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6 Vaccines Indian Adults Need That Most People Wrongly Assume Are Only for Children

Tetanus: The Booster Most Adults Have Never TakenThe primary tetanus series you received as a child protects you for roughly ten years. After that, the immunity drops below protective levels. A 2019 study published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research found that tetanus cases in India disproportionately affect adults…

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Why Indians Pay for Full-Body Scans and Skip the Cancer Screening Tests That Actually Work

The Scan That Finds Everything Except What Will Kill YouWalk into any corporate diagnostic centre in Mumbai, Bengaluru, or Delhi and you will find a "Full Body Scan" package priced between ₹8,000 and ₹40,000. It typically includes a whole-body CT or PET-CT, a battery of blood panels, and a chest…

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Swedish Registry Study of Three Million Women Ties HPV to Slightly Higher Odds of Heart Disease

A study of nearly 500,000 HPV-positive Swedish women found a 7 percent higher heart disease risk. Researchers say not to be unduly concerned.

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Nearly One in Three American Women in Their Twenties Has Never Been Screened for Cervical Cancer

A JAMA Network Open study finds never-screening for cervical cancer rose sharply from 2005 to 2023, reaching 31.9% of women aged 21 to 29.

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HPV home-testing kits: How do they work and will I get one?

Latest figures from NHS England show only 68.8 per cent of eligible women are up to date with cervical screening

The Independent UK

NHS England to offer women ‘gamechanging’ free home testing kits for cervical cancer

NHS has target of eliminating the cancer by 2040, but up to 4 million eligible women are not up to date with screening

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Millions of women offered free NHS home cervical cancer tests

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Millions of women to be invited to order at-home cervical screening kits

The kits contain a swab, which is used to collect a sample from the vagina, and this is then posted back to NHS labs for free.

Evening Standard

Millions of women in England to receive ‘game-changing’ at-home HPV testing kits

Eligible women aged between 30 and 65 will be sent invitations through the NHS app, text message, email or by letter

The Independent UK

Experts respond to claims that smear tests use ‘cancer-causing’ chemicals

More than 3,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year in the UK

The Independent UK

Snooki admits hysterectomy recovery has been 'awful'

Snooki star underwent the operation - in which she had her uterus and cervix surgically removed - in July, after being diagnosed with stage one cervical cancer at the beginning of the year.

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All aboard the cervical screening bus: how NHS clinic-on-wheels is saving lives

Exclusive: With no appointment needed and a relaxed environment, bus clinic encourages more women to be checked

The Guardian - UK

Cervical Cancer Screening Methods Vary Sharply Across Community Health Centers, Analysis Finds

A study of community health centers in Washington and Idaho found uninsured and rural patients were less likely to receive HPV co-testing.

Medical Daily

The HPV Vaccine Prevents Cervical Cancer, So Why Are Indian Parents Still Saying No?

What the HPV vaccine actually does inside the bodyThe vaccine does not treat an existing infection. It trains the immune system to recognise and destroy the human papillomavirus before it can establish itself. Two strains, HPV 16 and HPV 18, cause roughly 70 percent of all cervical cancer cases globally.…

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Self-Collected HPV Tests Detected Precancerous Cervical Changes with High Accuracy in a New Review

A new meta-analysis found self-collected HPV samples detect precancerous cervical changes with high sensitivity. Here is what it shows.

Times Life

Cervical Cancer Is Almost Entirely Preventable. So Why Does It Still Kill So Many Women in India

Numbers That Should Not ExistEvery eight minutes, an Indian woman dies of cervical cancer. That figure comes from ICMR data published in its National Cancer Registry Programme report, and it has not moved in the direction it should. India records roughly 1.25 lakh new cervical cancer cases annually and accounts…

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Snooki undergoes hysterectomy after cancer diagnosis

Snooki has been keeping her social media followers updated on her health journey after being diagnosed with stage one cervical cancer at the beginning of the year.

The Independent UK

Strictly winner shares smear test update after ‘high-grade cell changes’

Strictly Come Dancing winner Ellie Leach has shared a health update after undergoing a smear test, which checks the health of the cervix and helps prevent cervical cancer.

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Two New Studies Show More Women Complete Cervical Cancer Screening When Self-Collection Is Offered

Two new studies found that more women completed cervical cancer screening when offered HPV self-collection. Here is where it is authorized in the US.

Evening Standard

Sky Sports News presenter Jo Wilson reveals she was 'wrongly told' her cervical cancer had returned

The journalist was diagnosed with stage three cervical cancer in September 2022

Medical Daily

Global Cancer Cases Could Reach 35 Million a Year by 2050 as Population Growth and Aging Drive a 67% Surge

Global Cancer Statistics 2026 projects 34 million cancer cases by 2050, a 67% increase. Nearly 21 million cases in 2024, 9.8 million deaths. Lung cancer remains the top killer.

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Does the Cervical Cancer Vaccine Cause Skin Side Effects? The Facts Explained

A quick sting in the arm, a little soreness, and then you're done that's how most people expect a vaccination to go. But if you've heard stories online about skin rashes or other reactions after the HPV vaccine, it's natural to wonder whether they're true. Could a vaccine designed to…

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The HPV Vaccine Has Cut Cervical Cancer by 87% in Three Countries: Here Is Why That Outcome Is Under Threat

The HPV vaccine cut invasive cervical cancer by 86–88% in three countries with long-term data. Here's what CIDRAP calls the strongest prevention evidence in modern medicine — and the threat it faces.

Medical Daily

HIV-Positive Patients Face a Much Higher Risk of Anal Cancer, Study Finds

HIV raises anal cancer risk by 8.6 times when poorly controlled and 3.9 times even with good control. Proven screening and vaccination tools exist. Here's what HIV patients need to know.

Fortune

For the first time ever, no young women in England died of cervical cancer. In the U.S., RFK Jr.'s vaccine skepticism stalls HPV progress

Zero deaths, 200 lives saved, and 61% vaccinated. Without the vaccine, 23 women would have died, but in the U.S., RFK Jr. still won’t call the vaccine safe.

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