Disease and Medical Conditions

Cervical Cancer Could Be “Eliminated” In Decades With Success Of HPV Vaccine

Vaccinations for the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) have been so successful at reducing new infections of the disease, researchers are hopeful that there will be a corresponding dramatic drop in cervical cancer cases in high-income countries. “HPV is found in almost 100% of cervical cancer cases,” said Mélanie Drolet, who conducted a study into rates of cancer in countries which have implemented vaccination programmes.
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Hospital Backs Down Over Teenage Jehovah’s Witness Refusal Of Blood Transfusion

The hospital has agreed to another treatment.
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Twelve Dead Following Invasive Strep A Outbreak In Essex

Cases of the infection have been identified in Braintree, Chelmsford and Maldon.
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Nolotil: Patients' Families Demand Ban Of Controversial Painkiller

A campaigner investigating Nolotil in Spain claims she has found 200 cases of British people affected by the drug – including 20 deaths among those who suffered an adverse reaction after taking it.
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What It's Like To Have Vulvodynia – The Common Condition Silently Wrecking Women's Lives

"I couldn’t even sit because of the severity of the pain."
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Two More People Die From Listeria After Eating Hospital Sandwiches

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This Is What PTSD Can Feel Like Physically

Post-traumatic stress disorder doesn't just take a toll on mental health ― it causes bodily harm, too.
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‘I Cried My Eyes Out’: Men Don’t Speak About Cancer – And We Can’t Ignore It Any Longer

"I just had to get it out eventually. I was so angry with the world."
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3 Hospital Patients Die In England After Listeria Outbreak Linked To Sandwiches

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GP ‘Did Not Have Heart’ To Tell Man He Was Infected With Contaminated Blood

Paul David Le Bourn contracted hepatitis C through blood transfusions after having his leg amputated.
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