Ouch! Cervical cancer shots painful
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The groundbreaking vaccine that prevents cervical cancer in girls is gaining a reputation as the most painful of childhood shots, health experts say. As Austin Powers would say; "Ouch, baby. Very ouch."
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Confusion about this essential procedure is growing among women of all ages. Despite the new HPV vaccine, regular screenings are still critical.
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Researchers believe an experimental vaccine could possibly offer protection against the virus that causes most cervical cancer. A three-year study of 2,400 women found only seven vaccinated women developed
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WASHINGTON - A vaccine may work to protect women against a virus that causes most cervical cancer cases, US researchers say. So far the vaccine seemed to have protected women from precancerous changes for three years, said the team at Merck and Co.
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Texas lawmakers are fighting to block the governor's order requiring that sixth-grade girls be vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer, with the House giving key approval to a bill to make the shots strictly voluntary.
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By Janet Elliott, Houston Chronicle  Feb. 13--AUSTIN -- When Jacqueline Golson hears criticism that Texas is moving too fast to require that middle-school girls be vaccinated against cervical cancer, she recalls the surgeries and radiation that ravaged her body.
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More than one-third of American women are infected by human papilloma virus (HPV), which in rare cases can lead to cervical cancer, by the time they are 24 years old, according to a study being published today.
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A stressful life may make it tougher to fight the virus which causes most cervical cancer cases, say scientists.
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By Leigh Woosley, Tulsa World, Okla.  Feb. 19--Mary Bryce Fox didn't ask her daughters. She told them.   The girls would get a controversial vaccine that protects against the sexually transmitted disease that causes genital warts and most cervical cancer.
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By Sarah Vos, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Feb. 16--FRANKFORT -- Under a bill approved by the House Health and Welfare Committee yesterday, middle school girls would be required to be vaccinated for a virus that causes cervical cancer.
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A 13-year-old boy is in intensive care  following a severe adverse reaction to a vaccination at school.
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Tainted-blood victims with hepatitis C are outraged at a new Ontario government program to prevent and treat their deadly illness, saying it falls millions short of the money they were promised years ago.
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A new vaccine could prevent the majority of cases of cervical cancer, suggest the results of a major trial. The vaccine protects against the virus that causes cervical cancer, which kills almost a quarter of a million women worldwide each year.
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LEBANON, NH - Nov. 13, 2004 â- vaccination against the most common cancer-causing strains of human papillomavirus prevented 100 percent of the recurring infections that can cause cervical cancer, researchers report in the Nov.
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A panel of experts is expected to recommend whether girls should be vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer.
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FRIDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDayNews) -- A vaccine designed to protect against two strains of the human papillomavirus that are leading causes of cervical cancer has been successful in a major trial.
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Schoolgirls in England will be vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer, ministers are set to announce.