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...human papilloma virus (HPV), two of which are believed to cause 70% of cervical-cancer cases; for females aged 9 to 26; by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; in Maryland. The drug, produced by pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co., is the first to attempt to prevent infections that can develop into cervical cancer, which each year kills as many as 233,000 women worldwide...
...cancers are caused by a few strains of a sexually transmitted microbe called human papillomavirus, or HPV. Most of the time, a woman's body can deal with an HPV infection without any trouble--which is a good thing since a majority of sexually active women are believed to develop one at some point in their lives. In a small percentage of cases, the virus persists in the body, and in an even smaller percentage of those cases, the infection triggers a complex process that leads to cervical cancer...
...blood flow to the penis as soon as they straddled the protruding portion of a bike saddle. "What you're worried about is that the pressure will cause what we call endothelial injury, which is a harbinger of the beginning of localized atherosclerosis," says Goldstein. "Over time, that can develop into permanent impotence...
...Moses left his work on the philosophy of mathematics in order to develop a different way to teach algebra. He is responsible for influencing teaching methods that changed the way students learn higher math. In 2002 he received the James Bryant Conant Award of the Education Commission of the States and two years later won the McGraw-Hill Prize in Education...
Researchers realized decades ago that high blood pressure is a cardiovascular danger signal. They don't understand the exact mechanism yet, but physicians think elevated pressure puts a strain on blood vessels, causing them to tear or develop weak areas where plaque can gain an easy foothold. Hypertension (to use the technical term) can also force small blood vessels to burst like an overstressed garden hose; if that happens in the brain, it's called a stroke--the other major cardiovascular killer besides heart attack...