Cervical cancer: - A vaccine that glaxo thinks is great - Cervical cancer is invariably caused by the HPV (human papillomavirus) infection. Globally around 470,000 new cases are reported every year, and the...

Virus discounted in cervical cancer - The belief that a virus that causes genital warts is also the cause of cervical cancer has been discounted following a study of 200 women. ...

Cervical Cancer: Calls for compulsory vaccine programme is funded by – the manufacturer - Such is the clamour for governments around the world to adopt mass immunisation programmes for adolescent girls against cervical cancer that a mass ra...

Breast Cancer: Rates drop dramatically as women stop taking HRT - The rate of new breast cancer cases in the USA has suddenly dropped dramatically, and scientists reckon it’s because fewer women are taking hormone re...

A vaccine against cervical cancer: you’ve read the headlines, but don’ - Your daily newspaper may well have reported on the latest medical breakthrough a vaccine that fights a virus that can cause cervical cancer Wonder...

Cervical smears - Double-check this inaccurate test - If you’re a woman, your GP or gynaecologist undoubtedly press-gangs you into having a Pap smear test periodically to screen against cervical cancer....

Case study: Cervical abnormalities - I read with interest your articles about cervical cancer in young women. My 18 year old daughter, after months of pains in her abdomen, went to a spe...

Abnormal smears: wait and see - Subjecting women with mildly abnormal cervical smear test results to an immediate colposcopy examination is no more effective than simple observation...