Bushra Altaf Wednesday 10th November Should 12 Year Old Girls Be Vaccinated Against HPV? since September 2008 there has been a national program to vaccinate girls ages 12- 13 against the human papilloma virus (HPV). As well as this in September 2008 there was also a ‘Catch Up Campaign’ that was started to offer the HPV vaccine‚ also known as the cervical cancer jab‚ to older girls aged 14-17.The programme is delivered largely through secondary schools and
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pre-cancer before it becomes malignant and starts to spread rapidly throughout your body‚ without the proper treatment. Most female cancer in the cervix or uterine is called by sexually transmitted disease left unattended. The most common is HPV (human papilloma virus). There are many risk factors that can cause cervical cancer. The most common risk factors are always smoking‚ drinking‚ and poor eating habits. Some women put themselves at risk of not having children‚ or in some cases may have more
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks summary Chapter one Chapter one is about when Henrietta lacks is in the Hopkins hospital explaining to the doctor that she has a lump. Henrietta had felt this lump for a long time but though it was because of her pregnancy of her 5th child. The gynecologist looks at her medical history; notices that Henrietta had a list of untreated medical problems. The chapter also explains the time of period it was in as it describes how they were segregated. They had
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Questions for Ch. 20-32 Chapter Twenty: The HeLa Bomb 1. What did Stanley Gartler discover about eighteen of the most commonly used cell cultures? Stanly Gartler found out that the cell cultures all contain a rare genetic marker called G6PD-A which was present almost exclusively in black Americans. 2. How did the scientific community respond to Gartler’s theory about HeLa contamination? I think Skloot puts it best: "Gartler’s findings did not go over
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HW- Gardasil Gardasil is a vaccine for the prevention of genital warts and cervical cancer caused by certain types of human papillomar virus (HPV). It was developed as the result of more than twenty-five years of research by various universities and institutes. However‚ it was Georgetown University medical center that was awarded the dominant patent. In 1995‚ Merck entered into a licensed agreement and collaboration to hold the rights to market Gardisil in all countries accept Australia and New
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The ovarian lesions is one of the three female genital lesions in the world‚ and its mortality rate ranks the first in gynecological oncology. It was reported that the risk factors for ovarian cancer include infertility‚ late menopause‚ early menarche and so on. The protective factors have multiple pregnancy‚ breastfeeding and oral contraceptives. Recently‚ a link among platelet count and hyperfibrinogenemia and malignancies‚ such as gastric‚ lung‚ esophageal‚ colorectal‚ pancreatic‚ cervical‚ ovarian
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My article was about how oral sex can cause throat cancer. Sometimes people think throat cancer could have came from alcohol or cigarettes but no one ever considers it coming from oral sex. Recent studies have shown that the throat infections have been found in more females than males. If you only have one sustaining partner though you do not need to worry for you are already sharing all possible diseases with each other as it is. However *shockingly* having oral 6 with sex or more partners is
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Cervical Cancer is a very complex cancer. It is in the cervix. The cervix is the lower narrow end of the uterus. The cervix connects to the birth canal. Not ever expecting to have a disease‚ you get cervical cancer and begin to look for different treatment options. You have to find a special doctor now‚ a cancer doctor. If found very early‚ it is highly treatable‚ if caught late you can still get treatment‚ just harder to get rid of. The discovery of cancer treatment options have advanced in so many
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Merck: Pricing Gardasil Merck & Co. has developed a brand-new vaccine called Gardasil. Gardasil is the first vaccine in the world that helps prevent the cervical cancer and HPV. Allison Watkins‚ senior director of Merck’s Vaccines Division‚ is faced with the decision of determining the price of Gardasil. An outside consulting firm had suggested a price of $120 per dose‚ or $360 per person. Watkins needs to make the final decision and apparently that she does not accept with that price. The best
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Before her treatment began‚ her doctor collected cancerous and healthy tissue from her cervix and sent them to Dr. George Gey. As head of tissue culture research at John Hopkins‚ Dr. Gey had spent three decades determined to grow the first immortal human cells in hope of finding the cause and cure for cancer. All cells collected for a culture were labeled using the first two letters of the patients first and last name‚ therefore Henrietta Lacks culture was called HeLa. Henrietta’s healthy cells died
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