A lot happened today in women’s health news, especially related to HPV and cervical cancer. Here are today’s top headlines:
Stress may contribute to cervical cancer
Voice of America
How women deal with stress may affect their risk of cervical cancer.
Having HPV helps with head and neck cancer treatments
The Johns Hopkins News-Letter
Researchers have shown that infection with HPV actual improves a patient’s chance of survival if they have head and neck cancer.
Strong response to HPV vaccine in Atlantic Canada
CBC Nova Scotia
About 80 percent of girls in Atlantic Canada eligible to receive the HPV vaccine have taken advantage of the program, health officials there say.
HPV-related cancers becoming more common
Reuters Health
The incidence of oral cancers related to human papillomavirus (HPV) appears to be increasing in the United States, researchers report in the February 1st issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
GlaxoSmithKline’s cervical cancer vaccine free in South Africa?
The Times, South Africa
A government council in South Africa, last week, gave GlaxoSmithKline the go-ahead to distribute its cervical cancer vaccine in South Africa. A cancer association there says the department of health should make the vaccine free to the public.
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