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Can At-Home Lab Testing Answer Your Health Needs? - Forbes

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Can At-Home Lab Testing Answer Your Health Needs? - Forbes Can At-Home Lab Testing Answer Your Health Needs? - Forbes Posted: 30 Sep 2019 03:14 AM PDT EverlyWell Over the past year, I've been writing a lot about how the healthcare landscape is changing. As more people struggle to maintain access to medical insurance, they are trying to find alternatives. Whether it's clinics that operate on monthly subscriptions, or apps that can diagnose minor health issues, we're all looking for ways to take care of our bodies without going into debt.  One company entering into this newly emerging healthcare landscape, EverlyWell, provides at-home lab testing without needing a trip to the doctor's office. Now, you can choose from over 30 tests to gain insight into potential food sensitivities, women's fertility, heart health and more.  How Does It Work? Founded in 2015 by CEO Julia Cheek, you may have heard of the Austin, Texa...

Prevalence of Oral HPV Infection Declines in Unvaccinated Individuals - Infectious Disease Advisor

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Prevalence of Oral HPV Infection Declines in Unvaccinated Individuals - Infectious Disease Advisor Prevalence of Oral HPV Infection Declines in Unvaccinated Individuals - Infectious Disease Advisor Posted: 30 Sep 2019 05:50 AM PDT Oral human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence has decreased in unvaccinated men, possibly as a result of herd protection, but the incidence of such infection has remained unchanged in unvaccinated women from 2009 to 2016 in the United States, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association . Since 2011 for women and 2006 for men, prophylactic HPV vaccination for prevention of anogenital HPV infection has been recommended for routine use in the United States. Previous studies have demonstrated that this vaccine has high efficacy in reducing the prevalence of oral HPV infection. However, the vaccine is not indicated to prevent oral HPV infection or oropharyngeal cancers because there...

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Most adults unaware of link between HPV and oral, penile and anal cancers - NBC News

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Most adults unaware of link between HPV and oral, penile and anal cancers - NBC News Most adults unaware of link between HPV and oral, penile and anal cancers - NBC News Posted: 16 Sep 2019 12:00 AM PDT The majority of American adults are unaware that the most common sexually transmitted disease, HPV, or human papillomavirus, can lead to a variety of cancers, according to research released Monday. "More than 70 percent don't know that HPV causes anal, penile and oral cancers," said Ashish Deshmukh, author of the new study and assistant professor at UTHealth School of Public Health in Houston. He called the vast gap in public awareness shocking, and suggested it's one reason why national HPV vaccination rates are so low. For the study, Deshmukh and his colleagues analyzed National Cancer Institute data of 6,261 men and women who were surveyed about their HPV knowledge in 2017 and 2018. Respondents were between the ...