New HPV test discovered and proven effective

HPV (Human papillomavirus) affects 80 percent of all sexually active people at at least one point in their lives. Most of the time, the virus is harmless, but several of the virus strands are linked to causing cervical cancer.
That’s the bad news.
The good news is that researchers in the Netherlands have created a new HPV [...]

A gender gap in liver transplants

A study out this week shows women are more likely than men to die from waiting for a liver transplant.
Since 2002, transplant patients have been measured against the MELD (model of end-stage liver disease) score, a method of assessing who most deserves transplants. The objective scoring method is supposed to take bias out of the [...]

Bush’s newest stance on women’s health

As he heads out of office, President George Bush is taking one last stand on women’s health issues.
A last-minute move by the current administration could prohibit recipients of federal money from discriminating against doctors, nurses or health care workers who refuse to perform or assist with abortions, sterilization procedures or any other health service program [...]

Preventing cancer for women

While most cancers stem from environmental factors, three that run in families are most common in women: breast, uterine and ovarian cancer.
Dr. Mark Hunter, a gynecologic oncologist at Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, gives three tips to women who have a family history of these gynecologic cancers:

Have a mammogram every year. Especially if you’re over 40, [...]

Pilates for Pink

Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death in women, second only to lung cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, more than 40,000 women will die from the disease this year. This weekend, the MU Rec Center and Ellis Fischel Cancer Center are teaming up to do something about it.

What: Pilates [...]