Saturday 19 December 2009

HPV/HPV Vaccine

Risks and benefits of HPV vaccination
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/302/7/795?home

Cervical cancer and HPV
http://www.nypcancerprevention.com/issue/4/pro/pro_spot/cer_can.shtml

The epidemiology of human papillomavirus infection and cervical cancer
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17627057?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_SingleItemSupl.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=5&log$=relatedreviews&logdbfrom=pubmed

Condoms help protect against cervical cancer
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13461194

Genital HPV - CDC sheet
http://www.cdc.gov/STD/HPV/STDFact-HPV.htm

Cervical cancer prevention: the saga goes on, but so much has changed!
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/185_09_061106/wai10809_fm.html#0_CHDDDDGD

HPV test
http://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/hpv-genital-warts/human-papillomavirus-hpv-test

FDA panel backs giving HPV vaccine Gardasil to young males
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Healthday/fda-panel-backs-giving-hpv-vaccine-gardasil-boys/story?id=8531585

FAQS for Men
http://www.thehpvtest.com/About-HPV/FAQs-for-Men.html

Added 10 Mar 2010 Trade offs in cervical cancer prevention
http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/168/17/1881

Added 29 November 2011 - Interesting Graphic regarding safety of HPV vaccine
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2011/is-the-hpv-vaccine-safe-v-2-0/

"Added November 22 2011 - (there's no internet link and I cannot upload a copy due to copyright, however this should be available in most medical libraries).
Journal of American College of Cardiology, Vol. 58, No. 19, 2011 "a report of significant association between being HPV positive and the presence of atherosclerotic heart disease."