First Fridays in First Person. In the following excerpt from a New YorkTimes article, Dr. Ben Daitz gives a personal account of treating patients with cervical cancer and the changing technologies available for prevention and earlier diagnosis…”Her face was ashen and her body cadaveric, and when I picked her up, she stared at me with hollow, dull eyes as her bones rubbed against my arms.”
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HPV Vaccine: The Newest Tool in Fighting Cervical Cancer
Posted in 1st Friday in 1st Person, from The Bench, on Prevention, the Question of Ethics, tagged bioethics, cervical cancer, HPV, immunization, Pap Test, vaccination on January 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
National Cervical Health Awareness Month
Posted in on Learning, on Prevention, tagged cervical cancer, featured health observance, Pap Test, prevention on January 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
eatured Health Observance. The US Congress has designated January as Cervical Health Awareness Month to increase public health education around cervical cancer and the importance of prevention and early detection. According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 11,000 cases of invasive cervical cancer were diagnosed in the United States during 2008. Moreover, researchers estimate that non-invasive cervical cancer (also called carcinoma in situ) is about 4 times more common than invasive cervical cancer.
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A Minute of Health with CDC- Step Away from the Cigarette November 10, 2009On November 19, the American Cancer Society will sponsor the 2009 Great American Smokeout. This podcast discusses how quitting smoking is the single best way for smokers to protect their health and the health of their family and friends.
- Step Away from the Cigarette November 10, 2009
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- Drug Makers Raise Prices in Face of Health Care Reform November 16, 2009Critics say the industry is trying to establish a higher price base before Congress passes legislation that tries to curb drug spending in coming years.
- Law Seeks to Ban Misuse of Genetic Testing November 16, 2009The law would prohibit the use of genetic information in hiring decisions or in determining coverage.
- Little Benefit Seen, So Far, in Electronic Patient Records November 16, 2009A new study shows that electronic health records have so far not improved health care quality or cost. The reason may be that the technology is not being fully exploited.
- Drug Makers Raise Prices in Face of Health Care Reform November 16, 2009
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- New CDC estimates show what toll swine flu is taking in U.S. November 13, 2009About 22 million Americans have become ill with pandemic H1N1 influenza in the past six months and 3,900 have died, according to new estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Study in D.C. looks at using HIV treatment to prevent AIDS November 13, 2009The National Institutes of Health and the D.C. Health Department are preparing to launch a study in the District with an ambitious goal: to determine whether aggressive treatment of every adult with HIV could eliminate AIDS.
- Health insurers could be allowed to bypass some key reforms November 15, 2009Nobody wants to spend a lot of time and energy -- and taxpayer money -- and end up where they started. But that's what could happen with one of the principal elements of health reform, the "exchange" or "gateway."
- New CDC estimates show what toll swine flu is taking in U.S. November 13, 2009
- WSJ: Health
- Caffeinated Alcoholic Drinks Are Dead. (Long Live … ) November 13, 2009The FDA may be cracking down on alcoholic energy drinks. But there's only so much the agency can do.
- Lilly Gets R&D Chief From Outside. Drugs to Follow? November 13, 2009The hiring is a sign that the Indianapolis drug maker wants to look beyond its own labs for new offerings even more than it's doing already.
- How Industry Spends $1 Billion a Year on Continuing Medical Ed. November 13, 2009Courses for doctors are big business.
- Caffeinated Alcoholic Drinks Are Dead. (Long Live … ) November 13, 2009
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