U.S. vaccine advisers on Tuesday voted to recommend that boys be routinely vaccinated with Merck & Co’s Gardasil vaccine to protect them from human papillomavirus or HPV infections, which cause genital warts and oral, penile and anal cancers in males and cervical cancers in women.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which advises the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, voted unanimously to recommend routine use of Gardasil in 11- and 12-year-old boys to fight the sexually transmitted virus, with 13 yes votes and one abstention.

Previously, the CDC has said doctors are free to use the vaccine in boys but it has stopped short of recommending routine vaccination.

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I’ve got a podcast interview coming up in less than an hour, so time is short tonight, but I wanted to share this:

A personal trainer is making himself obese – on purpose.  (And to think most obese people sort of stumble into it sheesh.)  As an online article explains:

Since May, Drew Manning has gained about 70 pounds on purpose. And he’s not done yet.

Drew is a personal trainer and has always been the “fit guy.” He’s now on a journey he calls Fit 2 Fat 2 Fit where he spends six months (he has about 4 weeks left) eating  unhealthy food and not exercising, then he will take six more months to get fit again. Why? To experience

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updated 5:47 AM EST, Fri October 21, 2011 In a government photo, Hugo Chavez speaks next to daughter Rosa Virginia before taking a plane to Cuba on Sunday. STORY HIGHLIGHTS

(CNN) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, back in his home country after five days of medical tests in Cuba, said Thursday that he was cured from the cancer he was diagnosed with this year.

“There are no malignant cells in this body. They don’t exist,” Chavez said during a visit to the state of Tachira, which borders Colombia.

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Women often develop facial hair due to occurrence of a medical condition called hirsutism. Hirsutism is primarily seen among the female population of Middle East, South Asia and Mediterranean Sea region. Hirsutism might also be a sign of certain medical condition. Below we have described the different procedures of removing facial hair sitting at the comfort of your own home:

The easiest way of removing the unwanted facial hair is by using a clean and sharp razor. The process of shaving might be followed by mild irritation on the skin; applying 1% hydrocortisone cream on the affected region will rid you from the irritation triggered by shaving.

You can also use tweezers with tight and sealed grips for plucking the unwanted hair out.

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