Topic: Human Papillomavirus
AP Features | 2010-02-17 17:26:36
<div><p>NEW VACCINE USES?: Merck &amp; Co. tested its Gardasil vaccine, which blocks strains of the sexually transmitted human papilloma virus (HPV), so it can seek approval to market the vaccine for two new uses, blocking cervical cancer in women over age 26 and preventing anal cancer in homosexual men.</p>< ...
AP Features | 2010-02-17 17:21:16
<div><p>The Gardasil vaccine appears to protect most young women from cervical cancer and homosexual men from anal cancer for at least a few years, according to new studies released Wednesday by its maker, Merck &amp; Co.</p><p>The vaccine is designed to block four of the most common ...
isnare | 2010-01-27 06:36:04
Warts are skin developments caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). There are more than sixty varieties of HPV, a few of which tend to cause warts on the skin. HPV stimulates rapid growth of cells on the skin's outer layer. In most cases, basic warts seem on the fingers, near the fingernails, or on the hands. Certain types of ...
isnare | 2010-01-19 09:01:42
The human body has the ability to cure genital warts with the help of its immune system. Some times this immune system becomes dormant and fails to kill the virus that is responsible for the genital warts. You will find may drug companies that advertise about their wart removal treatments, but they will not guarantee a 100 percent cure for ...
