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...slips through? Yes and no. Untreated mental illness can be serious, but misdiagnosis can also be harmful: a healthy individual might take unneeded drugs that have side effects, for instance. Also, a psychiatric diagnosis can be used against you in a divorce proceeding or disqualify you from, say, a cancer-drug trial...
Gardasil protects against four strains of HPV: 6 and 11, which cause genital warts, and 16 and 18, which cause cancer. It makes sense for young women to get vaccinated before exposure to any of these strains. But should they still get vaccinated if they have already acquired one or two of the strains - especially the ones that cause cancer - but not the others? The answer might appear to be yes, but Hildesheim says the issue is still unsettled. "Once sexual debut occurs, the less the benefit of the vaccine will be," he says, pointing to the fact that...
...active men and women will get HPV during their lifetime, though about 90% of HPV infections clear naturally within two years. But the virus is more critical for women, 80% of whom will have had an infection by the time they reach 50. Recurrent infections can lead to cervical cancer, of which there are 12,200 new cases each year, resulting in 4,100 deaths...
...study published last May in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that HPV infection increases men's risk of certain kinds of oral cancer - in fact, the number of cancers associated with HPV in men, including penile and anal cancer, is considered nearly on par with the incidence of cervical cancer in women. Doctors say that vaccinating boys and men (as is done in Europe and Australia) is an important next step. Not only can it protect them from disease, but as carriers of HPV, vaccination may also indirectly protect girls and women...
...years as a Harvard professor, Pilbeam has held a number of leadership positions. In April, Pilbeam was summoned to serve as interim dean of the faculty after Jeremy R. Knowles stepped down from his post due to complications from prostate cancer...