HPV Is Linked to Heart Disease in Women - NYTimes.com:
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A new study suggests that a common sexually transmitted virus already linked to cancer may also cause cardiovascular disease.
Women infected with the human papillomavirus, or HPV, are two to three times as likely as uninfected women to have had a heart attack or stroke, according to a report published on Monday in The Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
HPV is known to cause cancer of the cervix, vulva, penis, anus and throat, but the new study is the first to connect the virus to heart disease. The heart findings are not definitive: They show the virus may be associated with heart disease, but do not prove it caused the disease.
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