Incidence of adult primary immune thrombocytopenia in England-An update.

Background: Adult primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a rare bleeding disorder of unknown cause. Recent estimates of its incidence and trend over time were acquired for England.

Method: The primary ITP population (using ICD 10 code D693 and excluding secondary ITP cases; positive predictive value: 82.

Awareness of the link between human papillomavirus and oral cancer in UK university students.

Awareness of the link between human papillomavirus (HPV) and oral cancer varies across populations. Levels of awareness and factors may impact HPV vaccine uptake in women and the intent to obtain the vaccine in men if it becomes available. A cross-sectional survey of 1415 UK university students (495 men and 920 women) aged 18-25 years was conducted.