Connection between anal cancer, HPV
The results of a study demonstrating a connection between anal cancer and human papillomavirus infection has been published by researchers. It builds on research that indicated an increased likelihood that the two diseases would coexist in some women. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 17, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Researchers publish on connection between anal cancer, HPV
(Care New England ) Researchers at Women & Infants Hospital, a Care New England hospital, recently published the results of a study demonstrating a connection between anal cancer and human papillomavirus infection. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 17, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
2016 Moon Shot for Cancer: Focus on Prevention
It is now 2016, and Americans hope for a brighter, healthier new year. Are Americans healthier today than they were last year or the year before? Will there be fewer people diagnosed with cancer? According to the American Cancer Society, it is projected that in 2016 there will be 1,685,210 new cancer cases and 595,690 deaths due to cancer. This is an increase over previous years. While it is true that the death rate for several cancers has decreased (due mostly to better screening and earlier diagnosis), it is also true that several cancers are on the rise, including cancers of the thyroid, liver, pancreas, kidney, small i...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cancer Centers Urge More People to Get the HPV Vaccine
By Stacy Simon The American Cancer Society is supporting a call-to-action from dozens of National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Centers across the US urging action to increase vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV). HPV vaccines protect against high-risk types of the virus that cause most cervical cancers. The virus is also linked to cancers of the vulva, vagina, penis, anus, and throat. Despite this, vaccination rates across the US remain low. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only 40% of girls and 21% of boys in the US have received all 3 doses of the vaccine. The CDC recomme...
Source: American Cancer Society :: News and Features - January 27, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Cervical Cancer Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Cancer Anal Cancer Vulvar Cancer Vaginal Cancer Source Type: news
Shorter Therapy an Option for High-Risk Anal Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- Abbrieviated chemoradiation matches standard with less toxicity (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - January 24, 2016 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Here's How Doctors Can Make Coming Out Easier for Patients
Each week HuffPost Gay Voices, in a partnership with blogger Scout, LGBT HealthLink and researcher Susana Fajardo, brings you a round up of some of the biggest LGBT wellness stories from the past seven days. For more LGBT Wellness, visit our page dedicated to the topic here.
How Doctors Can Make Coming Out Easier for Patients
Researchers just published a study on patients coming out to health care providers. The three big takeaways? 1) Coming out to a health care professional is just hard as coming out to anyone else, 2) it’s crucial that providers recognize their own heteronormative (favoring straight people) values...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 19, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Here's How Doctors Can Make Coming Out Easier for Patients
Each week HuffPost Gay Voices, in a partnership with blogger Scout, LGBT HealthLink and researcher Susana Fajardo, brings you a round up of some of the biggest LGBT wellness stories from the past seven days. For more LGBT Wellness, visit our page dedicated to the topic here. How Doctors Can Make Coming Out Easier for Patients Researchers just published a study on patients coming out to health care providers. The three big takeaways? 1) Coming out to a health care professional is just hard as coming out to anyone else, 2) it’s crucial that providers recognize their own heteronormative (favoring straight people) values...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 19, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA Approves Expanded Age Indication for GARDASIL® 9 in Males
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KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada,
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Source: Merck.com - Corporate News - December 15, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Vaccine News Corporate News Latest News #Merck #MRK $MRK Gardasil MSD Source Type: news
Brief Report: Anal Cancer in the HIV-Positive PopulationBrief Report: Anal Cancer in the HIV-Positive Population
Anal cancer is a serious problem in HIV+ MSM. However, in the past 10 years, incidence rates are on the decline. JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 20, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV/AIDS Journal Article Source Type: news
Data in Nine Difficult-to-Treat Cancers from Merck ’s KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) Development Program to be Presented at European Cancer Congress 2015, Including Data in Four New Cancer Types: ...
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Source: Merck.com - Product News - September 21, 2015 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Oncology Newsroom Prescription Medicine News Research and Development News Corporate News Latest News Source Type: news
Data in Nine Difficult-to-Treat Cancers from Merck’s KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) Development Program to be Presented at European Cancer Congress 2015, Including Data in Four New Cancer Types: ...
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Data to Include First-Time Findings on the Potential Importance of PD-L2 Expression in Predicting Patient Responsiveness to Anti-PD-1 Therapy
KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada,
announced today that new data investigating the anti-tumor activity of
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Source: Merck.com - Product News - September 21, 2015 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Oncology Newsroom Prescription Medicine News Research and Development News Corporate News Latest News Source Type: news
What Does a Post-HIV Gay Culture Look Like?
I have recently been confronting my personal issues with Truvada and in the process learning a lot about myself. But it got me wondering, what exactly will sex between men look like after HIV is effectively contained or eradicated? How will it affect gay male culture? And is that the goal of safe sex education and advocating for the use of PrEP? I believe a lot of gay media outlets are being disingenuous in the extreme by pretending as if PrEP and Truvada aren't about barebacking. The response, the #TruvadaWhore online campaign, was useless posturing because it didn't spark the conversation that needs to happen, which is...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 26, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Here's How The HPV Vaccine Can Help Cut The Risk Of Cancer In Gay Men
Each week HuffPost Gay Voices, in a partnership with blogger Scout, LGBT HealthLink and researcher Susana Fajardo, brings you a round up of some of the biggest LGBT wellness stories from the past seven days. For more LGBT Wellness visit our page dedicated to the topic here. HPV Vaccination Cuts Anal Cancer Risk By 63% Many HIV-positive queer men already receive treatment for high-grade anal intraepithelial neoplasia (HGAIN), a condition that can lead to anal cancer. Researchers added in an HPV vaccination to HGAIN treatment and reduced the lifetime risk of anal cancer by a whopping 63%! #TransHealthFail Summarized Now...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 8, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Prenatal Testing May Reveal Cancer In Women
BOSTON (CBS)– Prenatal testing has become widely available for pregnant women at risk for having babies with chromosome problems such as Down Syndrome. Now new research finds the tests may also reveal possible cancers in pregnant mothers.
A prenatal blood test came back abnormal when Marin Mejia was pregnant with her son Owen. The non-invasive prenatal test picks up DNA from the mother and the baby. Further testing showed the baby was healthy.
But Marin wasn’t out of the woods. “The doctor said, ‘So there’s still that abnormal result from the test we need to look into,’” she says.
Marin was 39 and hav...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - July 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: kcarroll94 Tags: Health Local News Seen On WBZ-TV Syndicated Local Watch Listen Dr. Diana Bianchi Dr. Mallika Marshall Illumina Marin Mejia prenatal testing Tufts Medical Center Source Type: news
Anal Cancer Guidelines: CTs Now Needed to Support OpinionsAnal Cancer Guidelines: CTs Now Needed to Support Opinions
European guidelines for the diagnosis and management of anal cancer may set out the basis of good clinical practice, but randomized clinical trials are needed. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - July 3, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
