Papillomavirus

A study from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York found that oral sex dramatically increases the risk of head and cancers. The new research suggested that people carrying the virus in their mouth were an alarming 22 times more likely to develop a lethal tumor.

Sare Davuto?lu, the wife of Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu and a gynecologist, has urged Turkish men to remain monogamous, saying the HPV virus, which is one of the main causes of cervical cancer, is initially transmitted to women by their husbands after they have had an affair with an infected person.