In June Merck, the manufacturer for the controversial Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccines Gardasil® and Gardasil®9, announced the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a priority review of their request to expand the eligibility ages for Gardasil®9 to women 27-45. Since Gardasil® was first approved in June 2006, Merck has augmented their market from females ages 9-26: increasing … [Read more...]
CDC Warning: Do Not Reuse Condoms
This should be obvious, right? The majority of you are scratching your heads wondering why this is even a blog post. You know all those silly things on warning labels? “May contain nuts,” written on a package of peanuts; a night time sleep aid that warns the consumer it “May cause drowsiness;” or the label on a hair dryer that reads “Do not operate while sleeping.” Many are … [Read more...]
End of Essure! Bayer’s Permanent Birth Control Pulled from U.S. Market
In advance of the release of Netflix’s documentary ‘The Bleeding Edge,’ Bayer finally pulled the plug on Essure in the United States. By the end of 2018, Essure will be fully off the market. Hear that? It’s the sound of thousands and thousands of women rejoicing at this victory! Intended to be a hormone-free, surgery-free, easy method of female sterilization, the Essure debacle is as … [Read more...]
The Aging American Mother: Is it Worth the Wait?
Innovations in contraceptive devices and the demand for education often put the idea of marriage and children on the back burner – that’s if we even manage to put it on the stove at all. Recently a USA Today investigation declared America is the “most dangerous place in the developed world to give birth,” and it seemed many peoples’ knee-jerk reaction was to delegate blame to a perceived lack of … [Read more...]
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