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BPA Affects Hormones in Men

August 29, 2010 – 5:02 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

Med Page Today
August 25, 2010

Increased exposure to a chemical common to food and drink packaging predicted higher testosterone levels in men, suggesting the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) effects endocrine changes in men, data from a cohort study showed.

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By Leslie Carol Botha | Also posted in Environmental Health, Estrogen, Hormone Cycles, Men, Testosterone | Comments (0)

Teenage Girls & Boys At Risk From Gardasil: The New Killer Vaccine

August 29, 2010 – 4:57 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

Maria Muir.com

August 28, 2010

Previously reported on this blog regarding Gardasil: The HPV vaccine fraud as Gardasil reaches Irish schools Merck & Co., Inc., manufacturer of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil are still pushing the vaccine on teenage girls and more recently and shockingly, aiming at teenage boys.

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The Gardasil Debate: Cervical Cancer

August 29, 2010 – 8:34 am
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

Waterford Today

August 29, 2010

Cervical cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer world-wide. (Bridges, 2008) It is also the leading cause of cancer related deaths in the developing countries. (National Cervical Cancer Coalition) Ireland has one of the highest cervical cancer death rates in Western Europe and this rate is increasing by 1.5% per year. (The Irish Cancer Society, 2008 and Condon, D. 2005.) The implementation of a nationwide cervical screening programme for all women aged 25-60 years is called upon- urgently. Such a programme would reduce the incidence of cervical cancer by 80 %.( I.C.S. 2007) In the meantime the introduction of the Gardasil injection targeted initially towards the 9-26year old paves the way for reductions in the current trends for the future.

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Push to expand Gardasil vaccine to boys as throat cancer linked to HPV

August 27, 2010 – 5:33 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

Beasley Allen

August 19th, 2010 by Wendi Lewis

There is a push to expand the distribution of the Gardasil vaccine, manufactured by Merck & Company, to boys, as recent studies are linking the development of throat cancers to the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). Gardasil is currently marketed as a treatment for girls and young women for the prevention of cervical cancer, which also is caused by HPV. HPV is a sexually transmitted virus. Gardasil protects against four types of HPV, two of which are most often linked to the development of cervical cancer.

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By Leslie Carol Botha | Also posted in Cervarix, Cervical Cancer, Gardasil/Silgard, Genital Warts, Global Gardasil/Silgard Concerns, HPV, Human Papillomavirus, Men, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Teens, Vaccinations, Women's Health | Comments (0)

Oh, Brother: Boys Seem to Delay Sisters’ Maturation

August 17, 2010 – 7:30 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

LiveScience
By Charles Q. Choi, LiveScience Contributor
posted: 17 August 2010 07:08 pm ET
Boys may delay their sisters from becoming women and from having sex, new findings from Australia suggest.
The presence of older brothers seemed to delay the onset of menstruation of girls by nearly a year on average, and having younger brothers seemed to postpone  the [...]

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Boys, men now can get HPV vaccine

July 22, 2010 – 4:06 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

St. Louis Dispatch

BY BLYTHE BERNHARD
Posted: Thursday, July 22, 2010 12:00 am

A vaccine used to prevent a sexually transmitted disease that can cause cancer in women is now available for men.

Human papillomavirus causes most cases of genital warts in men and women and cervical cancer in women. The HPV vaccine prevents against four strains of the virus that cause a majority of the diseases.

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The Cancer-Causing Sex Virus

July 21, 2010 – 8:25 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

Forbes.com

Matthew Herper, 07.21.10, 04:15 PM EDT
HPV–known for causing cervical cancer–is emerging as the leading cause of throat cancer in men. Should they get the vaccine too?

Martin Duffy, a Boston consultant and economist, thought he just had a sore throat. When it persisted for months, he went to the doctor and learned there was a tumor on his tonsils.

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New Study Finds HPV Vaccine Protects Against Genital Warts

July 21, 2010 – 1:24 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

Health Day News

TUESDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) — A new study finds that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine protects not only against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, but also helps prevent genital warts and low-grade cervical growths.

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What about the boys?

July 10, 2010 – 8:53 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

MyKawartha.com

Ontario

July 9, 2010
The HPV vaccine is offered free for Grade 8 girls in Ontario but parents will have to pay to have their sons vaccinated

“”We’ve gone into schools and we’ve vaccinated for three years now and we’re still only seeing about 47 per cent of our girls are choosing to be vaccinated in Grade 8.”

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Human Papillomavirus Vaccination of Males: Attitudes and Perceptions of Physicians Who Vaccinate Females

June 27, 2010 – 10:02 am
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha

Journal of Adolescent Health

Thomas W. Weiss, Dr.P.H.a Corresponding Author, Gregory D. Zimet, Ph.D.b, Susan L. Rosenthal, Ph.D.c, Susan K. Brenneman, Ph.D.d, Jonathan D. Klein, M.D.ef

Received 2 February 2010; accepted 2 March 2010. published online 21 April 2010.
Abstract
Purpose

We assessed U.S. physicians’ attitudes and perceptions regarding potential human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination of males.

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