PediatricSuperSite.com December 9, 2011 PHILADELPHIA — New data from Kenya indicate that there is an under-recognized burden of parasitism in younger children that may be linked to a decreased response to standard childhood vaccinations, according to a presenter here at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 60th Annual Meeting. Children are at high […]
Archives for December 2011
Everyone ‘to be research patient’, says David Cameron [Video]
From BBC News Mobile Every NHS patient should be a “research patient” with their medical details “opened up” to private healthcare firms, says David Cameron. The PM says it will mean all those who use the NHS in England will be helping in the fight against disease. He hopes the result will be that patients […]
Two medical experts debate HPV vaccination
Guest Editorial in The Daily Iowan Harper: Gather information and make your own choice Direct communication and full information are necessary to make health-related decisions. As a physician who routinely treats women and men with HPV-diseases, my experience includes having sat at the bedside of women dying of cervical cancer; having performed tens of thousands […]
Leigh O’Dell on Gardasil
Originally uploaded by beasleyallen on Feb 4, 2010 The drugs vary in the types of human papillomavirus (HPV) they treat, which is the virus said to cause cervical cancer. Gardasil, manufactured by Merck, Inc., is promoted as the only cervical cancer vaccine that helps protect against four kinds of HPV (types 6, 11, 16 and 18), including two […]
Mandatory HPV Vaccination Debate: Is it a Threat to National Security?
National Security Law Brief, American University Washington School of Law Jacobson v. Massachusetts and the mandatory smallpox vaccinations of Cambridge, Massachusetts have commonly been used to justify mandatory vaccination polices when the vaccine is essential to the safety and health of the community. Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11, 11 (1905). However, with the advances in biotechnology […]
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