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IN OUR HEALTH HEADLINES….RESEARCHERS HAVE ANNOUNCED AN INCREDIBLE DEVELOPMENT IN CANCER RESEARCH.

AS SOON AS NEXT YEAR, THERE MAY BE A VACCINE AVAILABLE TO ELIMINATE THE RISK OF CERVICAL CANCER.  
RECENT FINDINGS SHOWED AN EARLY VERSION OF A VACCINE, CALLED GARDASIL, NEARLY 100 PERCENT EFFECTIVE IN BLOCKING H-P-V INFECTION.
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED HPV, OR THE HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS, CAUSES MOST CASES OF CERVICAL CANCER, WITH OVER 10-THOUSAND NEW CASES AND MORE THAN THREE-THOUSAND DEATHS EVERY YEAR. 
ITS THREAT MAY SOON BECOME OBSOLETE IF THE VACCINE, ONCE AVAILABLE, IS PROVIDED TO ADOLESCENT GIRLS WHO ARE NOT YET SEXUALLY ACTIVE. 

Links:

National Cervical Cancer Coalition

Detailed Guide: Cervical Cancer

Cervical Cancer - OncologyChannel