Oral sex may increase chances of head and neck cancer

Although smoking and alcohol consumption are still the major risk factors for developing head and neck cancer, another villain has worried experts worldwide for weighing the increased incidence of throat cancer (oropharynx) and, as recent research shows, mouth cancer. This is the Human Papilloma Virus, or simply HPV, which is transmitted through unprotected sexual contact, including oral sex.

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Music helps patients recover from surgery, study finds

That music does well for the mind, everyone knows! And it's common for surgeons to put music in operating rooms, even to get more relaxed in a job of so much pressure. However, the benefits of this practice do not just happen to doctors: a new study, published in the scientific journal The Lancet showed that songs before, during and especially after surgeries are beneficial to patient recovery, and even help them to feel less pain and anxiety.

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