Iron Maiden Singer Bruce Dickinson Has Tongue Cancer Due to HPV

Image by Wikipedia Media reported that singer Bruce Dickinson completed cancer treatment for a golf ball sized growth on his tongue and in his right neck. The singer also suggested that it might have been caused by the sexually transmitted HPV virus. Based on this information, I suspect the singer had Stage 3 HPV+ squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue that was treated primarily by radiation and chemotherapy. If any residual cancer was detected after this treatment, the rest would have be…

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Infographic: HPV from Oral Sex Causes Throat Cancer

I have blogged in the past regarding how HPV transmitted through oral sex (and potentially even French kissing) has now become the number 1 cause of throat cancer in individuals under the age of 50, even more than smoking and drinking alcohol [ link ]. Of course, smoking and alcohol further exacerbates this risk. Indeed, A 2007 study in the New England Journal of Medicine found that younger people with head and neck cancers who tested positive for oral HPV infection were more likely to have …

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Sinus Surgery Lawsuit Ruled Against ENT

A patient who had undergone endoscopic sinus surgery suffered detachment of the extraocular muscle resulting in double vision that required further surgical intervention. A jury found against the ENT and ambulatory surgery center rewarding $2.5 million dollars to not only the patient, but also the wife "for loss of consortium" . Damage to the eye and vision is part of the normal consent process for endoscopic sinus surgery when considering the geographic proximity of the eye a…

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Child's Allergy Risk Higher If Same Sex Parent Has It

British researchers reported this month their findings that a child is at higher risk of allergies if the same sex parent has allergies. In other words, if a father has bad allergies, his sons are at higher risk for them and if a mother has bad allergies, than her daughters are at higher risk for allergy problems. They based their findings following 1456 children examined at 1, 2, 4, 10, and 18 years of age. History of asthma, eczema, rhinitis, and environmental factors was obtained and s…

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Link Between Oral Sex and Head & Neck Cancer

USA Today published a pretty accurate article regarding the rise of certain head & neck cancers with the increased popularity of oral sex and number of sexual partners. The factor that creates this link is the HPV virus which is associated with tonsil and tongue cancer. Alcohol and tobacco use is more highly linked with such oral cancers, but HPV does appear to be an independent risk factor. A 2007 study in the New England Journal of Medicine found that younger people with head and n…

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