January has been designated by the US Congress as the National Cervical Health Awareness Month. The question is, are you taking good care of your cervix?
Here are two good reasons why you should:
10,000 American women are diagnosed with cervical cancer every year and about 3,700 of these cases are fatal.
Even if not fatal, cervical cancer [...]
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Cervical dysplasia is considered to a precancer stage of cervical cancer. It is characterized by abnormal cells and lesions in the cervix. If left untreated, these lesions can develop into cervical cancer. Several methods are used to treat cervical dysplasia and loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) is among the most popular. The procedure uses a [...]
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Tony Award winning Broadway star Marissa Jaret Winokur and her husband comedy writer Judah Miller are expecting their first baby in September. But doesn’t she look five months pregnant on Dancing With The Stars? The couple are expecting via a surrogate mother.
Marissa was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the very young age of [...]
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Michelle Stepney was carrying twin girls. But babies weren?t all that were present in her womb. She also had a sizable tumor due to cervical cancer. And the babies’ kicking movements dislodged the tumor. In order to remove the tumor, Mrs. Stepney needed to undergo an operation but this meant terminating the pregnancy.
For Mrs. Stepney, [...]
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