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Ania
03-19-2005, 04:02 AM
Hi All -
I din`t know where to put this great news, so I am doing it here.

Information from Live Healthy Magazine, April 2005 :
"A vaccine that protects women from cervical cancer will be submitted for U.S.Food and Drug Administration approval later this year.
In study of 1,113 women ages 15-25, those who recived three shots of the vaccine were protected against persistant infection from the two types of
human papillomavirus /HPV/ infections that cause an estimated 70% of cervical-cancer cases. HPV infection spreads by skin-to-skin contact, often during sexual contact. For now, women should get annual Pap smears and inquire about an HPV test, which detects whether you have a high-risk strain
of the virus".

Ania

Ania
03-19-2005, 05:27 AM
The name of the magazine is SHAPE, not Live Healthy, my mistake, sorry.
April edition.

Julie B
03-19-2005, 05:47 AM
That is fantastic! I had an "iffy" pap a few years ago. The treatment.......two months of this gooey stuff put in there...........constant flare.......(I was cookoo now that I look back not to have the test redone first since I don't have any risk factors) I wouldn't be surprized if this became a mandatory vaccine for our daughters in the next generation.

I love SHAPE by the way........great magazine!