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HPV Vaccine may have unpleasant side effects

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Aug 7th 2008 9:59AM

When Gardasil, the relatively new vaccine for the human papillomavirus, was announced, a lot of people worried that the effect of inoculating teenage girls against a sexually transmitted disease would be rampant sexual activity and that eliminating ...
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Detecting cervical cancer with vinegar and gauze

by Sandy Maple, Posted Aug 3rd 2007 9:07AM

As Dave Barry would say, I am not making this up. Research funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has resulted in a surprisingly simple - and inexpensive - way to detect cervical cancer using vinegar, cotton gauze and a halogen lamp. With ...
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New study says women only need Pap test every three years

by Nadine Silverthorne, Posted Nov 5th 2006 8:00PM

Contrary to what my OB might think, seeing the oven mitts on the stirrups in her office does not give me the warm fuzzies. In the past, she used the renewal of my birth control prescription to get me to come in for my annual Pap smear. Now that I'm ...
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