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DCE grad part of nurses’ mission trip

Meghan Casta hopes she’ll be better able to take care of patients in Wisconsin after studying abroad.
Casta, a 2003 D.C. Everest High School graduate, is one of eight University of Wisconsin-Madison nursing students who will travel Saturday to Taxco, Mexico, a mining city of about 100,000 people south of Mexico City. There, they will work […]

Gardasil Guards Against Vaginal, Vulval Cancers

An international study shows that the cervical cancer vaccine that received government approval in the United States last year also protects women against vulval and vaginal cancers.
The findings seem to confirm that human papillomavirus (HPV), which is responsible for virtually all cases of cervical cancer, is also responsible for many cases of vulval and vaginal […]