Cervical cancer leading cancer-killer among Indian women
March 28th, 2012 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai/New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in India with mortality being three times higher in rural areas than in urban ... Read more...
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US insurers will have to pay for birth control
August 2nd, 2011 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 2 (IANS/EFE) Starting a year from now, US health insurers will be required to pay for women's contraceptives, according to a decision Monday by the Department of ... Read more...
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Panel report on HPV vaccine trials slammed
May 9th, 2011 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The panel report on the clinical trial of the cervical cancer vaccine drive in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, which left seven tribal girls dead, was ... Read more...
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After deaths, cervical cancer vaccine trials stopped
April 16th, 2010 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The government Friday said that the cervical cancer HPV vaccination drive in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh was indeed part of approved clinical trials. But after the death ... Read more...
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The half man half tree still hope to be cured
August 27th, 2008 - 6:25 pm ICT by Bupha Ravirot
A former fisherman, Dede, from Indonesia feared he would be killed by tree-like growths covering his body has been given hope of recovery by an American doctor.Dede lives in a village in ... Read more...
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Mothers less likely to vaccinate youngest daughters against HPV
May 5th, 2008 - 12:47 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 5 (ANI): A new study from Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Centre has revealed that mothers are less likely to vaccinate daughters under age 13 against human papillomavirus virus (HPV), ... Read more...
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HPV vaccine reduces abnormal pap test results
March 10th, 2008 - 1:26 pm ICT by admin
New York, March 10 (IANS) A vaccine against cervical cancer causes a significant drop in abnormal pap test results, a new study has found. The findings demonstrate the vaccine, named Gardasil, appears ... Read more...
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Aerosol vaccines ‘ready for clinical trials’
February 22nd, 2008 - 11:35 am ICT by admin
London, Feb 22 (IANS) Aerosol-delivered vaccines based on poxviruses have been found to be safe and effective in a trial on monkeys and are now ready for clinical trial on humans. These ... Read more...
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