Vaccination alert: hepatitis linked to cancer.

Doctors have long warned that gay men are at higher risk of contracting hepatitis are straight men. Now that means they also have a higher risk of cancer.

In mid February hepatitis B Hepatitis B Definition

Hepatitis B is a potentially serious form of liver inflammation due to infection by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). It occurs in both rapidly developing (acute) and long-lasting (chronic) forms, and is one of the most common chronic and C were added to the list of known cancer-causing agents compiled by the Health and Human Services Department The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the cabinet-level department of the Executive Branch of the federal government most involved with the health, safety, and welfare of the U.S. population. . Ken Hailer hail·er
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1. One that greets, acclaims, or catches someone's attention.

2. A bullhorn. , MD, former head of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association

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The Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA) is an international organization of 2,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) physicians, medical , termed the new listing "a wake-up call," adding that anyone--gay or straight--who is not in a monogamous relationship should be immunized.

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Title Annotation:	gay men's health
Publication:	The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:	Brief Article
Geographic Code:	1USA
Date:	Mar 29, 2005
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