Thursday, September 3, 2009

HPV and Men

Here is a great article about the issue.

Here is the gist.

Definition of HPV.

1. There are proposals to get the HPV vaccine for men currently submitted to the FDA.
2. Men who get HPV in their throat have more complications if they develop HPV-associated oral carcinoma.
3. Since HPV is an STD, if we prevent it in men, the infection rate of women would go down also.

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