http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Spouses and long-term partners of patients with mouth and throat cancers related to infection with the human papilloma virus (HPV) appear to have no increased prevalence of oral HPV infections, according to results of a multicenter, pilot study led by Johns Hopkins investigators. The study's results suggest that long-term couples need not change their sexual practices, say the scientists. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-infection-long-term-sex-partners-people.html Cancer Sat, 01 Jun 2013 12:20:04 EST news289307261 In the heat of the moment, it's a good bet sexually transmitted infections are the last thing on a teen's or young adult's mind. Thus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, young people ages 15-24, who make up just more than one-quarter of the sexually active population, account for half of the 20 million new sexually transmitted infections that occur in the U.S. each year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-teens-young-adults-disproportionate-stds.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:20:01 EST news286392722 (Medical Xpress)—Certain types of papilloma virus might actually prevent cervical cancer, according to a new study by researchers from The University of Manchester. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-papilloma-virus-cervical-cancer.html Cancer Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:05:22 EST news284799806 A rising percentage of parents say they won't have their teen daughters vaccinated to protect against the human papilloma virus, even though physicians are increasingly recommending adolescent vaccinations, a study by Mayo Clinic and others shows. More than 2 in 5 parents surveyed believe the HPV vaccine is unnecessary, and a growing number worry about potential side effects, researchers found. The findings are published in the new issue of the journal Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-parents-wont-vaccinate-daughters-hpv.html Pediatrics Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:20:01 EST news282762060 Fewer people are dying from cancer in the United States, but a government report published Monday warned that a lack of preventative measures could stem a steady decline in mortality rates. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cancer-lacking.html Cancer Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:38:19 EST news276802672 A new study suggests that human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in women at or after menopause may represent an infection acquired years ago, and that HPV infections may exist below limits of detection after one to two years, similar to other viruses, such as varicella zoster, which can cause shingles. The study, published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases and available online, highlights the need for additional research to better understand HPV infections and the role of HPV persistence and reactivation, particularly in women of the baby boomer generation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-hpv-older-women-due-reactivation.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:01 EST news274555360 Vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV) are now recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for both teenage boys and girls. The vaccine protects against the two most common types of the virus that cause cervical cancer: HPV 16 and 18. Is there a chance that the increased number of people vaccinated might result in an increase of other types of HPV that cause cancer? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-human-papillomavirus-large-scale-vaccination.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:24:59 EST news262362276 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 Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have developed and tested in mice a synthetic vaccine and found it effective in killing human papillomavirus-derived cancer, a virus linked to cervical cancers among others. The research was published in a recent issue of Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-anti-cancer-vaccine.html Cancer Fri, 08 Jun 2012 18:06:13 EST news258397553 (Medical Xpress) -- Among viruses, human papilloma virus (HPV) stands out: with more than 180 distinct isotypes or variations catalogued to date, it presents an extremely difficult target for broad-range treatments. And while the HPV vaccine provides protection against the most common HPV infections, it only covers four of the 180-plus isotypes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-broad-range-hpv-therapeutics-emerges.html Cancer Tue, 22 May 2012 06:18:34 EST news256886305 Provocative new research might help explain why black women are so much more likely than whites to develop and die from cervical cancer: They seem to have more trouble clearing HPV, the virus that causes the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-blacks-cervical-cancer-virus.html Cancer Sun, 01 Apr 2012 12:37:12 EST news252502616 (Medical Xpress) -- A University at Buffalo microbiologist whose lab has been studying the human papilloma virus for years, says that parents should have their children vaccinated with Gardasil, the HPV vaccine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-vaccinated-hpv-expert-ub-medical.html Cancer Tue, 11 Oct 2011 08:16:49 EST news237539803 According to Anna R. Giuliano, Ph.D., program leader in cancer epidemiology at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and colleagues in the Netherlands, earlier circumcision of males in South Africa may be a positive step in slowing the spread of both HIV and the human papillomavirus (HPV). Their commentary and data were published in a recent issue of the British medical journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases (Vol. 11) 581-582. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-earlier-male-circumcision-hiv-hpv.html HIV & AIDS Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:48:33 EST news237127686 Fewer than three doses of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Cervarix may be just as effective as the standard three-dose regimen when it comes to preventive measures against cervical cancer, according to a new study published September 9 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-doses-cervical-cancer-vaccine-effective.html Cancer Fri, 09 Sep 2011 03:50:01 EST news234758150