Health

New guideline to promote health equity in Canada

A comprehensive new guideline with 16 preventive care recommendations aims to promote health equity for people disadvantaged because of racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination.

Oncology & Cancer

Targeting HPV to prevent cancer

Researchers in the University of Delaware College of Health Sciences Department of Medical and Molecular Sciences are playing a pivotal role on the global health stage as they investigate the most common sexually transmitted ...

Oncology & Cancer

How to reduce your risk of gynecological cancer

The American Cancer Society estimates about 115,000 women will be diagnosed with a gynecologic cancer this year. That's one case about every five minutes. These types of malignancies originate in the female reproductive organs, ...

Oncology & Cancer

New test shows promise for detecting hard-to-find cervical cancers

In findings with potentially important implications for cervical cancer screening, scientists at the Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center (MECC) have developed a test for detecting a type of cervical cancer that Pap tests often ...

Health

It may not be too late to get your HPV vaccine

Kentucky has the highest rate of cancers caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) in the U.S.—a dire statistic considering these cancers can be largely preventable through vaccination.

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