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FDA Approves New Contraceptive Pill Lybrel
The FDA approves an oral contraceptive that also eliminates menstruation.
Wyeth's oral contraceptive Lybrel is now approved by the FDA to eliminate monthly menstrual periods. The drug has a lower level of synthetic hormones than other oral contraceptives and must be taken 365 days a year. According to a study by Wyeth, 59 percent of women had no periods after six months but 18% dropped out due to menstrual spotting. (Read
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Cervical Cancer and Miracle Baby
29 year old Melissa Gilbert received the ultimate gift on Valentine’s Day. Her daughter Kendal Grace entered the world. But, just two years ago, holding her own baby, seemed like an impossibility. A pap smear revealed she had cervical cancer. “I knew nothing about cervical cancer, I didn’t know what survival rates were, what treatments were, you know to hear that word at age 27 it was very scary,” says Melissa.
Unbelievably, Melissa was pregnant with her second child when she was diagnosed. “All I could think about was how I wanted to have another someday, and just hearing that I might not be able to was really, really upsetting maybe more so than having cancer, believe it or not, but it really was,” says Melissa. (Read
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New Ovarian Cancer Treatment
There’s new hope for ovarian cancer patients. Doctors are saying that giving chemo through the abdomen rather than through the vein should now be the way many ovarian cancer patients are treated.
This is actually an old method to deliver chemo; it dates back fifty years. It delivers the chemo into what’s called the intra-peritoneal area of the abdomen.
The goal is to get the remaining cancer cells after the tumor is surgically removed, in patients like Eleanor Lewis. Eleanor is looking for a way to lessen the significance of time. (Read
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Cervical Cancer Vaccine
There is a medical breakthrough tonight in the prevention of cervical cancer. A major drug company has announced its experimental cervical cancer vaccine is highly effective.
This cervical cancer vaccine, which is not the only one in development, was shown to be 100 percent effective!
Merck & Co. said on Thursday that the first large study of an experimental cervical cancer vaccine was completely effective in the short term, at blocking the most common forms of cervical cancer.
Gardasil is a genetically engineered cervical cancer vaccine that blocks infection by the two viruses that together cause about 70 percent of cervical cancers. (Read
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CERVICAL CANCER BIO-PROBE
Natalie is grateful that she listened to her body. It helped doctors in her cervical cancer detection and treatment.
“I had one missed period and for me that wasn’t normal, so I went to the doctor,” says Natalie.
A pap smear revealed that at only 27 years old, Natalie had cervical cancer.
“I had a hysterectomy and I had radiation,” she says. Her situation could have been worse if her cervical cancer detection had been delayed any further. (Read
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PAINFUL PERIODS
Can high levels of stress increase the risk of having painful periods? New research by Chicago researchers says it can.
Jessica Lindstrom is 27 years old, and although she’s totally healthy, sometimes her body turns on her at the time of the month. Her periods are agonizing. “I have intense lower back pain, nausea, and stomach irritation. There’s also pain when tightening the lower abdomen,” says Jessica. (Read
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