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October 2008 Cover
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Americans who were teenagers in the 1960s and 1970s, when oral sex apparently surged in popularity, have experienced a surprising result: an epidemic of cancers of the mouth and throat. Oral sex can transmit human papillomavirus (HPV), and researchers have found that HPV causes 6,000 cases of oral cancer in the U.S. each year, and rates are climbing, particularly among people with HIV. But there is hope that oral sex can be made a little safer: Some scientists say that giving both men and women the new HPV vaccine currently only recommended for females could wipe out HPV-associated oral cancers in both sexes.
from TheBody.com
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