Highest rates of cervical cancer, overweight kids found on border
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WESLACO - The Rio Grande Valley leads the nation in cervical cancer and overweight children, according to a study released Wednesday.
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Texas became the first U.S. state to require that all 11- and 12-year-old girls be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, or HPV, a sexually transmitted disease that can cause cervical cancer, the governor's office said on Friday.
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The four-county Rio Grande Valley region may be one of the unhealthiest areas in America, with the nation&#39;s highest rates for cervical cancer and
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PARIS  - The chances of surviving childhood cancer have risen dramatically in Europe, although there remains a big gap between East and West and incidence of the disease appears to be rising, a study said.
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More than a quarter of U.S. girls and women ages 14 to 59 are infected with the sexually transmitted human wart virus, which causes most cases of cervical cancer, U.S. health officials estimated on Tuesday.
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Obesity is on its way to being deadlier than smoking as a cause of cancer, a leading researcher said Friday. Being obese is currently associated with about 14 percent of cancer deaths in men and 20 percent in women, compared with about 30 percent each for smoking, Dr. Walter C. Willett of the Harvard School of Public Health, told the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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RICHMOND -- In Virginia and 17 other states, lawmakers are considering requiring young girls to be immunized against a little-known virus that public health officials say is responsible for nearly 7,000 cases of cervical cancer each year.
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People who live along the US-Mexico border suffer diabetes at a rate somewhat higher than the national averages in either country, according to a study released Wednesday.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Demand for flu vaccine for high-risk individuals in British Columbia has risen sharply, partly because of US citizens crossing the border for shots, health officials say.
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By Meg Haskell, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Feb. 13--A deadly virus that is the most common cause of cervical cancer in women is the target of proposed legislation in Maine.   Sen.
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By John Moritz and Jan Jarvis, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb. 3--AUSTIN -- Texas is poised to become the first state in the nation to require 11- and 12-year-old girls to be vaccinated for the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.   Gov.
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In the United States, rates of  invasive cervical cancer declined between 1998 and 2002,  although significant racial, ethnic, and geographic differences  persisted, according to pre-vaccine surveillance data covering  87 percent the population of women.
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According to the World Health Organization: while cervical cancer is largely preventable, it kills more women worldwide than those who die during childbirth in any given year.
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Death rates from many cancers in Ireland are higher than in the rest of Europe, a cross-border report finds.
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NEW YORK  - Children who are overweight  appear to be at increased risk of cancer later in life,  according to an analysis of British records.
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The human papillomavirus (HPV) screening test for cervical cancer is far more accurate than the traditional Pap test, according to a Canadian study published Wednesday in the United States.
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For the first time, cancer has surpassed heart disease as the top killer of Americans younger than 85, health officials said.