USPSTF Continues to Recommend Against Genital Herpes Screening
TUESDAY, Aug. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) did not find new evidence that could result in a change to the 2016 recommendation on screening for genital herpes and consequently continues to recommend ag…
Learn MoreMost Women With Lung Cancer Report Sexual Dysfunction
FRIDAY, Aug. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Sexual dysfunction is common in women with lung cancer, according to a study presented at the annual International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer World Conference on Lung Cancer, held from Aug. 6 t…
Learn MoreAl tratar las lesiones del cuello uterino, añadir la vacuna del VPH podría reducir más el riesgo de cáncer
VIERNES, 5 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — La mayoría de las personas sexualmente activas contraen el virus del papiloma humano (VPH) en algún momento de sus vidas, y alrededor de un 90 por ciento lo eliminan del cuerpo. Pero algunas mujeres son…
Learn MoreEl ‘contagio social’ no provoca que los adolescentes se vuelvan trans, encuentra un estudio
JUEVES, 4 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Una teoría del “contagio social” que sugiere que los adolescentes, en particular las chicas, están siendo influidos por sus pares para que se conviertan en transgénero no tiene ningún fundamento, encuent…
Learn MoreEl ‘contagio social’ no provoca que los adolescentes se vuelvan trans, encuentra un estudio
JUEVES, 4 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Una teoría del “contagio social” que sugiere que los adolescentes, en particular las chicas, están siendo influidos por sus pares para que se conviertan en transgénero no tiene ningún fundamento, encuent…
Learn MoreHPV Vaccination May Cut Risk for CIN2+ Recurrence
FRIDAY, Aug. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination seems to reduce the risk for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or higher (CIN2+) recurrence, according to a review published online Aug. 3 in The BMJ.
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Learn MoreWhen Treating Cervical Lesions, Adding HPV Vaccine Could Further Curb Cancer Risk
FRIDAY, Aug. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Most sexually active people will contract the human papillomavirus (HPV) during their lifetimes, and about 90% will clear it from their bodies. But some women are susceptible to the cervical lesions that infect…
Learn MoreBarriers to Advance Care Planning ID’d for Sexual/Gender Minorities
THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Discrimination in the health care system is an important barrier to advance care planning for sexual and gender-minority (SGM) people, according to a study published online July 20 in JAMA Network Open.Amanda…
Learn More‘Social Contagion’ Isn’t Causing Adolescents to Become Trans, Study Finds
THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) – A “social contagion” theory that suggests teens, and girls in particular, are being influenced by their peers to become transgender is baseless, a new study finds.“The hypothesis that transgender and gender-di…
Learn MoreYouth Assigned Female at Birth No More Likely to Present as Trans
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The sex-assigned-at-birth ratio of transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) adolescents does not favor adolescents who were assigned female sex at birth (AFAB) versus those who were assigned male sex at birth …
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