LOBALLY, CERVICAL CANCER IS the second most common cause of cancer morbidity and mortality in women. 1 Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection has been identified as a necessary cause for the development of cervical cancer, with HPV genotypes 16 and 18 accounting for approximately 70% of cervical cancer cases. Prevention of cervical cancer using either the bivalent (HPV-16 and HPV-18) or quadrivalent (HPV-6, HPV-11, HPV-16, and HPV-18) vaccine is the goal of immu-Author Affiliations are listed at the end of this article.

Analysis of a telephone survey by Gina Ogilvie and colleagues identifies the parental factors associated with HPV vaccine uptake in a school-based program in Canada.

This study provides evidence that the use of antibiotics in the first year of life is associated with a small risk of developing asthma, and this risk increases with the number of courses of antibiotics prescribed.

Antibiotic prescribing should be reviewed to make sure that we are compliant with guidelines. Most practitioners will find opportunities to prescribe less often and for shorter durations.