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The Shot That Can Prevent Cancer
RealAge encourages frank action during Cervical Cancer Screening Month
San Diego, CA, January 21, 2009 -- January is Cervical Cancer Screening Month, so it’s a prime time for RealAge and the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation to urge women to get regular Pap smears and identify the disease at a treatable stage. RealAge.com, the nation’s leading health and wellness Web site, is also encouraging parents to have their daughters vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) at the recommended time (between 9 and 12 years old), in hopes of preventing the virus that causes cervical cancer.
“More than 6 million people get HPV infections every year,” says Dr. Michael Roizen, coauthor of the best-selling YOU: The Owner’s Manual and cofounder of RealAge. To parents who put off the injections and balk at the idea that their 12-year-olds need such protection, Dr. Roizen says, “It’s a three-shot series given over a span of 6 months. The point is that girls should get the vaccine before they even think about petting with a boyfriend.”
The importance of backing up regular Pap smears -- a proven lifesaver -- with an anticancer vaccine that starts protecting women at a young age can’t be overstated. Various types of HPV cause not only 70% of cervical cancer cases but also 90% of genital warts and are responsible for many oral cancers as well.
For more tips and insights from Dr. Roizen on the vaccine, go here: http://realage.typepad.com/youdocsdaily/2008/07/how-talking-abo.html. For more information about cervical cancer prevention and screening, visit www.RealAge.com or contact Meredith Wade, RealAge PR, at 858-200-7497.
About RealAge.com
RealAge.com is a healthy-lifestyle Web site that inspires its members to "Live Life to the Youngest" and to pursue their health and wellness goals by making their RealAge younger. The site offers the patented RealAge Test, the most widely used method for measuring overall health, and is the official online home of the YOU Docs, Michael Roizen, MD, and Mehmet Oz, MD, and their best-selling RealAge and YOU books. Over 20 million people have measured their RealAge by taking the RealAge Test and have received a personalized plan to make their RealAge younger. This leading healthy-lifestyle Web site also features more than 65 additional health-risk assessments, as well as health tips and information, all backed by current, valid science. RealAge.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hearst Magazines, a division of the Hearst Corporation.
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