| HPV vaccine creates parental challenge
What they thought would be a routine physical for her volleyball team found 14-year-old Amanda Zaborowski and her mom facing a big question: Did they want Amanda to get a new vaccine that would protect her against the common and serious sexually transmitted disease HPV, or human papillomavirus?The vaccine, Amanda's doctor told them, could prevent potentially deadly cervical cancer. He also explained that the three-dose inoculation would work best if she had it well before becoming sexually active.This was a doctor that her mom, Linda Zaborowski, had trusted since Amanda was a child. She thought the vaccine sounded like a good idea. But she ultimately wanted her daughter to make the decision."If you think this is right for me, you know what's best," the high school freshman told her mom and doctor.
Back problems are second only to colds and flu as
Back problems are second only to colds and flu as the most common reason why people go to their doctors, according to the American College of Rheumatology. The National Institutes of Health report that back pain will affect nearly 90 percent of Americans in their lives - most for the first time in their 30s. The most common pain occurs in the lower back and disables 5.4 million Americans and costs at least $90 billion in medical and nonmedical expenses (such as loss of work and worker's compensation claims) every year. Maddeningly, most back pain has no specific cause, according to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. Furthermore, comparative research has shown that people with no pain or symptoms often have the same amount of pathology in their spines as do those with symptoms.
Crash survivor likely unaware of what happened
LEXINGTON, Ky. --James Polehinke, the sole survivor of Comair Flight 5191, might not realize that he was in a plane crash, a family friend said yesterday. "He doesn't even know about the accident," said Antonio Cruz, the boyfriend of Polehinke's mother, Honey Jackson. "He knows that he is in the hospital, and he knows he has to go through operations." Polehinke, the first officer, was at the controls when the plane took off from the wrong runway at Blue Grass Airport and crashed in a nearby field, killing 49 people Aug. 27. Study: Proteins sign of pregnancy complication Two proteins secreted by the placenta may be responsible for virtually all cases of pre-eclampsia, a severe complication of pregnancy that can be fatal to mother or baby, researchers report Thursday.
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