Vitals - Can oral sex really give you cancer?

By?Rachael Rettner
MyHealthNewsDaily

Reports of an increase in head and neck cancers that are caused by human papillomavirus, or HPV, have lead some to propose that changes in sexual behavior, specifically an increase in oral sex, are responsible.

But experts say such conclusions may be premature, or at least overstated, and are leading to unnecessary worry.

While oral sex may be a risk factor for some types of head and neck cancer, the link is, at this point, speculative, experts say. Moreover, there are many other elements that play a role in whether a person develops cancer, including the strength of the immune system, said Sara Rosenquist, a psychologist and sex therapist in North Carolina.

In general, there is no need for individuals in monogamous relationships to restrict their sexual activities if the pair is in good health, Rosenquist said.

Rosenquist recently wrote an article in the Journal of Sexual Medicine to dispel myths about oral sex and cancer.

First, Rosenquist notes cases of head and neck cancer are not increasing. As a group, cases of this cancer have actually declined in the United States over the past 25 years. However, there has been in increase in the proportion of head and neck cancers caused by HPV, primarily among younger individuals.

HPV is thought to be, for the most part, sexually transmitted. The viruses cause almost all cases of cervical cancer, and can cause genital warts and anal cancer. The link between HPV and oral cancers is less clear.

Oral sex has been linked with an increased risk of acquiring an HPV infection in the mouth, and with an increased risk of developing oral cancers that are caused by HPV. But sex in general has also been linked with these risks.

A study published this year in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found people who reported engaging in oral sex were twice as likely to have an oral HPV infection as those who did not engage in oral sex. But people who reported having sex of any kind were eight times more likely to have an oral HPV infection than those who had not had sex.

"There are no data to directly support a link between changes in sexual behavior and increased incidence of HPV-associated cancer, because the data do not exist," Dr. Maura Gillison, chair of cancer research at Ohio State University who has studied HPV, told MyHealthNewsDaily in an email.

An HPV infection becomes concerning if it persists in the body for a long time, as persistent HPV infections are more likely to cause cancer, Rosenquist said. And persistent infections occur when the body's immune system can't clear the virus. So any factors that would compromise the immune system function may increase cancer risk.

The more sexual partners a person has, the more swamped their immune system becomes, Rosenquist said. So if any sexual behavior change is responsible for the uptick in oral cancers caused by HPV, it's an increase in promiscuity, not oral sex, Rosenquist said.

The JAMA study found that among teens and adults who'd had 20 or more sexual partners in their lifetimes, one in five had an oral HPV infection. Another study found that people who had performed oral sex on six or more partners in their lifetime had an eightfold increased risk of cancers of the mouth or throat.

If you are in a monogamous relationship and have had fewer than six sexual partners in your lifetime, chances are "that you and your partner will be swapping HPV back and forth, with infections waxing and waning over your lifetime," Rosenquist said.

If you are able to clear HPV, but your partner is not, you may both be at risk of a persistent infection, Rosenquist said. A 2006 study found that the presence of a persistent HPV infection in one partner in a relationship increased the risk of a persistent infection in the other partner tenfold.

HPV should not be a concern for monogamous couples if there is no sex outside the relationship and they do not encounter factors that could comprise the immune system, Rosenquist said.

"Sexually active adults are more likely to benefit from healthy lifestyles that promote good immune functioning coupled with regular medical checkups aimed at early detection and treatment," Rosenquist said.

Rosenquist also advises couples to stop worrying, as worry and stress may also reduce immune system strength.

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'Hunger Games' mania could lead to box office record

LOS ANGELES, March 22 (TheWrap.com) - This much is fact: "The Hunger Games" will open bigger than any movie so far this year. The question is, will it set a record?

Some box-office watchers say it's the $125 million question.

John Fithian, president of The National Association of Theater Owners, said Thursday that he expects the picture to open to between $115 million and $120 million.

That would make it the biggest March opening ever, surpassing "Alice in Wonderland," which opened to more than $116 million in 2010.

It would also put it in the company of just 19 movies that have opened to more than $100 million.

"Alice" is the 10th-biggest opening ever, and "Shrek the Third," which opened to $121.6 million in 2007, is No. 9 - a distinction both pictures could well lose this weekend.

The industry water-cooler game of "how huge" being played this week is a stark contrast to the one played two weeks ago, when Hollywood was placing bets on how badly "John Carter" would flop.

Lionsgate, which is releasing the PG-13 movie, is trying to manage expectations. An individual close to the studio told TheWrap that the studio is a little trapped: If the studio predicts $115 million and it "only" takes $110 million, it's a disappointment.

The studio spent about $100 million to make the movie, which became $80 million after tax incentives.

This much is clear: Opening weekend is going to be huge.

The audience survey firm NRG shows that overall awareness of the movie is an astonishing 92 percent. Among females younger than 25, overall awareness is an almost-impossible 96 percent.

Equally impressive: 66 percent of those surveyed report "definite" interest in seeing the movie and 43 percent say it's their "first choice." Among the target audience of females younger than 25, 76 percent say they have "definite" interest and 59 percent call it their "first choice" for the weekend.

Critics like it, too. Metacritic gives it a 69, Movie Review Intelligence rates it a 72.1 and Rotten Tomatoes scored it an 88.

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To accommodate the predicted flood of moviegoers, Lionsgate is releasing the movie at 4,137 locations and, Fithian said, on more than 10,000 screens.

The movie that opened in the most number of locations was the 2010 "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," which opened at 4,468 locations to "only" $64.8 million.

"We're adding screens every minute," Fithian said. "We're adding shows at 3 o'clock in the morning."

The 2-hour, 22-minute movie, based on Suzanne Collins' trilogy of young adult novels, has generated the sort of interest reserved for mega-blockbusters like "Harry Potter," "Dark Knight," "Spider-Man" and "Twilight Saga" films.

Because "Hunger Games" looks to be such a juggernaut, no other movie is opening in wide release this weekend.

The movie is about a dystopian future in which the government of the North American nation of Panem punishes its citizenry for a years-ago revolt by forcing two children from each of its 12 districts to compete in annual "Hunger Games" - televised death matches in which the only way to win is to kill all the other children.

Jennifer Lawrence stars as Katniss Everdeen. Josh Hutcherson plays Peeta Mellark and Liam Hemsworth stars as Gale Hawthorne. Elizabeth Banks, Wes Bentley, Woody Harrelson, Lenny Kravitz, Donald Sutherland and Stanley Tucci also star.

Billy Ray, author Suzanne Collins and director Gary Ross adapted Collins' best-selling novel.

If you don't want to face the crowds or can't get in to see "The Hunger Games" this weekend, don't despair. The studio has the rights to three more films, and the critical reaction and fan support suggest it will stay in movie theaters for quite some time.

(Editing By Zorianna Kit)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/hunger-games-mania-could-lead-box-office-record-094448019.html

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Brasil Quest ? La aplicaci?n para promocionar la Copa 2014 en Brasil [iPhone y Android]

Escrito el d?a 23/03/2012

Ya comienzan las acciones dedicadas a mostrar al mundo lo que Brasil puede ofrecer en las Olimpiadas de 2016 y en la Copa 2014, acciones que comienzan con un canal en Youtube espec?fico para la promoci?n (www.youtube.com/visitbrazil) y una aplicaci?n, disponible para iOS y Android, llamada Brasil Quest.

El juego nos permitir? recorrer las ciudades brasile?as en las que se celebrar? la copa, recogiendo trofeos en cada una de ellas para poder tener la colecci?n completa.

El protagonista de los juegos es un alien llamado Yep, personaje que est? siendo protagonista en un tel?n de Times Square (New York) para atraer la atenci?n de los posibles turistas que, en la actividad planeada por la empresa brasile?a Superuber, podr?n interactuar con una versi?n digital de Yep, as? como enviar fotograf?as a sus cuentas de redes sociales y actualizar la p?gina del evento en Facebook (www.facebook.com/VisitBrasil).

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Acciones que pueden marcar una gran diferencia en una era donde son las redes sociales y aplicaciones m?viles las que pueden inclinar la balanza.

Links:
- iOS
- Android
- www.youtube.com/visitbrazil
- www.facebook.com/VisitBrasil


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Asian shares fall on global growth worries

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian shares fell on Friday and growth-linked currencies such as the Australian dollar were shunned after data showing shrinking factory activity in China and the euro zone heightened concerns about a slowdown in the global economy.

Materials stocks such as miner BHP Billiton led the losses on growth concerns, but crude oil steadied after tumbling overnight and copper bounced off a 2-week low.

Data on Thursday showed China's manufacturing sector activity shrank in March for a fifth successive month, while German and French manufacturing suffered a sharp decline that even the most pessimistic economists failed to predict.

"Fears of a Chinese hard landing are on the rise; overdone we think," said Vincent Chaigneau, strategist at Societe Generale. "Concerns over Europe are burgeoning again, rightly so given the weak economy and the toxic focus on enlarging the firewall."

Tokyo's Nikkei share average <.N225> fell 1 percent and MSCI's broadest index of Asia Pacific shares outside Japan <.MIAPJ0000PUS> lost 0.4 percent, on track for a weekly loss of around 2 percent. <.T> <.AX>

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The weak data from continental Europe's two biggest economies suggested the euro zone cannot avoid recession, while in China a senior government economist said the economy was facing more downward pressure than expected.

Whilst a slowdown in Europe and China has been expected, investors were unnerved by the drop in new orders in both regions, which fuelled concerns that an unexpectedly severe downturn could snuff out the global recovery.

SLOWER GROWTH

Fears of slower growth in key markets hurt big Japanese exporters, with Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> down 1.4 percent, Honda Motor <7267.T> off 2 percent and Sony Corp <6758.T> losing 2.3 percent.

However, market participants said the sell-off offered buying opportunities for longer-term investors as they remained upbeat on the outlook of Japanese equities, among the best performers of 2012 with a year-to-date gain of 20 percent.

Wall Street stocks <.SPX> fell 0.7 percent on Thursday and U.S. crude slid almost $2 a barrel. <.N>

The growth jitters, which have been gnawing at market confidence since China lowered its official 2012 growth target to 7.5 percent in mid-March, have for the time being halted a rally in riskier assets driven by steadily improving U.S. data and massive injections of liquidity from major central banks.

Rising risk aversion prompted investors to seek safety in the yen, which rose more than 1 percent against the dollar on Thursday.

The yen eased back a touch on Friday to around 82.90, while the dollar was flat against a basket of major currencies <.DXY>. The Aussie struggled at around $1.0390.

Oil edged up around 25 cents a barrel, with Brent crude fetching around $123.39 and U.S. crude about $105.60.

"The macroeconomic picture is getting better, especially in the U.S., and that's helping oil prices," said Ken Hasegawa, a commodity derivatives manager at Newedge Brokerage in Tokyo.

"But the recovery is very slow and there's still a lot of uncertainty regarding China and Europe."

Growth sensitive copper bounced off a 2 percent drop in the previous session, with London prices gaining around 0.7 percent to $8,350 a metric tonne but still on course for a weekly loss. Gold was little changed around $1,645 an ounce.

(Additional reporting by Ian Chua in Sydney, Dominic Lau in Tokyo and Francis Kan in Singapore; Editing by Himani Sarkar)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/shares-fall-yen-gains-global-growth-worries-004701690.html

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Which Types of Sleeping Bags are Best for Camping? ? 69 TA

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Vital Statistics: U.S. Study Finds Children Consuming Too Much Sugar

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The older the child, the greater the consumption of calories from added sugars, most of it at home, according to a continuing survey of eating habits.

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