Just 1/3 of Teenage Girls Get All 3 HPV Shots Web MD By Denise Mann WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD Nov. 9, 2010 — Just one-third of teenage girls actually complete all three required doses of the human papillomavirus (HPV) shot, suggesting that many teens are unprotected or underprotected from the […]
Gardasil in the Developing World
University of Queensland
Researchers at the University of Queensland Diamantina Institute have confirmed through a study in Vanuatu that a test for human papilloma virus (HPV) could help control cervical cancer in developing countries.
Early detection has proven essential in controlling cervical cancer risk in developed countries where screening programs have reduced the prevalence of the disease by about 75%. Yet cervical cancer remains the second most common cancer in women and causes approximately 275,000 deaths worldwide each year. Due to severely limited access to adequate screening, the brunt of this mortality will be borne by women in developing countries where more than 80% of new cases occur each year.
Girls Bribed To Take Dangerous and Pointless HPV Vaccine
WideShut.co.uk Nov 3rd, 2010 | By Keelan Balderson It’s not enough to have a full blown media campaign, the complicity of schools or to plaster the cancerous death of celeb Jade Goody on every newspaper; girls in Britain are now being bribed with £45 worth of high street shopping vouchers in exchange for rolling up […]
HPV-Positive Cancers Spreading among the Middle-Aged
Scientific American Debate continues about the efficacy of vaccinating teens against the sexually transmitted papillomavirus as rates of noncervical HPV cancers climbs By Katherine Harmon November 2, 2010 Head and neck cancer patients were once primarily older heavy smokers and drinkers. Now, the majority who are diagnosed with the disease are closer to middle age […]
HPV vaccine: an overview of immune response, clinical protection, and new approaches for the future
Journal of Translational Medicine 2010, 8:105doi:10.1186/1479-5876-8-105 Luciano Mariani and Aldo Venuti Published: 27 October 2010 Although long-term protection is a key-point in evaluating HPV-vaccine over time, there is currently inadequate information on the duration of HPV vaccine-induced immunity and on the mechanisms related to the activation of immune-memory. Longer-term surveillance in a vaccinated population is needed to […]
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