January is cervical cancer month. there is progress, and more for you to think about now. Read my recent Huffington Post article to learn more. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cary-a-presant-md/january-cervical-cancer-m_b_6440544.html
There remains lots of controversy surrounding use of the HPV vaccine. It puts parents in a difficult position of deciding to use, or not to use, the vaccine in their daughters, and even in their sons.
To helpmate this decision easier, I have posted a new blog in the Huffington Post http://huff.to/1dM29on so check it out and it will help make your decisions more logical. And it will reduce your likelihood of having regret later.
Oral and throat cancers are serious and life-threatening, and adequate treatment often produces disfiguring scarring, loss of teeth (due to radiation side effects), and dramatic reduction in quality of life.
Prevention of these terrible conditions is effective. Since the disease is caused by smoking and excess drinking, as well as HPV (human papilloma virus, the same virus that causes cervix cancer, vaginal cancer and penis cancer), you can reduce your risk of these serious cancers….