Word: papilloma
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...teens have become desensitized. Oral sex "might mean what a French kiss meant to us when we were kids," he says. Teens often shrug and say that oral sex never made anyone pregnant. Parents need to remind them, though, that it can transmit dread diseases, including HIV and the papilloma virus, against which even condoms offer little protection...
...proponents argue that giving kids an unambiguous abstinence message--rather than telling them to wait but distributing condoms for when they don't--will curb teen pregnancies, decrease the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and make for "sexually healthier" adults. And they warn against a strain of human papilloma virus that is linked to cervical cancer--and is not prevented by condoms. Opponents of abstinence-only education, however, call it "erotophobic" and fear it could prevent kids from learning what they need to know about...
...Although a Pap smear can detect abnormal cells before they turn malignant, 50% of women diagnosed with CERVICAL CANCER never had the test, a federal panel finds. The cancer is linked to the human papilloma virus; multiple sex partners and early sexual activity increase the risk of contracting...
...Days and 40 Nights," like an earlier poem, "Papilloma," is a very graphic description of a medical procedure. Is that an important theme...
GENITAL WARTS. Possibly more common than herpes are the tiny warts caused by the human papilloma virus. Like herpes, the disease cannot be flushed out of the body. The major complication appears to be a higher risk of cervical cancer in women...