JANUARY IS CERVICAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
(Third leading cause of cancer for women under 30 years of age)

Tennessee has a higher rate of cervical cancer than the average found through-out the United States.

A study from Ohio State University in 2002 found that due to the lack of available information and insufficient high school instruction about the std (sexual transmitted disease) of Human Papilloma Virus were primary facts which have played a major part in the increased number of women with cervical cancer.

Most women only learn of hpv, human papilloma virus, when they have an abnormal pap smear. But, new information has confirmed that many body cancers are now associated with this virus.

Since 1998 more women in the United States have contracted HIV from sexual contact than by all other methods combined. Many people still associate AIDS cases to those that come in contact with blood or due to the use of drugs.

Since 1998 and up to the present time, HIV with the creation of lesions from other STDs (Sexual Transmission Disease) has been the primary factor associated with infection of women. In Africa the leading STD are the herpes viruses. In the United States, the leading STD for the infection of women is HPV (Human Papilloma Virus). This is the same virus associated with the development of cervical cancer.

Doctors in the United States are required to test for HIV when cervical cancer is discovered due to a possible weakened immune system. The fact that the HIV may have gained entry by the presence of an HPV infection is sometimes not discussed with women by doctors or from high school classroom instruction. The need for this information about HPV should at the latest be given to women when they receive an abnormal pap smear.

The new hpv vaccine from Merck which was submitted to the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) on December 5, 2005. The vaccine is expected to be approved and available during the first or second quarter of 2006. The vaccine is expected to be very controversial among parents, teachers and students. The controversy is expected to be over the targeted group which is high school-age girls. The need for information about the largest std (sexual transmitted disease) in the United States will be an important for issues of discussion. This book has the answers to many of the questions that will be raised.

-A NEW BOOK-"Are You at Risk for Cancer from HPV?"
ISBN 0970780818
Mr. Larry H. Gregory - Author

MORE PEOPLE ARE INFECTED WITH HPV (HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS) THAN ANY OTHER STD IN THE UNITED STATES.

SOME SCHOOL AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN TENNESSEE DO NOT EVEN HAVE A SINGLE BOOK ABOUT THIS DISEASE. THE DISEASE OF HPV HAS BECOME AN EPIDEMIC IN THE ADULT POPULATION OF UNITED STATES; AND IT HAS NOW BECOME A MAJOR PROBLEM AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

This book has information about HPV, the Human Papilloma Virus and its association to a variety of human cancers. This book was written with the help and aid from a medical doctor at the Ohio State University Hospital, an assistant professor of nursing at the Ohio State University's Newark Branch and a Columbus Public Schools-high school teacher.

The book has information about antioxidants, microbicides, FDA approved treatments, self-testing for an hpv infection and the history of viral induced cancers from the early 20th century to the present time. Many answers can be found to the questions being raised about this disease which include the methods of transmission, problems during pregnancy and the importance of a healthy immune system.

HPV is the largest std (sexual transmitted disease) in the nation and has been proven to be associated with 98.8% of cervical cancers since 1998. The new discoveries that prove hpv is now associated with more cancers; and that it is capable of creating a portal entries for other viruses to enter the body, makes this virus a major medical problem. For years, the use of the pap smear was the only defense in the fight against cervical cancer. Now, there are more treatments, surgeries and testing for the HPV that are not limited to the cervix but to other hpv infections that are found else where on the body.
The new hpv vaccine from Merck which is recommended for use with high school-age girls, makes this vaccine a very controversial issue. This book was written with the intention of answering many of the questions that may be raised about this virus by the parents and the female high school students (Photos in the book meet the approval of parents).

THE BOOK IS AVAILABLE FOR LIBRARIES FROM:

BOOKTALK ------------------------------- MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
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THE BOOK IS AVAILABLE BY PURCHASE ON THE INTERNET FROM THE FOLLOWING LOCATION:

At BookMasters in Mansfield, Ohio (BookMasters is one of Ohio's largest publisher of books.)

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