Winners of “Take The Test” HPV Awareness Bracelet Contest
May 21, 2008 by Gloria Gamat
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Okay, moment of truth…
Earlier today I asked my 59-year-old mother and 5-year-old son to draw the 2 winners of the “Take The Test” HPV Awareness Bracelet Contest.
…and the winners are:
Kendra
Alicia
Before I can take an evidence of the little draw, my son tore the little pieces of paper where the winners’ names were.
But then, you ladies won. You two know how drop me a line, so please so as soon as possible and give me your shipping addresses. Both of you each won one “Take The Test” HPV Awareness Bracelet.
Once again, thanks so much to The HPV Test who provided this …read more
First European National Consensus Guidelines by Spanish Medical Societies, Recommends HPV DNA Testing for Cervical Cancer Screening
December 15, 2006 by Gloria Gamat
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
As announced by Digene Corporation (maker of Digene® HPV Test), Four Spanish medical societies have published national consensus cervical cancer prevention guidelines recommending the following:
HPV DNA testing for routine, primary screening for women above 35
use of the test for “proof of cure” following treatment
follow-up evaluation of women with inconclusive Pap results
The said guidelines, also approved by the Spanish Association of Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy, the Spanish Association of Cytology and the Spanish Association of Pathology, concluded that HPV DNA testing will be increasingly important as the new HPV vaccine becomes more widely used, protecting previously unexposed women against two of the …read more




