I’m a nurse practitioner, so why is Jenny McCarthy’s opinion on the HPV vaccine valued over mine? This should be required for kids to enroll in school. Researchers announced last month that thanks to a compulsory vaccine program, Australia is on track to eradicate cervical cancer. This is due to almost universal vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV),
Read more →About 14 million women and men become infected with the human papillomavirus each year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Keith Bedford/The Boston Globe, via Getty Images The HPV vaccine, which prevents cervical cancer and other malignancies, is now approved for men and women from 27 to 45-years-old,
Read more →Article via Zoe Greenberg | The New York Times When a baby comes, friends and families don’t always know how to help. New parenthood — during which ordinary people find themselves abruptly responsible for a brand-new and sometimes famished, inconsolable being — is famously harrowing. It’s good to have supportive family and friends during
Read more →Article via Nicholas Bakalar | The New York Times A standard aspirin did not lower ovarian cancer risk. Taking low-dose aspirin is a daily routine for many people because it may lower the risk for heart attacks and strokes, and some research has tied it to a lower risk of colorectal cancer. Now a
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