British schoolgirls to get cancer jab
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British schoolgirls are to be offered vaccinations against cervical cancer from next year, in a scheme which could save hundreds of lives a year, officials said Friday.
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As another school year approaches, health experts are singing a familiar refrain: Get your child vaccinated against communicable diseases.
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It's one of the most common cancers in women and kills about a quarter of a million patients each year but scientists said on Friday that a new vaccine could prevent most cases of cervical cancer.
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All girls aged 12 or 13 should be vaccinated against the viruses that cause cervical cancer, government health advisors said today.
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Drug maker Merck &amp; Co. plans to donate enough doses of its cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil, to inoculate 1 million women in some of the world's poorest countries.
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Experts say young girls should only receive the contraceptive jab if other methods are unsuitable or unacceptable because of concerns about bone loss.
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New Mexico is on the verge of becoming the latest state to require sixth-grade girls to be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted virus that can cause cervical cancer, a spokesman for the governor said Monday.
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A team of scientists in Glasgow say they have devised a new method of attacking cancer cells.
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Medical students will teach primary school children about healthcare under a new programme
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Tall, thin teenage girls who put on a growth spurt at puberty are at highest risk of breast cancer - and milk may be the culprit, researchers suggest today.
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GlaxoSmithKline's cervical cancer vaccine gets a positive recommendation.
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By Tulsa World, Okla.  Feb. 13--OKLAHOMA CITY -- An Oklahoma City lawmaker said Monday that she won't press her bill that would require all girls entering the sixth grade to be immunized against the human papillomavirus, which is said to lead to cervical cancer.
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Michigan girls entering the sixth grade next year would have to be vaccinated against cervical cancer under legislation backed Tuesday by a bipartisan group of female lawmakers.
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UK scientists on Tuesday said they are  looking at new ways of using soybeans as the key weapon to  combat breast cancer.
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A vaccine that prevents infections known to cause cervical cancer could be available to women within three years, UK experts believe.
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Â· Vaccine will be available to 12-year-oldsÂ· Benefits will be felt for generations, says minister
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All adolescent girls in European Union countries should be vaccinated against a virus that is linked to most cases of cervical cancer, a leading medical journal said on Friday.