http://www.articlealley.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com HPV testing for women Many doctors will argue that testing for HPV is an art, not a science. This simply means that there is no precise, one hundred percent accurate way to test for HPV. The most common symptoms of HPV, being warts, are generally ea... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1194721_17.html 22nd October 2009 Here is one of the simple truths of love and sex in the modern world: You need to be willing to have frank, open discussions with your partner about all matters relating to sex. To put it bluntly, it’s not the 1950’s anymore, and it’s not a great... http://www.articlealley.com/article_968124_17.html 06th July 2009 Women, get a pap smear and an HPV test at your next opportunity. Do not put it off or deem it unnecessary. Sorry if we seem a bit militant on this front. All men have to worry about when it comes to HPV is the problem of dealing with an ugly infection.... http://www.articlealley.com/article_949557_17.html 23rd June 2009 One of the first things you need to know about HPV testing for men… is that you need to be tested before you can be certain. If you have any degree of sexual experience, getting tested is a good idea. You can’t just inspect yourself, trust that you... http://www.articlealley.com/article_931015_17.html 12th June 2009 You’ve probably contracted HPV at some point in your life. In fact, there’s a good chance you’ve contracted genital HPV, too. Shocked? Don’t be. More than half of all adults have had “common warts” at one point or other, warts that affect t... http://www.articlealley.com/article_904196_17.html 20th May 2009 Look, when it comes to hand warts, warts on your elbows, your knees, the soles of your feet, you can go ahead and cry whatever crazy concoction you may have read about on the internet. A few of those home remedies are sort of effective, and most of them d... http://www.articlealley.com/article_892309_17.html 14th May 2009 HPV isn’t just one condition or one disease. Human Papillomavirus spreads across a wide range of different infection types. The good news is that the most common types are easily treatable, and that many of the least common types tend to be essentially ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_878365_17.html 05th May 2009 Anogenital warts are a commonly misunderstood disease. Caused by Human papilloma virus types 6, 11, 42, 43, 44 and 55, among others, anogenital warts, sometimes simply called genital warts, are a type of genital HPV, but are only one small subsection of g... http://www.articlealley.com/article_861840_17.html 17th April 2009 To eliminate any possibility of misunderstanding right off the bat: Smoking does not cause HPV, and it does not increase your likelihood of contracting HPV (at least, not anymore than it increases your likelihood of contracting any other disease). The mai... http://www.articlealley.com/article_837845_17.html 27th March 2009 There is no magic diet, no special fruit or vegetable that will make you impervious to HPV. There’s no way to reduce risk of contracting HPV by 100%, as even the HPV vaccine only protects against the high risk forms that can lead to cancer and so on. Th... http://www.articlealley.com/article_829571_17.html 19th March 2009 Perhaps the most shocking fact about HPV is this: 90% of people will contract HPV before they die. “Human papilloma virus” sounds really scary, so this news may worry some people, but rest easy, most strains of HPV are pretty benign. You may see warts... http://www.articlealley.com/article_822410_17.html 13th March 2009 Looking for some quick HPV statistics? Alright, let’s cut to the chase. We’ll lay out some of the most important details regarding human papilloma virus in an easy to read Q&A format. How likely am I to catch HPV? You are probably going to contr... http://www.articlealley.com/article_813066_17.html 09th March 2009 It’s estimated that nine in ten people will contract HPV at some point in your life. Don’t worry, though. Most HPV strains are pretty harmless. Most HPV strains either result in warts, or no visible symptoms or health complications at all. The forms t... http://www.articlealley.com/article_805462_17.html 03rd March 2009 A word of warning: This article focuses on the methods employed by doctors and over the counter remedies to remove warts. If the very suggestion of using scissors on a wart makes you squeamish, you may want to skip this one. That said, most HPV infecti... http://www.articlealley.com/article_796216_17.html 24th February 2009 The only way to be one hundred percent certain that you are HPV-free is with medical testing. If you want to know whether or not you have contracted a genital form of HPV, consider a few factors: How many sexual partners have you had? It’s said... http://www.articlealley.com/article_785904_17.html 16th February 2009 If you’re worried about contracting HPV, here’s the good news: Over 99% of the time, if you have HPV, you’ll either know it on sight, or, if you don’t, then the infection really isn’t serious, and will pass before long. But here’s the bad n... http://www.articlealley.com/article_777897_17.html 03rd February 2009 The most important step to dealing with HPV, or human papilloma virus, is prevention. If you’re having sex with a new partner, and you have not yet had STD tests conducted for both parties, always, always, always use a condom. A condom does not guarante... http://www.articlealley.com/article_771053_17.html 29th January 2009 If you are sexually active, you’re probably going to catch some strain of HPV. It is estimated that somewhere around half of all sexually active people are actually walking around with genital HPV right now, while most people will contract HPV at som... http://www.articlealley.com/article_763820_17.html 21st January 2009 If you have contracted a strain of HPV that has led to genital warts, the first thing you should do is count yourself amongst the lucky ones. That sounds totally crazy, but think about it: The strains of HPV which lead to genital warts do not lead to c... http://www.articlealley.com/article_752123_14.html 13th January 2009 Honestly, most forms of HPV are actually pretty harmless and benign. Common warts, for example, may be unsightly and uncomfortable, but let’s be honest, they’re not really a big deal. You put a little treatment on them and they’re gone in a couple w... http://www.articlealley.com/article_739375_17.html 06th January 2009 Whether you believe that you have contracted HPV or not, it’s very important to talk about HPV, or the human papilloma virus, with your doctor. This is true even if you’re not sexually active, as HPV is not, strictly, a sexually transmitted disease. ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_724970_17.html 17th December 2008 These days, there’s simply no excuse for not being educated on the dangers of STDs, and how to prevent them with proper safe sex methods. The information on STDs and safe sex is everywhere, all you need to do is be receptive to it. Safe Sex and Birth... http://www.articlealley.com/article_717175_17.html 11th December 2008 Statistics show that most sexually active people will contract some form of sexually transmitted HPV in their lifetime. At any given point in time, 1% of the sexually active population is said to be infected with genital warts. There are several types of ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_709787_17.html 03rd December 2008 The potential for cancer to develop as a result of HPV is very real, and just one of the reasons that people should always, always practice safe sex, without exception. Which types of HPV can lead to cancer? Around a dozen or so strains of HPV can l... http://www.articlealley.com/article_703763_17.html 01st December 2008 HPV can lead to many other complications, symptoms and related diseases. Perhaps the most important being cancer, though this isn’t the only thing that can develop as a result of HPV. Genital warts Genital warts are the visible sign of HPV types 6... http://www.articlealley.com/article_698010_17.html 30th November 2008 Count yourself lucky for having been born in such extraordinary times. We still haven’t found a way to cure every single disease, and there is no cure for HPV, however, the rate of progress is improving dramatically, and with modern science, we’re dis... http://www.articlealley.com/article_690436_17.html 20th November 2008 To understand how best to prevent contracting HPV, we should, of course, look at how HPV is spread, first and foremost. Here are some basic facts about HPV. Common Warts The old wives tale of getting hand warts from frogs is, well, it’s crazy talk... http://www.articlealley.com/article_684603_17.html 10th November 2008 Sadly there is still no HPV treatment yet available, no HPV cure. There are, however, treatment and therapy methods for its conditions. There is no way to get rid of HPV outright, but there are ways to reduce the appearance of warts and make dealing with ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_679044_17.html 30th October 2008 So… What IS HPV? The human papilloma virus, also known as HPV, is actually a broad family of DNA based viruses and STDs. As of the time of this writing, about one hundred and thirty different types of HPV have been identified. With so many differe... http://www.articlealley.com/article_671765_17.html 21st October 2008 We still don’t have a cure for the human papilloma virus, but some recent breakthroughs have made prevention a lot easier. Perhaps the most major recent breakthrough is the advent of a genital HPV vaccine. As you may or may not know, there are severa... http://www.articlealley.com/article_664846_17.html 14th October 2008