By Marilynn Marchione, AP Medical Writer Two big studies suggest possible new ways to screen healthy people for cervical or prostate cancers, but a third disappointed those hoping for a way to detect early signs of deadly ovarian tumors. Researchers found: _For women 30 and over, a test for the virus, HPV, is better than […]
Women dicing with death: Knox Nurse
By Dominic Ciconte KNOX nurse Shirlie MacKey and Papscreen Victoria are urging women to have regular pap tests. According to data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, only 63.7 per cent of women in the Knox area had their recommended two-yearly Pap smear between 2008 and 2009.There were 181 new cases of cervical […]
