"Medical history was associated with increased risk of CFS/ME"

The paper by Berit Feiring and colleagues [1] (open-access) is the source blogging material today covering an area that I was previously un...

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Liquid Biopsy for Head and Neck Cancer

Liquid biopsy is when a simple blood draw is performed in order to detect cancer cells (CTC) or mutated DNA fragments (ctDNA) free floating ...

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The Statistics of Throat Cancer Risk Factors

Image by Nikita2706 in Wikipedia Pretty much everybody knows that smoking and alcohol increases risk of throat cancer. Some even realize th...

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Iron Maiden Singer Bruce Dickinson Has Tongue Cancer Due to HPV

Image by Wikipedia Media reported that singer Bruce Dickinson completed cancer treatment for a golf ball sized growth on his tongue and in ...

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Infographic: HPV from Oral Sex Causes Throat Cancer

I have blogged in the past regarding how HPV transmitted through oral sex (and potentially even French kissing) has now become the number 1 ...

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The tide is turning!

The tide is turning! “I am still hoping to hear more about women who are past it all because they said no. It would be comforting to know th...

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Should Boys Also Get Vaccinated for HPV?

NPR on Aug 20, 2010 aired a story whether boys should also get vaccinated for HPV. It is well established that vaccines like Gardasil (FDA ...

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