HPV DNA Testing Advised For Females Over 30

HPV DNA testing is better than cytology alone in preventing cervical cancer or detecting it early on for women over thirty, researchers reported in The Lancet Oncology. The authors explained, after reporting on the POBASCAM trial, that they now have compelling evidence in favour of routine HPV testing in national screening programs…

Should Nuns Be Given The Pill For Health Reasons?

Professor Roger Short, from the University of Melbourne, and Dr Kara Britt, from Monash University, argue in a comment piece in The Lancet, that since the contraceptive pill reduces overall mortality and mortality specifically linked to ovarian and uterine cancer, nuns should be given the pill for health, rather than contraceptive, reasons…

Women Who Smoke 25% More Likely To Develop Coronary Heart Disease Than Male Smokers

Published Online first by The Lancet , a new study has revealed that women have a 25% higher increased risk of developing coronary heart disease conferred by smoking in comparison with men. Researchers suggest that cigarette toxins may have a more powerful effect on women and the increased risk may be due to physiological differences between the sexes…

Female Smokers At Higher Risk Of Heart Disease

Women who smoke have a 25% higher risk of heart disease than men who smoke, and the longer they smoke, the bigger this risk becomes relative to men who smoke for the same number of years, according to a new pooled data study published today, 11 August in The Lancet…

Taller People Have Higher Cancer Risk

Taller people have a higher risk of developing a large range of cancers, said scientists from a Cancer UK-funded study published online in The Lancet on Thursday…

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