Women who are injected with urine-derived fertility products may be at risk of developing prion disease, according to a just-released study by an international research team from Canada, France and the United States. The study, published in the Public Library of Science (PLoS) ONE, for the first time documents the presence of prion protein in […]
Archives for March 2011
New Zealand mom launches website warning of Gardasil dangers
By Wendi Lewis A New Zealand mother, upset about a lack of notice her child’s school provided to parents about upcoming Gardasil vaccinations, has launched a website to warn parents about the dangers associated with the vaccine. Promoted as a prevention for cervical cancer by protecting against four types of the human papillomavirus (HPV), Gardasil […]
Human papillomavirus vaccine trials in India
The Lancet Volume 377, Issue 9767, Page 719, 26 February 2011 doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60270-5 Amit Sengupta a, Anjali Shenoi b, NB Sarojini c, Y Madhavi d SAMA (Sama Resource Group for Women and Health, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi India) Letter to the Editor in Response to Recent Lancet Article: Heidi Larson and colleagues in their Comment,1 and […]
Lack of information, apathy raise risks of cervical cancer
International Business Times Australia By Alyangka Francheska | March 28, 2011 5:18 PM EST Gotta love it when women’s health issues shows up in the business section of the media. SV A study by scientists at the University of Sydney and the Children’s Hospital at Westmead has found has found that some girls are missing […]
Fast-Tracking Oncology Drugs Questioned
MedPage Today By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Published: March 27, 2011 Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, RN, BC-ADM, CDE, Nurse Planner Cancer drugs rushed to the market via the FDA’s accelerated approval process often languish in confirmatory trials, agency researchers say. Out […]
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