this interesting question about the new Bush administration rule that expands medical practitioner's ability to refuse care based on "conscience." Politics aside, however, pondering this new legislation brings up some questions.

Should Personal Belief be Protected at the Workplace? ... Laura Bristow at the Baltimore Workplace Examiner raises this interesting question about the new Bush administration rule that expands medical practitioner's ability to refuse care based on "conscience." Politics aside, however, pondering this new legislation brings up some questions.

Clear some of the most common doubts about cervical cancer, HIV and human papilloma as preventing them. What Is the cause of cervical cancer? Cervical cancer is caused almost 100 percent of the cases by the human papillomavirus (HPV), particularly strains of the virus at high risk.

Source: New York Times (Extract) Two vaccines against cervical cancer are being widely used without sufficient evidence about whether they are worth their high cost or even whether they will effectively stop women from getting the disease, two articles in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine conclude.

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