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Fawcett's death spotlights a rare cancer
ATLANTA - In a perverse twist of medical fate, Farrah Fawcett has become the poster girl for anal cancer, a rare disease often linked to a sexually transmitted virus.
People:Farrah Fawcett Katie Couric
2009-07-02
Study: HPV vaccine prevents genital warts in males
ATLANTA - For the first time, an expensive vaccine aimed at preventing cervical cancer in women has proven successful at preventing a disease in men, according to a new study.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-11-13
Research on AIDS virus and cancer wins Nobel Medicine Prize
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - French and German scientists credited with the discovery of the viruses behind AIDS and cervical cancer won Monday the Nobel Medicine Prize, the first of the prestigious awards to be announced.
Nations:France Sweden Germany U.S. Source:(AFP)
2008-10-06
HPV Vaccine for Boys? It Just Might Happen
SATURDAY, June 14 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of all people will have a sexually transmitted disease or infection at some point in their life, the American Social Health Association reports.
Source:(HealthDay News)
2008-06-14
Study finds 1 in 4 US teens has a STD
At least one in four teenage American girls has a sexually transmitted disease, suggests a first-of-its-kind federal study that startled some adolescent-health experts.
Nations:U.S.
2008-03-11
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