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Hopkins Scientists Link Human Papillomavirus (HPV) To Head and Neck Cancer

Health & Wellness (tags: HPV, sexually transmitted human papillomaviru, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Sch )

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- 639 days ago - hopkinshospital.org

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and School of Hygiene and Public Health have found the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV) to be a likely cause of certain cancers of the head and neck and also an indicator of improved survi

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Alf I. (246)

Tuesday March 4, 2008, 3:30 pm
It is patently obvious to any layperson with more than two brain cells what is going on here. It has been confirmed that HPV is NOT the cause of cervical cancer it is only a persistent infection which points to a predispostion to develop cancer. Meaning that if the immune system is compromised (hence the persistent infections) then cancer could occur. Therefore cancer is an immune deficiency disease.
Scientists are so blinkered!!!!!!!
Natural medicine advocates have been pointing this out since the beginning of this century.

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