http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—Recent changes to cervical cancer screening guidelines that recommend less stringent testing may result in a higher incidence of a particularly aggressive type of cervical cancer in young women, a new study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-pap-guidelines-aggressive-cancer-young.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:50:01 EST news281900054 In a study to be presented on February 14 at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in San Francisco, California, researchers will report findings suggesting an increased risk of early (less than 35 weeks) preterm birth when intra-amniotic debris is present in nulliparous women with a short cervix. The babies born to women with debris had worse outcomes than those born to women without debris, likely due to the earlier delivery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-presence-intra-amniotic-debris-early-preterm.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:10:09 EST news279799802 (HealthDay)—More young women are following recently revised U.S. guidelines for getting Pap tests—the standard screening for cervical cancer—but many women who have had a total hysterectomy still get the tests unnecessarily, new government studies reveal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cdc-women-unneeded-paps-post-hysterectomy.html Cancer Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:46:46 EST news276439598 Routine smear tests have considerably reduced the number of cases of cervical cancer, but despite intensive screening 250 women in Sweden still die from the disease every year. Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have developed new methods of minimising the number of missed cases and making diagnosis more reliable. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-cervical-cancer.html Cancer Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:52:25 EST news272897537 Testing women to see if they are cured of HPV (the virus that can cause genital warts and cervical cancer) following treatment for abnormal cells on the surface of the cervix is more effective and cheaper than cytology testing (cervical screening) alone, suggests a study published on BMJ today. A second study published today, finds that the risk of cervical cancer after treatment and cytological follow-up for abnormalities remains about four times higher than in women with normal cytology tests, regardless of age and stage of abnormality. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-cheaper-effective-women-pre-cervical-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 01 Nov 2012 18:30:03 EST news271001000 (Medical Xpress)—A formulation of the hormone progesterone, shown to be effective in women at risk for another preterm birth because they had a prior preterm birth, was not found to be effective in preventing preterm birth for women in their first pregnancy who have a short cervix, according to a National Institutes of Health network study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-progesterone-preterm-birth-high-group.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Thu, 18 Oct 2012 07:42:11 EST news269764919 Babies born early run a greater risk of serious complications. The researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have now developed a method to predict if pregnant women with preterm contractions will give birth within seven days. The method offers new possibilities to delay delivery and prepare care for the premature baby. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-simple-pregnant-women-birth-prematurely.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:22:09 EST news267099711 (Medical Xpress)—Human papillomavirus (HPV) has long been implicated in cervical cancer, but details of how it happens have remained a mystery. Now researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found that a single HPV protein is required for cervical cancer and even pre-cancer growths in the cervix to survive. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-cervical-cancer-pre-cancer-growths-require.html Cancer Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:20:15 EST news267092402 (Medical Xpress) -- A major breakthrough by scientists at Queen's University Belfast could lead to more effective treatments for throat and cervical cancer. The discovery could see the development of new therapies, which would target the non-cancerous cells surrounding a tumour, as well as treating the tumour itself. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-significant-cancer-breakthrough.html Cancer Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:26:02 EST news263640352 (Medical Xpress) -- Cancer Research UK today reveals the shocking level of ignorance about smoking and cancer among the UK public in a comprehensive new survey of more than 4000 people. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-people-cancers.html Cancer Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:40:01 EST news260453196 Virtually all cervical cancers are caused by HPV infections, with just two HPV types, 16 and 18, responsible for about 70 percent of all cases, according to the National Cancer Institute. Scientists have presumed for decades that the cervical cancers that develop from HPV infection arise in a specific location in the cervix. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-uncover-population-cells-cancer-causing-human.html Cancer Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:00:20 EST news258645251 Cerclage is a well-known medical procedure which places stitches around the cervix. These stitches are intended to provide support to the cervix in the hopes of reducing preterm birth in women at risk for early labor. Premature labor occurs in about 12 percent of pregnancies and is caused by many factors including a shortened cervix, which can be determined by transvaginal ultrasound. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-cervical-decreases-pre-term-births-women.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:00:01 EST news253954739 A simple low-cost silicon ring can slash the risk of premature birth, a major cause of death in newborns and health problems in adult life, according to a trial reported on Tuesday by The Lancet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-cheap-safe-device-premature-birth.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 03 Apr 2012 03:57:45 EST news252644259 Women who are diagnosed with pre-cancerous cervical conditions after receiving the HPV vaccine can still benefit from a considerably reduced risk of reoccurring disease, a study published today in the British Medical Journal shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-cervical-disease-benefit-hpv-vaccine.html Cancer Wed, 28 Mar 2012 03:21:22 EST news252123652 The American Cancer Society (ACS), the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP), and the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) have released new guidelines for the prevention and early detection of cervical cancer. The guidelines generally advise a reduction in the number of tests women get over their lifetime to better ensure that they receive the benefits of testing while minimizing the harms, and include a preference for co-testing using the Pap test and HPV test for women age ages 30 to 65. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-health-groups-issue-cervical-cancer.html Cancer Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:00:07 EST news250954657 Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have, for the first time, described the genetic basis of endometriosis, a condition affecting millions of women that is marked by chronic pelvic pain and infertility. The researchers' discovery of a new gene mutation provides hope for new screening methods. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-gene-mutation-discovery-effective-endometriosis.html Genetics Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:33:38 EST news247772006 (Medical Xpress) -- An analysis of five previous studies has uncovered additional evidence of the effectiveness of progesterone, a naturally occurring hormone, in reducing the rate of preterm birth among a high-risk category of women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-additional-benefits-progesterone-preterm-birth.html Health Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:06:31 EST news243155183 Women's personal testimonies of cervical smear testing in the UK show that their experiences are often far from positive, says a new study from the University of Leicester published today in the international journal Family Practice. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-cervical-smears-humiliating-stressful.html Health Fri, 18 Nov 2011 03:52:25 EST news240810716 Intra-uterine devices designed to prevent conception may also protect against cervical cancer, according to a study covering more than 20,000 women that was released on Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-birth-device-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 13 Sep 2011 03:40:01 EST news235102367 A University of North Carolina-led international study shows that among Kenyan men, circumcision is associated with a lower prevalence of human papillomavirus-associated precancerous lesions of the penis. Human papillomavirus - HPV - is a sexually transmitted virus that plays an important role in genital cancers in men and women, including cancers of the penis and cervix. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-male-circumcision-lowers-prevalence-penile.html Cancer Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:50:04 EST news231070408 Cervical ripening that instigates preterm labor is distinct from what happens at the onset of normal term labor, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-cervical-ripening-differs-term-preterm.html Health Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:51:22 EST news227847062