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Over the course of this year, the Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit anticipates that almost 50 per cent of Grade 8 girls in the Muskoka district will receive a vaccination for the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV).
Alberta is scrambling to come up with a backup plan to vaccinate girls against a virus that causes cervical cancer as more Catholic school boards opt out over a program they say condones premarital sex.
We think of cancer as one disease. In fact it is more than 100 different diseases, affecting all parts of the body with different causes and outcomes. The incidence varies widely across the world, influenced by diet, smoking and drinking, infection, climate and social factors. So what is this global pattern, and what light does it throw on the development of cancer?
Two French researchers were awarded a Nobel Prize on Monday for discovering the AIDS virus, bypassing an American researcher who played a key role in the discovery. Luc Montagnier of the World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi of the Pasteur Institute, both in Paris, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine by the Karolinska Institute in ...
Ten years ago, most of Dr. Brian Nussenbaum's oral cancer patients were men over 60 who used tobacco and drank heavily. Today, his patients with oral cancer look different. And so does the risky behavior that seems to be leading to their cancer.
The discovery of a green-glowing protein from jellyfish has helped two American and one Japanese scientists get the Nobel prize for chemistry. Green fluorescent protein (GFP) is one of the most important tools biologists use for investigating how the molecular machinery in cells operates.
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To help residents protect themselves from sexually transmitted diseases, the Ohio County Health Department offers free condoms - it's as easy as asking for a "brown bag."
ST. LOUIS - Ten years ago, most of Dr. Brian Nussenbaum's oral cancer patients were men over 60 who used tobacco and drank heavily.
The DuPage County Health Department's Sexually Transmitted Disease Program is offering appointments for STD screening on Friday mornings at the Central Public Health Center, 111 N. County Farm Road, Wheaton.
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