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...damage. In some cases, however, the infection becomes chronic, with measurable levels of the virus remaining in the system. Perhaps 5% of these women will eventually develop precancerous lesions that could lead to cervical cancer. Or at least that's what would happen if they did not undergo routine Pap smears, which can detect abnormal cervical tissue before it turns malignant...
...parents, not to mention conservative politicians and proponents of abstinence. And, of course, any vaccine that contains only HPV-16 and HPV-18 would not protect against other strains of the virus that can cause cancer. So even after a vaccine is commercially available, most women will still need Pap smears...
...PAP TOO More than 80% of U.S. women have an annual Pap test, but fewer than 20% are screened for chlamydia, a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that, left untreated, can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease and reproductive complications. Now the FDA has approved a popular Pap test, ThinPrep, to screen for both cervical cancer and chlamydia, the most common bacterial STD in the U.S. today. --By David Bjerklie...
...range, and on New Day she has even learned to modulate it. On the restrained title track and the ballad I'm Alive, she has cast aside the chest beating of My Heart Will Go On. The 16 songs, credited to a long list of professional scribes, are mostly pap; there are the usual third-chorus key changes--take it up a notch!--and the lyrics are a bland word salad about love and renewal. But they're nontoxic and fine for singing along with in traffic...
...While opposition politicians have a rough ride, says Gillian Koh of the government-aligned Institute for Policy Studies, the PAP wins votes in large part because, at least until recently, it has given Singaporeans what they want: booming economic growth, which has resulted in a share of the popular vote consistently above 60%. "Defamation is a huge sledgehammer, but the PAP is also basically a grassroots party that works very hard at listening and selling their message on the ground," Koh says...