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Want to keep your daughter from getting cervical cancer? The HPV Vaccine Debate

Apr 15th, 2007 | By June Tavenor-Brake | Category: Health

The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted disease (STD) in the world. It is a highly contagious STD that can be passed between partners even with the use of condoms or without actual penetration. Estimates show that approximately 75 percent of Canadians will be infected with at least one of the four [...]

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Birth Control and Cancer Risk: A Connection?

Aug 15th, 2006 | By June Tavenor-Brake | Category: Health

With escalating controversy in the media regarding cancer and prevention, why is it that Canadian women still have relatively no idea how to lower their cancer risks? There is a lot of advise on what can increase cancer rates (some legit, and some not) circulating our world: on TV, in the newspapers, and all over [...]

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