This week’s topics include induction of labor, palliative care, melanoma detection, and safety of HPV vaccine.

Program notes:
0:29 How safe is HPV vaccine?
1:18 Higher incidence of fainting and blood clots
2:25 These subtypes of virus and oral and pharyngeal cancers
2:55 Palliative care
3:53 Cancer patients given palliative care by a nurse
4:46 Not most effective way to deliver such care
5:34 Labor induction safety
6:43 There are reasons for induction to be performed
7:21 Melanoma detection
8:20 Routine full body skin examination detects better
9:20 Exam carries no risk
10:00 End

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