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Did you know? The development of cervical cancer is very slow. It starts as a pre-cancerous condition called dysplasia. This pre-cancerous condition can be detected by a Pap smear and is 100% treatable. That is why it is so important for women to get regular Pap smears. Most women that are diagnosed with cervical cancer today have not had regular Pap smears or they have not followed up on abnormal results.

Early detection saves lives.

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FDA Approves Vaccine That Should Prevent Most Cervical Cancers
In what officials called a major public health breakthrough, the FDA approved the first vaccine developed to protect women against cervical cancer. The vaccine, which works by building immunity against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV), was found to be effective in preventing almost three-quarters of all cervical cancers.
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What is HPV? How does it relate to cervical cancer?
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Cancer Risk Assessment Survey
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Four Key Facts About Glaucoma
Glaucoma is a very misunderstood disease.  Often people don’t realize the severity.  This article contains helpful information to clear up these misconceptions about Glaucoma. 
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Latest Glaucoma Innovations
The way in which glaucoma is diagnosed has changed. Paul Krawitz explains the most important new diagnostic test in nearly 100 years.
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New Glaucoma Gene Identified
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January 2007

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Battle of the Cholesterol Drugs

As Zocor patent expires, Merck has made an unusual decision to lower the price to compete with the generics.
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Panel to Debate Antidepressant Warning
Public health officials, psychiatrists, grieving parents and outraged former patients meet in Silver Spring, Md., to argue the most bitterly divisive question in psychiatry: do the drugs that doctors prescribe to relieve depression make some people more likely to attempt suicide?
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New Drugs Declining, Research Costs Increasing, GAO Says.
Drug companies are becoming less innovative, with the number of new drugs being developed failing to keep pace with the substantial increases in spending on research and development, according to congressional investigators.
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FDA Calls for Pain Reliever Warnings
Non-prescription pain relievers used by millions of U.S. consumers need stronger health warnings regarding liver or stomach risk. The drugs include some of the most commonly taken in the USA — aspirin, ibuprofen and acetaminophen — and will affect such household brands as Motrin, Advil, Aleve and Tylenol.
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FDA to Leave Antibiotic Ketek on the Market
A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration has recommended limits on the use of a controversial antibiotic.
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FDA Proposes Rules Overhaul to Expand Availability of Experimental Drugs
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today proposed significant regulatory changes to make experimental drugs more widely and easily available to seriously ill patients with no other treatment options and to clarify the circumstances and the costs for which a manufacturer can charge for an experimental drug.
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Volume 1, Issue 102

Quote of the Month:


“A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.”

Herm Albright (1876-1944)

Cervical Screening Month
&  
Glaucoma Awareness Month