Similar Articles

Browse Main Topics:

Business
Computers & Electronics
Education & Reference
Entertainment & Leisure
Family & Home
Finance & Investment
Health
Internet
Pets & Animals
Science & Technology
Society, Politics & Culture
Sports & Recreation

Similar Articles

Nursing October 2010 Linda Schiech	HPV-related cancer: An equal opportunity danger Although many people know that HPV infections are the leading cause of cervical cancer, they might be surprised to learn that HPV is also associated with other kinds of cancer, including cancers of the head and neck, and anal and penile cancers.
Nurse Practitioner June 2012 Kostas-Polston et al.	HPV & age-appropriate cervical cancer prevention for adolescents Adolescents have the highest rates of cervical disease as a result of initial human papillomavirus exposure and infection.
Salon.com July 24, 2000 Arthur Allen	Foil-wrapped folly What's wrong with requiring condom wrappers to carry a warning about a cancer-causing virus? Second of two parts.
American Family Physician December 15, 2004	What You Should Know About Genital Warts An informative pamphlet on the condition, how one contracts it, treatment options and preventative advice.
Managed Care September 2006 Thomas Morrow	Remarkable Work Went Into Designing the New HPV Vaccine The recently approved human papillomavirus vaccine is a prime example of how science is beating back the advance of old diseases.
American Family Physician November 15, 2000	Letters to the Editor Further Discussion on the Role of Pap Smear Screening
American Family Physician September 1, 2001 Jim Nuovo	New Tests for Cervical Cancer Screening Recently, a number of new technologies have been developed to improve the detection of cervical cancer and its precursors. However, there is substantial controversy about whether the new tests offer meaningful advantages over the conventional Pap smear...
American Family Physician April 15, 2004	Abnormal Uterine Bleeding Q & A on abnormal uterine bleeding.
AskMen.com Harold Russell	The Truth About Lung Cancer Read this article to find out about the causes, symptoms, treatments, and preventive measures of lung cancer.
American Family Physician March 15, 2001	Cancer Screening Guidelines Faced with the broad, and sometimes conflicting, range of recommendations for cancer screening, family physicians must determine the most reasonable and up-to-date method of screening...
American Family Physician June 1, 2003	Pap Smears: When Yours Is Slightly Abnormal What did my Pap smear show?... ASCUS... AGUS... LSIL... Inflammation... etc.
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2006 Joanna Breitstein	Cervical Cancer: Endagered Species Preventive care is more efficient than treating disease after the fact. Now this paradigm takes hold in cancer with new HPV vaccines. Now that the science is in order, Merck and GSK face several important challenges in conditioning the market.
American Family Physician February 1, 2004	Penile Cancer What is cancer?... How does my doctor check for cancer?... How is penile cancer treated?
American Family Physician May 15, 2005	Early Prostate Cancer: What You Should Know A patient hand-out on the disease, who is at risk, diagnosis and treatment options.
Nurse Practitioner October 2009 Wallace et al.	Shedding light on prostate cancer This article will discuss the risk factors, signs and symptoms, diagnosis of prostate cancer, and disease staging and grading, as well as necessary lab and diagnostic tests, treatment options and patient education.
The Motley Fool October 7, 2005 Brian Gorman	Merck's Tricky Sell A vaccine for human papillomavirus clears scientific hurdles, but marketing could prove its biggest obstacle.
BusinessWeek November 29, 2004 Kerry Capell	"A Vaccine Every Woman Should Take" Two drug companies are closing in on shots against HPV, the leading cause of cervical cancer. Despite the obvious benefits, the vaccines may not be an easy sell: There are social and moral hurdles to overcome.
AskMen.com Jen Woodward	Prostate Cancer 101 Here are some of the basic facts about prostate cancer, along with what you can do to keep the C-word from gracing your medical chart.
American Journal of Nursing September 2009 Lockwood-Rayermann et al.	Original Research: Women's Awareness of Ovarian Cancer Risks and Symptoms Objective: To assess how well informed women ages 40 and older are of ovarian cancer symptoms and risk factors.
American Family Physician October 1, 2002 Canavan & Cohen	Vulvar Cancer Vulvar cancer was reported in 3,200 women in 1998, resulting in 800 deaths. Recent evidence suggests that vulvar cancer comprises two separate diseases.
American Family Physician October 1, 2002	Vulvar Cancer What is vulvar cancer?... Who is affected?... What are the signs of vulvar cancer?... How is vulvar cancer diagnosed?... How is vulvar cancer treated?...
Nursing January 2011 Carl A. Kirton	HIV: The Changing Epidemic Since its emergence in the early 1980s, HIV infection in the United States has evolved from an acute debilitating condition to a chronic, treatable illness.
AskMen.com Whitney F. Jones	Colon Cancer And Polyps: What You Need To Know It would surprise many to learn that colon cancer is the third leading cause of death by cancer in American men.
Managed Care June 2007 Thomas Morrow	Dendritic Cell Vaccine Hits FDA Roadblock Questions about study design and analysis prompted the FDA to postpone action on Provenge, a treatment for advanced prostate cancer.
BusinessWeek July 3, 2006 Catherine Arnst	A Ton Of Prevention The pros and cons of two drugs that may halve your risk of breast cancer.
Nursing April 2009 Colwell & Gordon	Helping patients combat colon cancer Colorectal cancer is the third most frequently diagnosed cancer in the United States. In 2008, about 148,810 people received this diagnosis and an estimated 49,960 died of the disease.
American Family Physician April 15, 2004 Albers, Hull & Wesley	Abnormal Uterine Bleeding A practical approach to determining the cause of abnormal uterine bleeding, a common presenting sympton in the family practice setting, with brief reviews of medical and surgical management.
American Family Physician March 1, 2004	What Should I Know About Stomach Cancer? Stomach cancer, which is also called gastric cancer, is the growth of cells that are not normal in the lining and wall of the stomach.
American Family Physician August 1, 2000 Lecia M. Apantaku	Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Screening Statistics on breast cancer risk, symptoms and recommended tests.
AskMen.com Charles Capuano	The Truth About Testicular Cancer Almost 9,000 American men will be diagnosed with testicular cancer this year, and 360 of those will die because they didn't take the time to find out more about it.
American Family Physician February 15, 2005	Health Care After Cancer Treatment An informative patient hand-out on follow-up cancer care.
AskMen.com Jacob Franek	Prostate Cancer Treatment And Prevention Everything you wanted to know about prostate cancer in our three-part Prostate Cancer Guide.
Nursing January 2009 Ayers & Montgomery	Putting a stop to dysfunctional uterine bleeding Learn how to search for the source of abnormal bleeding and help your patient get back on track.
American Family Physician May 15, 2004 Schrager & Potter	Diethylstilbestrol Exposure The dangers and uses of Diethylstilbestrol (DES) and its effect on those women given the drug and their female offspring.
AskMen.com March 17, 2001 Joshua Levine	The Importance Of Regular Check-Ups For Men Men are much less likely than women to seek the routine medical care that they should. This article describes some of the risks.
Nurse Practitioner August 2011 Michelle C. Thomas	Treatment options for Dysfunctional uterine bleeding The diagnosis and treatment of dysfunctional uterine bleeding can be a long emotional journey for the patient and a difficult challenge for the provider.
American Family Physician June 1, 2001 Kaferle & Malouin	Evaluation and Management of the AGUS Papanicolaou Smear Atypical glandular cells on Papanicolaou smears are an unusual but important cytologic diagnosis...
Salon.com April 28, 2000 Dawn MacKeen	A disease fueled by testosterone When a politician announces he has prostate cancer, what does it mean?
Nurse Practitioner August 2010 Virginia Sun	Update on Pancreatic Cancer Treatment Pancreatic cancer is the 10th leading type of all new cancer cases and the fourth leading type of cancer death that affects both men and women.
Nursing April 2008 Edmondson & Schiech	Esophageal cancer--a tough pill to swallow Find out how to help your patient confront the many challenges he faces from this disease and its treatments.
BusinessWeek September 5, 2005 Michael Arndt	Fine-Tuning the Attack on Breast Cancer Genentech's Herceptin, the first drug approved for a specific group, helps patients who are genetically susceptible to a virulent form of the disease.
AskMen.com Jacob Franek	Prostate Cancer Symptoms, Screening & Diagnosis Despite the facts that prostate cancer is the No. 1 cancer occurring in men (aside from skin cancers) and the second leading cause of cancer death (behind lung cancer), many men are still unfamiliar with this highly treatable disease.
Health April 2007 Lambeth Hochwald	Making Sense of Medical Tests Our whole-body guide tells you just what you need and when.
American Family Physician May 1, 2004 Daniel Knight	Health Care Screening for Men Who Have Sex with Men Recommendations on health care screenings for men who have sex with men, who are at increased risk for STDs such as HIV infection, anal cancer, and psychologic and behavioral disorders.
Wired Thomas Goetz	Why Early Detection Is the Best Way to Beat Cancer By getting regular blood tests, doctors may be able to diagnose cancer early, giving the patient a 90 percent chance of survival.
BusinessWeek August 27, 2009 Arlene Weintraub	Is Merck Overselling a Cancer Vaccine? Fresh controversies are heating up over the marketing of products to prevent cervical cancer.
AskMen.com	Good Health Care News New advice from the American Cancer Society puts a sharper focus on the risks of prostate cancer screening, emphasizing that annual testing can lead to unnecessary biopsies and treatments that do more harm than good.
American Family Physician June 1, 2003	Endometrial Cancer What should I watch for?... Am I at risk for endometrial cancer?... How is endometrial cancer diagnosed?... What is an endometrial biopsy?... etc.
AskMen.com Jacob Franek	New Cancer Therapies As cancer research explodes, the availability of new and innovative interventions is expanding almost daily.
Managed Care March 2007 Lola Butcher	Plans Put Greater Emphasis On Cancer Management Increasingly, health plans are rolling out services designed to help cancer patients and, before that, plan members at a high risk of cancer, to improve their health care and, in doing so, limit costs.