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...American pharmacy. In order to get hold of “The Pill,” a woman must first see a doctor, who will politely grill her on her sexual history, suggest strongly that she have a pair of tongs stuck up her vagina for a pap smear, and send her on her merry way with a renewable prescription for control over her own body...
...these encounters. Crossing over, Rudd last week took his club act to the safer, anesthetized realm of morning television to grab the oldies. On Mornings with Kerri-Anne, Rudd spoke Mandarin, danced the rumba with his co-host, laid bricks, cooked with chocolate, dispensed marriage advice and mixed pap with politics. Next, Rudd flies to Washington. Can we avert World War III? Stay tuned...
...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 are diagnosed with cervical cancer and more than 3,900 women die of the disease. The new vaccine Gardasil—for women only?...
...must have happened to you. You and a companion have just seen a dramatic movie. One of you is still choking back sobs. The other has eyes as dry as the Gobi. The unmoved one says, "I can't believe you were so gullible as to fall for that pap." The teary one blurts out, "If that film didn't touch your heart, maybe you don't have one." Relationships have sundered on this primal wrangle: whether or not one surrenders to the thrall of a movie weepie...
...committee recommended that it be given routinely to girls ages 11 and 12--which immediately triggered cries of alarm from pro-abstinence groups that feared doing so would encourage promiscuity. Some health advocates were also worried that women might see the vaccine as a substitute for yearly screenings like Pap smears...