Should parents support mandatory HPV vaccinations using Gardasil? The drug has proven to be effective at preventing cervical cancer if administered before girls become sexual active. But many parents fear the message that an early...
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Should parents support mandatory HPV vaccinations using Gardasil? The drug has proven to be effective at preventing cervical cancer if administered before girls become sexual active. But many parents fear the message that an early vaccination may give to young girls. What's your take?
Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are a group of more than 100 types of viruses (see Question 1 ). Most HPV infections go away on their own (see Questions 1 , 4 , and 5 ) HPVs are the major cause of cervical cancer . HPVs may also play a role in cancers of the anus , vulva , vagina , and penis , and some cancers of the oropharynx (see Question 3 ). Although there is no cure for HPV infection, the warts and lesions these viruses cause can be treated (see Question 10 ). Researchers at the National... Read Full Story
I’ve had major misgivings about the rush to give teenage girls the HPV vaccine which allegedly protects against cervical cancer. Now the experts in the medical community are saying that its a ‘Mass experiment”. They are also now talking about giving it to boys (my human physiology might not be up to much but last time I checked I don’t think boys have a cervix) and young children.
The findings come as the cervical cancer vaccination programme was branded a ‘public health experiment’ by a... Read Full Story
LONDON — British drug giant GlaxoSmithKline said Tuesday it was working with health authorities here investigating the death of a schoolgirl following a cervical cancer vaccination.
The 14-year-old died on Monday when the Cervarix vaccine was administered at her school in Coventry, central England, as part of a national vaccination to protect women against the disease.
Health authorities have isolated the batch of vaccine used in the school involved against the Human Papillomavirus... Read Full Story
A 14-year-old child has died from the Cervarix vaccine (for HPV) across the pond, in Coventry. According to one mother of a child who also attends that school and received round one (of three) of this vaccine: 'It's all very, very worrying. We feel like our children are being treated like guinea pigs. 'I wasn't keen on my daughter having it in the first place but the school seemed insistent.' There's no way in hell a school, or any official, would force me to give my child a vaccine I wasn't... Read Full Story
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The Irish government on Tuesday announced that "very scarce" health resources have led it to abandon a plan to vaccinate all 12-year-old girls in the republic against human papillomavirus, some strains of which can lead to cervical cancer, the Irish... Read Full Story
It is amazing to think that womens health has come so far with all the advancements in medicines and diagnostic procedures. Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in women with cervical cancer ranking as the number 5 most reported cancer. The rate of mesothelioma cancer has gone down thanks to early detection and the elimination of some of the toxic materials that were in certain paints. Thanks in part to a new vaccine that has become available those numbers should start to decline... Read Full Story
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This autumn, reports a recent article published on bmj.com,a£100m national UK vaccination program for the human papillomavirus(HPV) is expected to vaccinate 70% of girls. Two types of HPV-both transmitted through sex and linked to cervical cancer - areprevented... Read Full Story
Swine flu is hitting First Nations in Manitoba harder, province's top doc says Kettner said figuring out whether First Nations people are being disproportionately harder hit is a necessary part of understanding swine flu ... The findings might guide how care is prioritized, he added. Well, that's a chilling statement. If it's all an experiment in simultaneously enriching big pharm and reducing unwanted populations, then the findings would indeed determine how care is prioritized. The "swine... Read Full Story
The issue of STDs is very, very personal. A national study of teenage girls has determined that one in four has a sexually transmitted disease. The study monitored four different STDs : HPV, chlamydia, herpes simples type 2, and trichomoniasis. Almost 50% of African-American girls in the study and 20% of Caucasian girls were infected with at least one of the STDs. 15% had more than one STD. The most common conditions were HPV and chlamydia. It isn’t easy to talk openly about sexually... Read Full Story
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More than 70 per cent of 12-13 year old girls have already had their first HPV (human papillomavirus) jab since the vaccination campaign started in September, Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo announced today. This figure will rise as more results... Read Full Story
