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Around the World cases of syphilis are on the rise, which is concerning for many reasons, one of them being that many people don’t know what the symptoms are. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported that cases of syphilis had increased by 80% over the past 5 years to reach over …
Fewer middle-aged people are dying from cancer in the UK than at any point over the last 25 years, a new study from Cancer Research UK has revealed. * Published in the British Medical Journal, this is the first major study to examine trends in cancer incidence and mortality amongst middle-aged adults (35-69 yrs.) in …
A new study conducted by UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers shows an alarming number of California women 65 and older are facing late-stage cervical cancer diagnoses and dying from the disease. This is despite guidelines that recommend most women stop screening for cervical cancer at this age. “Our findings highlight the need to better …
South Carolina is seeing one of the fastest rises in anal cancer incidence among women and anal cancer mortality among men, according to a study published Nov. 28 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, led by MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researcher Ashish Deshmukh, Ph.D. Deshmukh pinpointed state-level incidence, or disease frequency; mortality patterns; and associations …
Proteins produced by oral epithelial cells protect humans against viruses entering the body through the mouth. Researchers from the UofL School of Dentistry and their colleagues have discovered details of this process and also found that oral bacteria can suppress the activity of these cells, increasing a person’s vulnerability to infection. A family of proteins …
This article was written by Carol Petersen, RPh, CNP and edited by Michelle Viola, PharmD, of the Women’s International Pharmacy. Tea is one of the most popular beverages consumed worldwide, second only to water. A review by Sabu Chacko et al. discusses the studies and observations of green tea in particular as an antibacterial, antiviral, …
According to the British based non-profit Oral Health Foundation’s awareness campaign oral cancer rates “have more than doubled in a generation,” and American rates are comparable. In the UK over the past 20 years mouth cancer diagnoses have increased 135%, during 2018 alone seven people died every day from the disease out of 8,337 patients …
It appears as if we are once again living in an era of sex positivity, that is until we get positive results, which is unfortunate because STIs are on the rise. That “it won’t happen to me” attitude, and perceived shame of seeking medical advice has to be put in check. Social media is full …
Eva Ramon Gallegos claims to have achieved 100% elimination of HPV focused on the uterine cervix of 29 women in Mexico via photodynamic therapy. In the process aminolevulinic acid delta is applied to the cervix for 4 hours, after which it is transformed into the fluorescent chemical protoporphyrin IX that accumulates in damage cells and …
A new test has been shown to be 100% effective at detecting cervical in a trial involving over 15,000 participants that was developed by researchers at the Queen Mary University of London, as published in the International Journal of Cancer. The new epigenetics based test was demonstrated to outperform Pap smear and human papilloma virus …