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• Researchers find a possible racial link for cervical cancer Minneapolis
  St. Paul Star Tribune Sun, 01 Apr 2012 16:19 PM PDT CHICAGO
  Provocative new research might help explain why black women are so much more likely than whites to develop and die of cervical cancer: They seem to have more trouble clearing HPV, the virus that causes the disease.
• Health Groups Issue Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines
  ScienceDaily Mar. 14, 2012
  The American Cancer Society today released new screening recommendations for the prevention and early detection of cervical cancer. Screenings are tests for women who have no symptoms of cervical cancer. Among the changes: the American Cancer Society no longer recommends that women get a Pap test every year.
• Women Can Take Steps to Prevent Cervical Cancer
  HealthDay via Yahoo! News Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:08 PM PST (HealthDay News)
  Women need to get recommended Pap tests, while girls and young women should be vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) to protect them from cervical cancer, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists advises during Cervical Health Awareness Month.
   
• Many Teen Girls Mistakenly Think HPV Vaccines Cut Risk for All STDs Doctors should stress limits of protection to patients, researcher says
  By Kathleen Doheny HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News)
  Nearly one in four girls who gets the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine mistakenly thinks that her risk of getting other sexually transmitted diseases is lowered, a new study indicates.