Medwatch: January is Cervical Health Awareness Month
Medwatch: January is Cervical Health Awareness Month By Haley Wilson | January 11, 2021 at 8:30 AM CST - Updated January 11 at 8:33 AM
LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - Every year more than 13,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with cervical cancer, thatâs according to the National Cervical Cancer Coalition. Thatâs why January is Cervical Health Awareness Month.
Luanne Solis, an OBGYN at Comanche County Memorial Hospital, says there are two major things women can do to prevent cervical cancer.
âThe first way is a vaccine,â Solis said. âThe HPV vaccine or Gardasil is a vaccine that prevents precancer from forming. The FDA has approved it to be from 9 to 46. It used to be from 9 to 26, but they recently increased the age to prevent precancers.â