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Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a group of more than 150 viruses. They are the most common of the numerous sexually transmitted infections. That’s the bad news. The good news is that there are now vaccines against HPV. Even better news is that HPV...
by Walter Einenkel
 82 comments
on Fri Apr 05, 2019 at 09:42 AM PDT
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The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine was designed to help prevent cervical cancer, the fourth most common cancer among women. The fact that the virus is spread through sexual contact made a lot of people instantly oppose the vaccine.
When the HPV...
by Wagatwe Wanjuki
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on Thu Oct 18, 2018 at 01:09 PM PDT
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Sometimes we get good news about vaccines, and this week, we definitely got good news. The FDA approved Gardasil for 27 through 45-year-olds, greatly expanding the age indications for the vaccine. Consequently, more people are protected against...
by SkepticalRaptor
32 comments
on Mon Oct 08, 2018 at 12:17 PM PDT
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As I've written before, there are just a handful of ways to reduce your risk of cancer. Don't smoke. Stay out of the sun. Keep a healthy weight. Don't drink alcohol. And get vaccinated with the HPV vaccine to prevent HPV-associated cancers (see Note...
by SkepticalRaptor
10 comments
on Thu Aug 30, 2018 at 01:58 PM PDT
with 23 Recommends
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Although I have no poll numbers sitting in front of me, and certainly no scientific peer-reviewed research, I just have a feeling that if you scratch the surface of an anti-vaccine activist, you will find that if they could hate one vaccine, it would...
by SkepticalRaptor
21 comments
on Mon Aug 13, 2018 at 11:20 AM PDT
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An outbreak of a very infectious and difficult to treat strain of HPV, Human Papadopoulos Virus, has been spreading in the DC area and parts of Maryland and Virginia. If you have been sexually active with an NRA advocate, Russian Nationals, people...
by ruscle
12 comments
on Thu Jul 19, 2018 at 08:43 AM PDT
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I know that I'm going to make my loyal readers all have strokes by telling all of you that an anti-vaccine website gets all the facts wrong about the HPV vaccine. I know you just can't imagine that any anti-vaccine website is filled with scientific...
by SkepticalRaptor
26 comments
on Wed Jul 11, 2018 at 01:25 PM PDT
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I do repeat myself repeatedly, I admit, especially about cancer. There are really only a handful of ways to lower your risk of cancer – stop smoking, stay out of the sun, eat a "healthy" diet, keep a healthy weight, don't drink alcohol, and a few other...
by SkepticalRaptor
8 comments
on Mon Jun 18, 2018 at 04:53 PM PDT
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One of the many unfortunate things about our president is that he just doesn’t like to know things. He isn’t a fan of facts, reading or really any sort of intellectual rigor, which is why no one was surprised see that Bill Gates had to explain to Trump...
by Wagatwe Wanjuki
64 comments
on Tue May 22, 2018 at 09:44 AM PDT
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In case you hadn’t noticed, our president is dumber than shit.
After he was born, his mother should have kept the placenta and used him to fertilize her azaleas.
Not that you could have a lower opinion of him if you tried, but get a load of this...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
16 comments
on Thu May 17, 2018 at 08:54 PM PDT
with 27 Recommends
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The fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) campaign, a disinformation tool used by the anti-vaccine religion for propaganda purposes, against the HPV vaccine would laughable if the lies didn't put our young people at risk for cancer in the future. We...
by SkepticalRaptor
38 comments
on Thu May 10, 2018 at 12:31 PM PDT
with 36 Recommends
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Unless you were on a sabbatical to Mars, you probably heard the story of a man who received a penis transplant recently. Setting aside all of the jokes and uncomfortable thoughts, this procedure could be an important medical procedure for men who have...
by SkepticalRaptor
10 comments
on Thu May 19, 2016 at 12:37 PM PDT
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If you overlook the plain ignorance of junk medicine pushers on the internet, it’s clear that there’s only a few things that you can do to lower your risk of cancer. Quitting tobacco is probably the biggest one. But right up there is the fact that the...
by SkepticalRaptor
24 comments
on Sun Apr 24, 2016 at 02:56 PM PDT
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In the “water is wet” category, we have a new study showing that HPV (human papilloma virus) vaccination significantly reduces the chance of contracting HPV, with its accompanying dangers of ...
by Tara the Antisocial Social Worker
48 comments
on Wed Feb 24, 2016 at 07:01 PM PST
with 35 Recommends
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The regular readers here probably know I'm a big proponent of the human papillomavirus (HPV) anti-cancer vaccine, usually known as Gardasil or Cervarix. And now we have more evidence that the HPV vacc
by SkepticalRaptor
26 comments
on Mon Feb 22, 2016 at 03:59 PM PST
with 46 Recommends
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The news is good, but it could be so much better. The journal Pediatrics recently published a study that compared the prevalence of the human papillomavirus (HPV) in American girls and young women ...
by Ian Reifowitz
264 comments
on Sun Feb 28, 2016 at 09:45 AM PST
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A new study has shown that the HPV infection rate has declined by approximately 2/3 among teenage girls, and by more than 1/3 among women in their early 20’s. This is an amazing success for a ...
by leevank
16 comments
on Mon Feb 22, 2016 at 04:06 AM PST
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The cancer preventing HPV vaccine, known as Gardasil , Silgard, or Cervarix , is one of the ...
by SkepticalRaptor
77 comments
on Mon Oct 26, 2015 at 04:32 PM PDT
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I'm not quite sure I'm following the logic Republican presidential candidate and former Hewlett Packard horseman of the apocalypse ...
by Hunter
89 comments
on Sat Aug 15, 2015 at 01:00 PM PDT
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HPV quadrivalent vaccine, known as Gardasil (or Silgard in Europe), can reduce the risk of several types of cancer by blocking sexually transmitted (along ...
by SkepticalRaptor
55 comments
on Wed Feb 11, 2015 at 03:01 PM PST
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