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Preferred Care Medical Announcement - HPV Vaccine
A medical policy related to the HPV vaccine is currently under review at Preferred Care. While all looks positive, a policy has not yet been adopted. It appears that the HPV vaccine has significant value for young women prior to exposure to the virus associated with cervical cancer. Preferred Care is looking to medical specialty organizations -- pediatrics and obstetrics/gynecology in particular -- for their recommendations related to the HPV vaccine. The American Academy of Pediatrics, for example, has not yet announced a policy or recommendation regarding the HPV vaccine. |
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Salmonella In Peanut Butter Has Infected Over 600 People
According to the latest report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over 600 people in 47 states are reported to have been infected from eating certain brands of peanut butter contaminated with the Tennessee strain of Salmonella since 1st August 2006. |
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Breast Cancer
Cancer of the breast is the most commonly diagnosed non-skin cancer in women. One out of every eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death in women. In 2006, approximately 212,980 women in the United States will receive a diagnosis of invasive breast cancer and 61,980 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in situ. In addition, although male breast cancer is rare and accounts for less than 1 percent of all breast carcinomas in the United States, about 1,300 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in men this year. Approximately 40,970 women and 460 men are projected to die from breast cancer this year. |
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Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men, accounting for 30 percent of all cancers in men. In 2006, approximately 234,460 men in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and an estimated 27,350 will die from the disease. Prostate cancer is second only to lung cancer as a leading cause of cancer deaths in men. During the period of 1992 to 1999, the average annual incidence of prostate cancer among African American men was 59 percent higher than among Caucasian men, and the average annual death rate was more than twice that of Caucasian men. Currently, there is no cure for locally advanced or metastatic prostate cancer. |
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