HPV Vaccine Not Linked To Autoimmune Disorders, Study
Source: MedicalNewsToday.com A two-year study of nearly 190,000 girls and women, finds that Gardasil, the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine made by Merck & Co, does not trigger autoimmune...
View ArticleHPV exposure increases men’s risk of cancer
Source: http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/ Author: Zen Vuong “We’re at the precipice of this epidemic,” said Dr. Ezra Cohen, who specializes in head and neck cancers. The culprit is...
View ArticleAAP Now Recommends HPV Vaccine for Boys and Girls
Source: HemOnc Today The American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases issued an updated policy statement on human papillomavirus vaccination that recommends both boys and girls be...
View ArticleHPV Vaccine Reduces All Subtypes of HPV Disease
Source: Medscape.com Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination substantially reduced the risk for subsequent HPV disease in women who already had 1 bout of HPV-related disease, according to a study...
View ArticleThe Gardasil Problem: How The U.S. Lost Faith In A Promising Vaccine
Source: Forbes Magazine, written by Matthew Herper Neal Fowler, 50, the chief executive officer of a tiny biotech called Liquidia, was assuming a position common to road-warrior entrepreneurs: leaning...
View ArticleYoung Girls More Likely to Report Side Effects after HPV Vaccine
Source: Therapeutics Daily PORTLAND, Ore., April 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Younger girls are more likely than adult women to report side effects after receiving Gardasil, the human papillomavirus vaccine....
View ArticleHPV Cancer Hits 8,000 Men, 18,000 Women a Year
Source: WebMD.com HPV cancer isn’t just a female problem, new CDC figures show. Although HPV causes 18,000 cancers in women each year, it also causes 8,000 cancers in men, the CDC calculates. To get...
View ArticleOral sex may cause more oral cancer than smoking in men, researchers say
Source: www.bloomberg.com Author: Robert Langreth A virus spread by oral sex may cause more cases of throat cancer in men than smoking, a finding that spurred calls for a new large-scale test of a drug...
View ArticleMore On Why The Adverse Event Reports On Gardasil Don’t Point To A Problem
Source: Forbes.com Readers are still commenting on my post on why the adverse event reports on Gardasil seem to indicate the vaccine is safe. One particularly persuasive line of comment comes from...
View ArticleViral Marketing: What’s Stopping Men From Getting the HPV Vaccine
Source: GOOD Mobile By: Jake Blumgart on July 6, 2012 at 3:00AM PDT In early 2011, my doctor informed me that a vaccine to protect against the human papillomavirus—HPV—was now available for men. I was...
View ArticleGardasil vaccine to be free for boys for protection against human papilloma...
Source: Herald Sun IN a world first, Australian schoolboys will receive the Gardasil vaccine free from next year. Federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek’s announcement yesterday comes five years after...
View ArticleHigh HPV Immunization Rates Achieved With PATH Initiative
Source: Medscape.com August 30, 2012 (Montreal, Quebec) — Exceptionally high immunization rates against human papillomavirus (HPV) have been achieved in target-aged girls in India, Peru, Uganda, and...
View ArticleHPV vaccine does not encourage teen sex
Source: wtkr.com Author: CNN staff There’s been a lot of controversy over the HPV vaccine. Because Gardasil is designed to protect young people against human papillomavirus, a common sexually...
View ArticleShould You Get the HPV Vaccine?
You don’t have to be a virgin to be protected against cancer. By Jake Blumgart|Posted Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, at 1:22 PM ET Source: Slate A doctor gives a 13-year-old girl an HPV vaccination Photo by...
View ArticleDose of reality: HPV is epidemic, which is odd since it is largely preventable
Source: www.sciencenews.org Author: Nathan Seppa There are two vaccines that guard against human papillomavirus, and they are in rare company among medical inventions — the vaccines prevent cancer....
View ArticleFact check: Michael Douglas on HPV and throat cancer
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com Author: Meredith Melnick A Michael Douglas interview in The Guardian caused waves when the publication reported that the “Behind the Candelabra” star revealed HPV, the...
View ArticleOral cancer sneaks up
Source: well.blogs.nytimes.com Author: Donald G. McNeail Jr. and Anahad O’Connor The actor Michael Douglas has done for throat cancer what Rock Hudson did for AIDS and Angelina Jolie did for...
View ArticleCelebrity confession linking sex to oral cancer raises local awareness
Source: www.vancouversun.com Author: Pamela Fayerman Michael Douglas is credited for raising awareness about the links between oral sex and oral cancer, but experts worry his disclosure could cause...
View ArticleCelebrity confession linking sex to oral cancer raises local awareness
Source: www.vancouversun.com Author: Pamela Fayerman Michael Douglas is credited for raising awareness about the links between oral sex and oral cancer, but experts worry his disclosure could cause...
View ArticleHPV Vaccine Found to Help with Cancers of Throat
Source: NY Times By: Donald G. McNeil Jr. A vaccine that protects women against cervical cancer also appears to protect them against throat cancers caused by oral sex, and presumably would protect men...
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