Type and Timing of Menopause and Later Life Mortality among Women in the Iowa Established Populations for the Epidemiological Study of the Elderly (EPESE) Cohort

The relationship between menopausal characteristics and later life mortality is unclear. We tested the hypotheses that women with surgical menopause would have increased all-cause and cardiovascular mortality compared with women with natural menopause, and that women with earlier ages at natural or surgical menopause would have greater all-cause and cardiovascular mortality than women with later ages at menopause.

HPV Vaccine Victim’s Advocacy Group Sends Open Letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius

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InfoWars.com Curt Linderman Sr. Infowars.com February 3, 2012 As of Dec. 2011, there have been 24,610 documented adverse reactions associated with the HPV vaccines, 3,269 have been serious. Given the fact that data from the VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) database and the National Vaccine Information Center claim that less than 10% of adverse Continue Reading …

How a GOP Win Could Spell the End of Reproductive Health for Global Women

Michelle Goldberg

If a Republican becomes president, says Michelle Goldberg, say goodbye to international programs providing birth control to women in desperately poor countries such as Liberia.

Press Release: SaneVax Inc Writes Open Letter to Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services: Rescind Gardasil Approval

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In the interest of public health and safety, Sane Vax Inc., appeals to the Secretary of Health and Human services to request that FDA approval of Gardasil® be rescinded due to lack of efficacy demonstrated during post-licensure monitoring. By Norma Erickson, President February 2, 2012 According to a recently published, industry-sponsored study conducted on 12,852 Continue Reading …

Mother seeking $200 000 after daughter’s death

L Morin

CJAD 800 AM Canada Posted By: Laura Casella lcasella@astral.com · 1/31/2012 12:58:00 PM A family is seeking close to $200 000 from the sellers of the HPV vaccine because they believe it killed their teenage daughter. Linda Morin says while she approved of her 14-year-old daughter Annabelle getting the vaccine, she didn’t know when she’d Continue Reading …

Debunking myth of male power

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The Montreal Gazette By DONNA NEBENZAHL, Freelance January 28, 2012 The hazards that men face – dangerous jobs, combat, stress-related early deaths – have actually made the world safer for women, argues American political scientist Warren Farrell, author of seven books including The Liberated Man (1974) and the recently updated The Myth of Male Power. Continue Reading …

Woman loses life to clinical trial drug

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The Times of India January 28, 2012 WARDHANNAPET (WARANGAL): A 55-year-old tribal woman died after taking drugs for a clinical trial at Donga Chintha Thanda in Wardhannapet mandal in Warangal district on Friday. The incident set off alarm bells once again on the dangerous consequences of trials of this nature involving poor and innocent villagers. Continue Reading …

Scientists admit non-stick cookware and fluorine compounds cause vaccines to fail

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Many consumer and industrial products contain perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), which are highly-persistent organofluorine compounds that make certain materials oil, water, and stain resistant. But according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, PFCs in non-stick cookware, clothing, furniture, and food packaging appear to be responsible for causing vaccines to fail as well, as they can reduce antibody concentrations to levels below what is considered effective for warding off disease.

HPV and oral cancers: the explanation?

Cathie-Lippman1

Staying Healthy in a Challenging World Cathie Lippman, M.D. Posted on January 27, 2012 The LA Times this morning reports on a new study showing than about 7% of American teens and adults carry the human papillomavirus in their mouths and this is a probable cause for much of the increase in mouth and throat Continue Reading …

The Problem(s) with Sex

A pair of mating sacrophagus flies, who, evidently not having read this blog, are blissfully ignorant of the foolishness of their actions.

The Chronicle of Higher Education January 21, 2012, 6:55 am By David Barash Sex is a problem for evolutionary biologists, a very big problem.  (Let’s be clear: we don’t personally have any more difficulty with it than does anyone else; it’s strictly a professional problem!)  And here it is: By all rights, sex shouldn’t exist. Continue Reading …