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News: May 28, 2012
HPV Infection Lasts Longer in Young Black Women: Study
SUNDAY, April 1 (HealthDay News) -- Human papillomavirus infection tends to lasts longer in college-aged black women than whites, possibly setting them up for a higher risk of cervical cancer, according to a new study. The researchers also found t...
Preteens More Likely to Report HPV Vaccine Side Effects
TUESDAY, April 3 (HealthDay News) -- A new study finds that preteen girls are more likely than older teens and adult women to experience side effects after receiving the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Gardasil. However, the side effects are n...
HPV Vaccine May Help Women With Cervical Conditions
TUESDAY, March 27 (HealthDay News) -- A new study finds that women diagnosed with pre-cancerous cervical conditions after they get the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine can still benefit from the shot because it cuts their risk of future HPV-rela...
Pediatricians Renew Call for HPV Vaccine for Boys
MONDAY, Feb. 27 (HealthDay News) -- The American Academy of Pediatrics on Monday renewed its call that all boys ages 11 and 12 receive the three-dose vaccine for the human papillomavirus (HPV). The HPV vaccine has been available and recommended fo...
Pediatricians' Group Recommends HPV Vaccine for Boys
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- The American Academy of Pediatrics is recommending that all boys between the ages of 11 and 12 receive the three-dose vaccine for the human papillomavirus (HPV). That's the most significant change in the lates...
Many Teen Girls Mistakenly Think HPV Vaccines Cut Risk for All STDs
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly one in four girls who gets the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine mistakenly thinks that her risk of getting other sexually transmitted diseases is lowered, a new study indicates. HPV is the most common...
U.S. Health Officials Back HPV Vaccine for Boys
TUESDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health authorities on Tuesday recommended that young males be vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted virus that causes most cervical cancers, as well as anal cancer and some ...
CDC Considers Vaccinating Boys, Not Just Girls, for HPV
FRIDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health authorities now recommend that girls and young women be vaccinated against human papillomavirus, a sexually transmitted disease that is a known cause of cervical cancer, but that recommendation does...
Stress the 'Human' in HPV, One Man Suggests
FRIDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Fred Wyand has been in a prime spot to watch the evolution of the public health response to human papillomavirus, or HPV. Since 2003, Wyand has served as editor of HPV News, a bimonthly newsletter published by ...
Health Experts Say HPV Vaccine Is Safe
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health experts say the controversy triggered by Monday's Republican presidential debate over the human papillomavirus vaccine for pre-teen girls is generating misinformation about the shots' value. Duri...
HPV Might Be Linked to Lung Cancer
MONDAY, April 4 (HealthDay News) -- Human papillomavirus (HPV), a common sexually transmitted virus that accounts for most cases of cervical cancer, may also play a role in lung cancer, researchers report. In other smaller studies, HPV has been fo...
HPV Vaccinations Lead to Fewer Genital Warts: Study
TUESDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Cases of genital warts in Australia have decreased 59 percent in young women and 28 percent in heterosexual men since a government-funded human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program for all females aged 12 to...
New Childhood Vaccines Schedules Released
MONDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Boys should get the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to protect them against genital warts, and all children should receive the H1N1 vaccine to guard against swine flu, according to updated guidelines on childh...
New HPV Vaccine Might Stop Vulvar Cancer in its Tracks
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDay News) -- A vaccine that targets human papillomavirus (HPV) is able to stop precancerous lesions in the vulva from progressing into full-blown malignancies, Dutch researchers report. Two other vaccines -- Gardasil and C...
CDC Panel Says No to Routine Use of Gardasil for Boys
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 21 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. advisory panel on Wednesday voted against the routine use of the vaccine Gardasil in boys and men, but did leave individual doctors free to recommend the vaccine for males as an option. Gardasil protec...
Gardasil Approved to Prevent Genital Warts in Males
MONDAY, Oct. 19 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved use of the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil to prevent genital warts caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) types 6 and 11 in boys and men, ages 9 through 2...
Fewer Genital Warts Thanks to HPV Vaccine Program
THURSDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- New cases of genital warts have declined sharply since vaccination of teen girls and young women against the human papillomavirus (HPV) began in Australia in 2007, a new study has found. Certain types of HPV a...
Giving Gardasil to Boys Not Worth the Cost
THURSDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) -- The cost of giving boys the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine would outweigh any health benefit, researchers say. Last month, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel recommended expanding use of the Gardasil...
FDA Panel Backs Giving HPV Vaccine Gardasil to Young Males
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. drug advisors recommended Wednesday that use of the vaccine Gardasil, already administered to help prevent cervical cancer in women, be expanded to help prevent genital warts in young males. A U.S. Food ...
Cervical Cancer Vaccine Seems Safe
TUESDAY, Aug. 18 (HealthDay News) -- The vaccine that protects against human papillomavirus (HPV), a cause of cervical cancer, appears safe, with relatively few serious side effects, according to a new U.S. government study. The study, which inclu...
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