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Citing a drop in cervical cancer rates, the ACOG is now loosening its guidelines. The group also took into account recent studies on the risks of screening. Risks include the removal of abnormal lesions found during Pap smears, which are common in young women and teens, but often go away on their own if left untreated. The procedures used to remove the lesions may be linked to long-term reproductive harms, such as premature birth, underweight babies and an increased risk of cesarean section birth. Weighing the risks, the ACOG determined that the evidence supported later, and less frequent screening...
...Between 65 and 70, women may stop have Pap smears altogether, if they have had three normal tests in a row and negative results over the last 10 years. However, women with HIV, previously abnormal Pap tests, or other problems that would suppress the immune system or increase the risk of aggressive cervical cancer may need more frequent screening. (Read "HPV Test Screens Best for Cervical Cancer...
Cervical cancer is slow growing - giving doctors time to find it - and studies show that among women in their 20s, the risk of developing cervical cancer does not increase by reducing the frequency of Pap tests to every two years. Although the HPV infection rate is high among sexually active teens and young adults, the virus is typically cleared by the woman's immune system within a year or two of infection. Few cases of HPV infection lead to cancer; when they do, the cancer may develop up to 10 to 20 years after exposure to the virus...
...Google "America's Worst Mom," fills the first few pages of results - all because one day last year she let her 9-year-old son ride the New York City subway alone. A newspaper column she wrote about it somehow ignited a global firestorm over what constitutes reasonable risk. She had reporters calling from China, Israel, Australia, Malta. ("Malta! An island!" she marvels. "Who's stalking the kids there? Pirates?") Skenazy decided to fight back, arguing that we have lost our ability to assess risk. By worrying about the wrong things, we do actual damage to our children, raising them...
...West Pakistani army remained in key positions of power in the years following Mujib's death. Now, there's a growing call for the government to launch an inquiry into those suspected of war crimes and eventually set up tribunals. It's unclear whether Hasina's government will risk reopening the country's many old wounds by ordering a fresh investigation into the killings. "Still, to make progress, you have to address the past," says Riaz. "They have to do it for the sake of Bangladesh...