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Oral sex can get most men's attention. The topic becomes considerably more relevant, however, when coupled with a new study linking the human papillomavirus (HPV) to an increased risk of a kind of oral cancer more often seen...
...England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), shows that men and women who reported having six or more oral-sex partners during their lifetime had a nearly ninefold increased risk of developing cancer of the tonsils or at the base of the tongue. Of the 300 study participants, those infected with HPV were also 32 times more likely to develop this type of oral cancer than those who did not have the virus. These findings dwarf the increased risk of developing this so-called oropharyngeal cancer associated with the two major risk factors: smoking (3 times greater) or drinking (2.5 times greater...
...campus for whom the issue represents a key campaign promise—is just hitting his stride. Sitting on a couch in the Leverett House Junior Common Room, the lanky Sundquist holds a cell phone to his ear, while conversing with a reporter to his right, and researching HPV vaccines on his laptop. He is preparing for the first of two dinner meetings to be held this evening—one in Leverett, the other in Currier House. But despite the discrepancy in location, the scheduling appears hardly daunting to Sundquist.“I usually have three dinners...
Undergraduates who rush out to inoculate themselves with Gardasil, the new HPV or “cervical cancer” vaccine, are in for an unpleasant surprise. Through Harvard University Health Services (UHS), each Gardasil shot costs $154—and the full-course vaccination requires three of them. The total cost of the vaccination, $462, is prohibitively high. The University, through UHS, should follow the Massachussetts state government’s lead in fighting cervical cancer and subsidize the vaccination’s costs for women who want it. HPV is a common, sexually-transmitted disease caused by strains...
...report on the vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV) [March 19]: With only minimal side effects, affordability and proof that it prevents cervical cancer, what young woman shouldn't get Gardasil? I understand why some people would like schools to teach only abstinence, but it is hard to ignore how sexually active our young population is these days. It is astonishing to read the statistics on women with HPV. If more girls and young women were to get vaccinated, we could see a dramatic decrease in the incidence of HPv. Regardless of how effective the vaccine may be, we still must...