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Meet the Gardasil girls: Zeda and Naomi

March 31, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Examiner.com

March 31, 5:49 PMVaccines ExaminerNorma Erickson

Zeda, Indiana: Two years ago, Zeda was a straight A student who totally enjoyed school. In addition to maintaining a nearly perfect academic record, she was actively involved in cheerleading and loved it.

Naomi, Australia: Prior to Gardasil, Naomi was a happy, healthy 25 year old completing her Bachelor’s degree while working full-time in administration. She was about to embark on a Post Graduate Degree in Journalism. Despite being kept busy by work and study, she found the time to go out with friends and dance at their favorite club almost every weekend.

Filed Under: Adolescent Girls, Cervarix, Cervical Cancer, Gardasil/Silgard, Global Gardasil/Silgard Concerns, HPV, Human Papillomavirus, Meet the Gardasil Girls, Mothers & Daughters, My Sister's Song, Teens, Vaccinations, Women's Health, Women's History, Women's Politics Tagged With: , , ,

What’s sick?

March 31, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Society for Menstrual Cycle Research

re: Cycling

March 31st, 2010 by Chris Bobel

Today, there’s a front page story in the New York Times about Astra-Zeneca’s move to market their cholesterol pills (known as statins, and as the NYT reports, already the most prescribed drugs in the US) at healthy people in spite of unresolved concerns about risks, namely an elevated risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.

Gee. This sure sounds familiar: a product aimed at healthy people, approved by the FDA, even before there’s ample evidence of safety.

Filed Under: Emotional Health, Endocrine System, Hormone Health US News, Women's Health

Research argues HPV vaccine should extend to boys

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ABC Radio Australia

Updated March 31, 2010 16:49:50

It is already available free to young girls in countries like Nauru, Vanuatu, Tuvalu and Cook Islands, but researchers are now saying the human papilloma virus, or HPV, vaccine Gardasil should also be offered to males.

It follows new Australian research showing that the virus which causes cervical cancer in women is now a leading cause of oral cancer in men. It says 60 per cent of throat and tonsil cancers are caused by the virus.

Filed Under: Adolescent Boys, Cervarix, Gardasil/Silgard, Global Gardasil/Silgard Concerns, HPV, Human Papillomavirus, Men's Health, Teens, Vaccinations Tagged With: , ,

Why would teen girls from poor families pass on the $390 Gardasil vaccine?

March 31, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The Health Sciences Institute

I spotted this USA Today headline while waiting in line at Starbucks: “Poorer Girls Not Getting HPV Vaccine for Cervical Cancer.”

When I got home, I went to the USA Today website and read the “bad” news: In 2008, well over half of all teen girls in Rhode Island received the Gardasil vaccine, while only 16 percent of teen girls in Mississippi received the vaccine.

Well…do the math and it makes perfect sense. RI is a comparatively rich state and the three required doses of the Gardasil vaccine cost nearly $400.

The word “DUH!” comes to mind.

Filed Under: Adolescent Girls, Cervarix, Cervical Cancer, Gardasil/Silgard, Global Gardasil/Silgard Concerns, HPV, Human Papillomavirus, Mothers & Daughters, Teens, Vaccinations, Women's Health, Women's Politics Tagged With: , ,

Address underlying causes of hormone imbalance

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Times Transcript
New Brunswick, Canada
Published Wednesday March 31st, 2010

Is it possible for women to have a menstruation without ovulating (aka anovulatory cycles)?

Does PMS (premenstrual syndrome), irregular menstrual cycles, painful menstrual cramps, and infertility have something in common?

Yes, and yes. Read on…

Filed Under: Aging, Bioidentical Hormones, Cramps, Estrogen, Hormone Cycles, Hormone Imbalance, Hormones, Infertility, Irregular Cycles, Menopause, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Natural Progesterone, Peri-Menopause, Periods, PMS, Premenstrual Syndrome, Wellness, Women's Health Tagged With: , , , , ,

HPV vaccine not just for women anymore

March 30, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The New Hampshire

University of New Hampshire Student Newspaper

By Geoffrey Cunningham
Staff Writer
Published: Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Updated: Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Human papillomavirus, or HPV, is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases in the U.S, and affects both men and women. Up until recently, the two vaccines that exist for the disease were available to women only. A few months ago, however, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention approved the use of Gardasil for men ages nine to 26, and UNH Health Services now offers the vaccine for male students on campus.

Filed Under: Cervarix, Gardasil/Silgard, HPV, Human Papillomavirus, Men's Health, Vaccinations Tagged With: , ,

Gardasil again denied approval for women 27-45

March 30, 2010 by 1 Comment

U.S. health regulators want longer-term data on the use of Merck & Co’s Gardasil cervical cancer vaccine in an older group of women before they will approve the vaccine for those women, the drug maker says.
The Gazette

Montreal
March 30, 2010

By Lewis Krauskopf and Ransdell Pierson, Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have again withheld approval for the use of Merck & Co Inc’s Gardasil cervical cancer vaccine by women aged 27 to 45, asking for longer-term clinical data, the drugmaker said on Friday.

Filed Under: Cervarix, Cervical Cancer, Gardasil/Silgard, Global Gardasil/Silgard Concerns, HPV, Human Papillomavirus, Mothers & Daughters, Vaccinations, Women's Health, Women's Politics Tagged With: , , , ,

US Health Secretary Admits to Pressuring Media over Vaccine Resistance Movement

March 30, 2010 by 1 Comment

H1N1: The Report Card
Readers Digest

February 2010
By Arthur Allen

“There are groups out there that insist that vaccines are responsible for a variety of problems despite all scientific evidence to the contrary. We have reached out to media outlets to try to get them to not give the views of these people equal weight in their reporting to what science has shown and continues to show about the safety of vaccines.”

(Quote is on page 2 of the article - half way down - L.)

Filed Under: Cervarix, Gardasil/Silgard, Immunizations, Social/Political, Vaccinations, Women's Health, Women's Politics Tagged With: , , ,

GSK to give free vaccines - targeting the uneducated and uninformed

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News Observer
North Carolina
BY DAVID RANII - Staff Writer

Pharmaceutical giant Glaxo SmithKline has expanded its program of providing free medicines to low-income and uninsured patients to include vaccines.

The new GSK Vaccines Access Program unveiled Monday provides free vaccines for low-income patients age 19 and older who lack health insurance. The available vaccines are for hepatitis A, hepatitis B, tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis, or whooping cough. Women ages 19 to 25 also can receive free doses of GSK’s cervical cancer vaccine.

Filed Under: Cervarix, Cervical Cancer, Gardasil/Silgard, HPV, Human Papillomavirus, Mothers & Daughters, Pharmaceuticals, Teens, Vaccinations, Women's Health, Women's Politics Tagged With: , , , ,

Barbara Hollingsworth: Time for the truth about Gardasil

March 30, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Washington Examiner
By: Barbara Hollingsworth
Local Opinion Editor
March 30, 2010

Cervical cancer accounts for less than 1 percent of all cancer deaths, so it was somewhat surprising when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration fast-tracked approval of Gardasil, a Merck vaccine targeting the human papilloma virus that causes the disease, in 2006.

As of Jan. 31, 2010, 49 unexplained deaths following Gardasil injections have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (http://vaers.hhs.gov/index). By contrast, 52 deaths are attributed to unintended acceleration in Toyotas, which triggered a $2 billion recall.

Filed Under: Cervarix, Cervical Cancer, Gardasil/Silgard, Global Gardasil/Silgard Concerns, HPV, Human Papillomavirus, Mothers & Daughters, Teens, Vaccinations, Women's Health, Women's History, Women's Politics Tagged With: , , , ,