Tuesday 1 July 2008

HPV vaccine for prevention of cervical cancer


so ok, this thing has been around for some time (just that i didnt really know about it)
and it was when i was reading CLEO (July 2008) that I then 'exclaimed' to mum and said that perhaps this injection is a good idea...havent figure out the price though...
but hey, health is priceless...
what i could remember from the article was something like this vaccine works against HPV 16 & 18 which account for almost 70% of cervical cancer cases
and certainly bearing in mind, cervical cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer killing women, aside from breast cancer
and hey, unlike breast cancer, for cervical cancer there is vaccine...
so women (esp above 25)~~ act fast!!

p/s: heard from news yesterday that there's subsidy for mammogram for ladies above 40 years of age...but guess it's only for checking in governmental clinics or hospital

3 comments:

Panda said...

hey...
ya.. it has been happening kinda frequent lately... class cancelled..
in that case we'll have 2 attend replacements... which is always during odd hours... imagine having replacements till around 6.30...
there nothing wrong with the time... but by the time you finish your class and get on the road... wahaaa...
the unique identity of malaysia...
"traffic jams"!!!!
drive people crazy wey...
i like long posts... maybe because i'm a long-winded person... it just give me satisfaction when i'm done with a long post... hee...
i think i like to keep my readers in my blog for a long time...
haaa

YoYo'L said...

Heyhey.. nice to meet u.. thx for the comment XD..

Anonymous said...

about this vaccination...
hear about it from my sis and also sis in law...
i think my sis in law took the vacine.. about rm400++... not sure for one dose only or for all of it...

nvr thought wanted to go for this also...I HATE INHECTION... haha....