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FDA Approves Cervarix As New Vaccine Against Cervical Cancer

Dec 31 - The FDA today approved Cervarix, a new vaccine to prevent cervical cancer and precancerous lesions caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18. The vaccine is approved for use in girls and women ages 10 years through 25 years. Read more »

FDA Approves Gardasil to Prevent Genital Warts in Men and Boys

Oct 21 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved use of the vaccine Gardasil for the prevention of genital warts (condyloma acuminata) due to human papillomavirus (HPV) types 6 and 11 in boys and men, ages 9 through 26. Read more »

Scientists Learn Why Even Treated Genital Herpes Sores Boost the Risk of HIV Infection

Oct 16 - New research helps explain why infection with herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), which causes genital herpes, increases the risk for HIV infection even after successful treatment heals the genital skin sores and breaks that often result from HSV-2. Read more »

FDA Approves Lysteda to Treat Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

Sep 8 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Lysteda tablets (tranexamic acid), the first non-hormonal product cleared to treat heavy menstrual bleeding (menorrhagia). Lysteda works by stabilizing a protein that helps blood to clot. Read more »

FDA Approves Additional Use for IUD Mirena to Treat Heavy Menstrual Bleeding in IUD Users

Nov 14 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Mirena (levonorgestrel intrauterine system) to treat heavy menstrual bleeding in women who use intrauterine contraception as their method of pregnancy prevention. This is the first intrauterine ... Read more »

Second Gene Linked to Familial Testicular Cancer

Oct 1 - Specific variations or mutations in a particular can gene raise a man's risk of familial, or inherited, testicular germ-cell cancer, the most common form of this disease, according to new research by scientists at the National Institutes of Health... Read more »

Male Circumcision Reduces Risk of Genital Herpes and HPV Infection, but Not Syphilis

Jul 3 - Heterosexual men who undergo medical circumcision can significantly reduce their risk of acquiring two common sexually transmitted infections -- herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), the cause of genital herpes, and human papillomavirus (HPV), whic... Read more »

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