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Author Archives: Leslie Carol Botha

Author, publisher, radio talk show host and internationally recognized expert on women’s hormone cycles. Social/political activist on Gardasil the HPV vaccine for adolescent girls. Co-author of “Understanding Your Mood, Mind and Hormone Cycle.” Honorary advisory board member for the Foundation for the Study of Cycles and member of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research.

Can a New Hormone Jab Restore Fertility?

A new hormone jab could cure infertility in thousands of women, British doctors said yesterday.

MarieClaire.co.uk

March 17, 2010

Made with a gene called ‘kiss,’ it has the potential to restore fertility in some women, scientists have found, as twice-weekly injections led to long-term increases in levels of sex hormones that control the menstrual cycle.

The findings suggest a new way to treat women whose infertility is due to low sex hormones and may mean an end to invasive treatments and IVF for many.

Examiner Bio Interview with Rosemary Mathis regarding “The Truth About Gardasil” website

Examiner.com

March 17, 2010

by Norma Erickson

Rosemary Mathis is one of the founders of “The Truth About Gardasil” website. The six women responsible for establishing this vast repository of information recently got invited to present their concerns about the safety of HPV vaccines (Gardasil and Cervarix) to several FDA officials. The presentation took place last Friday via webinar and is but one small segment of their web content.

What are the reported adverse reactions for Gardasil?

Examiner.com

March 15, 2010

by Norma Erickson

Gardasil is a vaccine that is designed to protect against several strains of human papilloma virus that have been linked to cervical cancer. That does not necessarily mean these strains cause cervical cancer.

According to the American Cancer Society, cervical cancer rates dropped by by 74% between 1955 and 1992, primarily due to more aggressive screening.

Child Wellness: Talking to your daughter about beginning her menstrual cycle

YNN

Watertown, NY
By: Marcie Fraser
March 10, 2010

If you have a teenage girl, it’s inevitable, hormones and mood swings. It’s not always the easiest conversation for parents to have with their kids but it may be time to talk about your daughter’s menstrual cycle.

Gardasil vaccine side effects not widely discussed

Carolina Journalism Network

March 14, 2010

When Marian Greene’s daughter, Holly Runstrom, 18, fell seriously ill nearly two years ago, there wasn’t a doctor or a test that could tell them what was wrong.”I would sit there literally 20 hours a day, unless we were at the doctor’s office, and research and research,” Greene said.

The Cervical Cancer Bazaar

Tehelka

March 15, 2010

YOUNG GIRLS ARE BEING GIVEN ANTI-CANCER JABS, WITH DUBIOUS RESULTS, FIND SHANTANU GUHA RAY AND KUNAL MAJUMDER

EACH TIME Nageshwara and Venkatamma are asked about Sarita, the farm labourers point to a framed photograph of their daughter. And then they huddle near the entrance of their one-room house in Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh and weep inconsolably, recounting a tale of death that came home without warning.

Vaccine for conflicted reasons

Sanchita Sharma, Hindustan Times
Email Author
March 14, 2010
First Published: 00:10 IST(14/3/2010)

More high-risk cases of human papilloma virus (HPV) — that causes cervical cancer — can be detected by offering home-testing kits to women who do not come forward for cervical screening, reported the British Medical Journal Online on Friday. While screening and vaccination in developed countries have reduced cases of death from cervical cancer, it continues to be the number one cancer among women in India with 1.32 lakh new cases every year. Of the 2.7 lakh cervical cancer deaths each around the world in 2008, 74,118 occurred in India.

Is the FDA About to Eat Their Word on the Safety of Vaccines?

Christina England
Vactruth.com

3/15/2010

March 12th 2010 saw six very special women from around the world, present documents and research about the HPV vaccines Gardasil and Cervarix to the FDA by request. Never before have the FDA turned to members of the public regarding vaccine safety but in an extraordinary move this is exactly what happened. Dubbed the ‘Little Women’ by the FDA the group presented evidence that will shock the world and could have the FDA eating their words.

Inaccurate reporting of scientific evidence perpetuates myths

Sciblogs

March 15, 2010

A guest post from the Immunisation Advisory Centre, following recent reports in the press questioning the safety of the Gardasil vaccine.

Recently we have seen more examples of vaccine safety surveillance data being misinterpreted by both members of the public and the media. This misinterpretation of adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) data can perpetuate fear and confusion in our communities. Sensible safety surveillance data has been presented in a manner that claims the HPV vaccine Gardasil is the cause of many serious, adverse ‘reactions’. This is false.

3 AP girls dead in drug trial

Deccan Chronicle
India

March 14th, 2010
By DC Correspondent , DC Correspondent

New Delhi, March 13: The death of three tribal girls living in a common hostel who were administered the cervical cancer vaccine in Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh has shaken the tribal community in this region.

The girls, 13-year old Sarita, 13-year old Sodi Sayamma and a third girl with no history of medical illness were administered the vaccine against the HPV virus called Gardasil.