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Women who had had one, two or three prior abortions or miscarriages were three, five and nine times more likely, respectively, to have a low-birth-weight child, the data showed. Though it's still not clear why that's so, doctors theorize that the cervix may be weakened by miscarriage or abortion, increasing the risk of preterm birth later on. Or, it could be that uterine adhesions or infections from the terminated pregnancy slow the growth of the fetus in subsequent pregnancies...
...some 10% of patients who undergo hysterectomy do so to treat cancer of the ovaries, uterus or cervix. In such cases, doctors agree that the procedure is necessary. And these patients undergo hysterectomy in its most radical form, which involves removal of the uterus, cervix, the upper part of the vagina and the lymph nodes...
...have the virus. These findings dwarf the increased risk of developing this so-called oropharyngeal cancer associated with the two major risk factors: smoking (3 times greater) or drinking (2.5 times greater). HPV infection drives cancerous growth, as it is widely understood to do in the cervix. But unlike cervical cancer, this type of oral cancer is more prevalent...
...culture’s fixation on sex, not sexuality, leaves many women with intimate questions that go unanswered. We’ve talked to women who wonder: How does the clitoris work? Is it normal not to orgasm during intercourse? Where is my cervix? Women need and deserve public, accessible, and accurate sexual education: public, to counter widespread objectification; accessible, so that women with broad ranges of experience and questions can find it; and accurate, because, hey, lies are no good...
...over 50 percent of sexually active men and women at some point in their lives. Once someone is infected with the virus, he or she may remain asymptomatic or may develop genital warts. The greatest danger that HPV poses is that it may cause pre-cancerous changes in the cervix, vulva, anus, or penis. Pre-cancerous cervical changes (by far the most common among these four) can be detected by a pap smear; medical follow-up can ensure that pre-cancerous changes do not develop into actual cancer. Nevertheless, despite the potential for prevention, each year about 14,000 women...