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Will women soon be testing themselves for human papilloma virus, or HPV ? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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The American Cancer Society has updated guidelines for cervical cancer screening to include self-collected specimens to assess for human papilloma virus, or HPV. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, explains why. Nelson: There's 200,000 women …
As cancer cases in younger people rise, do they all need treatment? Elizabeth Tracey reports
If you learn you have cancer would you be comfortable not treating it? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Rates of eight different types of cancer are increasing in those aged 50 and younger, new data reveal, and while researchers are struggling to identify why, another question those diagnosed must answer is are they okay not treating it? That’s …
Cancers increasing among those younger than fifty warrant investigation to discern causes, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Eight different cancers are increasing among those younger than fifty in the US, data since 1992 indicate. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says thyroid, colorectal and endometrial or uterine are included in that number, …
What factors do we know are related to the development of childhood allergies? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Following 125,000 children as they began to eat a wider variety of foods from infancy seems to show that early introduction of peanut helped many avoid development of peanut allergy, a recent study concluded. Robert Wood, a childhood allergy expert …
What’s the best strategy to avoid food allergies in young children? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Early exposure to peanut is credited with reducing the development of peanut allergy in young children, a recent study concludes, but Robert Wood, a childhood allergy expert at Johns Hopkins, says the rate of food allergies among children is increasing …