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The fight against cervical cancer is concentrating on the Human Papilloma Virus. On this week's Health Show, we begin a two part look at the virus and it’s controversial vaccine. We’ll also hear about a neighborhood program educating African American women about breast cancer...Find out why talking to doctors is so hard...And chart a road map for cancer survivors.
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H-P-V & Cervical Cancer
The development of a vaccine against a specific form of cancer made headlines around the world last year. The decision by some state to mandate the vaccination to school age girls is also making headlines...and not the kind the drug’s manufacture wanted. The vaccine is called Gardisil and it is used to prevent the transfer of the Human Papilloma Virus or HPV...a sexually transmitted virus that can lead to cervical cancer. To learn more about HPV and it’s connection to cervical cancer, the Health Show’s Jim Horne spoke with Debbie Saslow, the Director of Breast and Gynecologic Cancer, Cancer Control Science Department, at the American Cancer Society in Atlanta, Georgia.
Hair Salon Health Care
African American women die of breast cancer at much higher rates than other women, and that has health care workers looking for new ways to reach these women with messages about prevention. In Birmingham, Alabama, a one-of-a-kind program takes that message to an unlikely place. Tanya Ott reports.
Your Doctor Said WHAT?
Doctors can be real intimidating to us mere mortals. We make our appointments, show up at the office, wait for our audience and then boom...we’re out of there. In fact, the average doctor visit is approximately 16 minutes long (according to a recent release from the National Center for Health Statistics). So how can we make the most of these precious minutes? Dr. Terrie Wurzbacher is the author of the forthcoming book “Your Doctor Said What?” Bob Barrett asked Dr. Wurzbacher why we have such problems communicating with doctors?
Roadmap For Cancer Survivors
One group who need constant communication and understanding with their doctors is cancer survivors...and it’s a growing group. By 2010, an estimated 1 out of every 250,000 people will be a survivor of childhood cancer. For these survivors, cancer will always be a part of their lives, making it that much more important for them to carefully map out their future care to stay cancer-free. Andi McDonnell from the University of Michigan Health Systems reports.
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