Human papillomavirus

Approximately 1.1% of people will be diagnosed with thyroid cancer at some point during their lifetime. All cancer starts when there is an uncontrolled amount of cell growth in the body and thyroid cancer is no different. Thyroid cancer is within the thyroid gland, in front of the neck just below the voice box. The thyroid gland absorbs iodine from the bloodstream and produces thyroid hormones which regulate your metabolism. Thyroid cancer has various causes and risk factors. Testing shows women…

EBV belongs to human gamma-herpesviruses which are able to establish latency in lymphocyte. About more than 95% of adults are carriers of the virus. A common disease caused by EBV is mononucleosis. Besides, EBV can transform and cause cancer. Every year, there are 200,000 new cases of cancer and more than 140,000 deaths worldwide. Two major targets of The virus are B-lymphocytes and epithelial cells. Epstein-Barr virus has two stages in its life cycle; latency and lytic replications. Latent…

Rhode Island’s HPV Vaccination Requirement: A Topic of Controversy Human Papiloma (HPV) infects about 14 million Americans a year; however, only certain strains of the virus—known as high risk strains—are carcinogenic (Vaccinating Your Preteen or Teen, 2015). Others are more or less benign. Cervical cancer in females is the major carcinoma linked to high risk strains of HPV which can be transmitted through sexual contact. Other cancers associated with the virus include vaginal, vulvar, penile,…

experience fever, nauseas, dizziness, vomiting, and neurological disorders. In addition, adverse effects associated with this vaccine are quite minimal and rare. In fact, according to the Centers of Disease Control, effects of this vaccine account for only 1 in 1,000,000 doses. There have been many ethical concerns about the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil, which all began with politics and Merck’s lobbying for the vaccination. According to Charo, controversy began with Merck’s “lobbying” of…

1. According to Natural Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology, and LexiComp, it is not recommended that this patient take ginkgo extract as it has a high interaction with efavirenz, the effects and concentration of efavirenz may be decreased, and a moderate interaction with warfarin and may increase the risk of bleeding. 2. According to ACIP and the CDC website, it is recommended that this patient receive the Prevnar 13 vaccine. Adults aged 65 years or older who have not received PCV13, but…

Tiana Lasorsa Mrs. Martin Medical Terminology Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) The Human Papilloma virus or HPV is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections world wide. The United States is the highest ranking in people affected. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 9 out of 10 people will contract some form of HPV in their lives . In fact there…

CHAPTER 2.LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1. Definition The cervix is the lower part of the uterus (womb). It is sometimes called the uterine cervix. It connects the body of uterus to the vagina. The part of the cervix inside the cervix canal is called endocervix. The part on the outside is called the ectocervix. Most cervical cancers start where these two parts meet. There are two main types, squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma. Occasionally, mixed carcinomas,…

Nursing and policy Tabytha Balash Ohio University Nursing and policy Nurses have been making change in health care since Florence Nightingale. Advancement has been made in evidence based practice, increasing the scope of practice, and the ethical boundaries the profession abides by. Nurses have become a significant part of political change in health care. This paper will discuss ways nurses may become politically active, current legislation regarding childhood immunization, and lastly why…

new. Animal studies using viruses date back to the 1940s, but the technology and the basic facilities and equipment necessary to manufacture a gene or virus therapy pure enough to meet the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) standards for use in humans has always been the challenge. In 1998, Mayo Clinic made a commitment to advance its program of gene and virus therapy by recruiting hematologist and scientist Stephen Russell, M.D., Ph.D., from Cambridge University in England to direct Mayo’s…

“Grandma Cooper has cancer.” My heart dropped to my stomach, my eyes stung with tears, my lungs stopped working, and everything hurt. Cancer is a word that causes great fear, sadness, worry, dread, and many more terrible emotions. For me, I have heard the word since before I knew what the real fear of it was. I do not think I truly understood the sadness that the word could invoke when I was younger, I never understood until I was old enough to know that I could lose someone I was very close to…