HPV-Related Throat And Oral Cancer Rates On The Rise
Health agencies are pushing hard for HPV vaccinations, which they say could prevent most of those cancers. In other public health news: CPR, secondhand smoke and PTSD.
The Washington Post:
The Scary Reason Doctors Say Kids Need HPV Vaccinations
When actor Michael Douglas told a reporter that his throat cancer was caused by HPV contracted through oral sex, two themes emerged that had nothing to do with celebrity gossip. The first was incredulity — since when was oral sex related to throat cancer? Even the reporter thought he had misheard. The second was embarrassment. This was too much information, not only about sexual behavior but also about one’s partners. Douglas apologized, and maybe the world was not ready to hear the greater truth behind what he was suggesting. That was four years ago. (Schaaff, 4/2)
NPR:
Songs With The Ideal Tempo For CPR
The first time cardiologist Sonia Tolani performed CPR outside a hospital was in 2009.She was on the subway in New York City, headed home from work, when she saw a man slump to the ground and stop breathing. "It was super crowded, it was like rush hour," she remembers. "I just decided we needed to do something, and dragged him out into the center of the subway train [and] I just started doing CPR." (Hersher, 4/3)
The Washington Post:
1 In 4 Youths Exposed To Secondhand Smoke From E-Cigarettes, Study Shows
One in four middle school and high school students report that they have been exposed to secondhand smoke from e-cigarettes in the past 30 days, according to a new study by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Naqvi, 3/31)
The Washington Post:
Johns Hopkins Was Ready To Test Pot As A Treatment For PTSD. Then It Quit The Study.
Eighteen months after joining a study on using marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, Johns Hopkins University has pulled out without enrolling any veterans, the latest setback for the long-awaited research. The university said its goals were no longer aligned with those of the administrator of the study, the Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). MAPS said the dispute was over federal drug policy and whether to openly challenge federal rules that say medical cannabis research must rely on marijuana grown by the federal National Institute on Drug Abuse. (Gregg, 4/2)
