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Health Related Forums => Health News and Events => Topic started by: Admin on March 02, 2007, 05:06:44 PM

Title: U.S. women and girls
Post by: Admin on March 02, 2007, 05:06:44 PM
The Wall Street Journal reports:
26.8%, Of U.S. women and girls ages 14 to 59, about 24.9 million women, or 26.8%, have the human papillomavirus, and about 2% of women and girls in the age group have HPV strains 16 or 18, which together cause about 70% of cervical cancer cases, according to a study published in the Feb. 28 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Read the full article http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=2&DR_ID=43231

By: Dr.Mahdi