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Green card applicants required to get HPV vaccine

An expensive cervical cancer vaccine is now needed by young female immigrants before they can become legal U.S. residents, a requirement that immigration advocates say is unfair.

Federal officials recently added the Gardasil vaccine to a list of vaccinations that immigrants must have before they can obtain green cards. The cervical cancer vaccine is required of females ages 11 to 26.

The vaccine protects against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus, or HPV, which causes cervical cancer and genital warts. But the vaccine is one of the most expensive and controversial, primarily because it is given at a young age.

03.10.2008 04:58:49 - Health News

India bans public smoking

Oct 2 - India has imposed the world's biggest smoking ban by forbidding its 1.2 billion people from lighting up in public places.

03.10.2008 00:26:31 - Health News

Scientists trace AIDS virus origin to 100 years ago

The AIDS virus has been circulating among people for about 100 years, decades longer than scientists had thought, a new study suggests.

Genetic analysis pushes the estimated origin of HIV back to between 1884 and 1924, with a more focused estimate at 1908.

Previously, scientists had estimated the origin at around 1930. AIDS wasn't recognized formally until 1981 when it got the attention of public health officials in the United States.

02.10.2008 19:46:17 - Health News

Glucosamine and Chondroitin May Not Slow Arthritis

A new study casts doubt on whether supplements glucosamine and chondroitin help people with arthritis, though investigators say more research is needed.

01.10.2008 20:36:48 - Health News

What may cause your hair loss?

Hair is the fastest growing tissue in the body, second only to bone marrow. About two-thirds of men experience some degree of appreciable hair loss by the time they are 35 years old, and about 85% have significantly thinning hair by age 50.

In addition to the common hereditary hair loss there are other possible causes and risk factors.

30.09.2008 22:07:28 - Health News

Several factors up childbirth hemorrhage risk | Health | Reuters

An increased risk of severe hemorrhage during or following childbirth is seen with older age, emergency and elective cesarean delivery, southeast Asian ethnicity, and several other factors, researchers in ...

30.09.2008 21:59:02 - Health News

Pain Is Not A Symptom Of Arthritis, Pain Causes Arthritis, Study Shows

More specifically, the study revealed that pain signals originating in arthritic joints, and the biochemical processing of those signals as they reach the spinal cord, worsen and expand arthritis.

30.09.2008 21:55:38 - Health News

Indian Stampede Kills More Than 160

Hundreds have been killed or injured during a stampede at a religious festival in Western India on Tuesday.

30.09.2008 21:43:55 - Health News

American Children Given More Psychotropic Drugs than Europeans

According to a new study, American children are about three times as likely to be prescribed psychotropic medications such as Prozac and Ritalin than European children.

30.09.2008 21:38:33 - Health News

Fewer NYC teens smoking cigs

A new report on tobacco use says the number of New York high school students smoking cigarettes has declined more than 2% in the last three years.

30.09.2008 20:56:03 - Health News