By: Lynne Devenny 17 October 2010 Pennsylvania paralegal Jodi Speakman was one of the featured guests on an October 14 online radio segment, “The HPV Vaccine – What Some Mothers Think You Should Know,” available at http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/74229. Speakman became active in raising awareness of adverse Gardasil reactions after her daughter Victoria began having debilitating seizures […]
HPV Screening Cuts Cervical Cancer Risk in HIV-Positive Women
Published in AIDSMEDS 13 October 2010 A simple DNA screening test for human papillomavirus (HPV) followed by treatment reduced the risk of developing precancerous lesions of the cervix by 80 percent in HIV-positive women over three years, according to a study published in the October 23 issue of AIDS. This method could dramatically expand early […]
HPV 'Epidemic' Behind Increases in Oral Cancer
By: Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today 13 October 2010 Rising rates of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma may stem from a new epidemic of sexually-transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV), according to a review. The incidence of oral cancer has been on the rise over recent decades in the U.S. and some northern European countries, noted […]
HPV Vaccine Side Effects as Expected
Posted in ‘Prescription Cancer Drugs’ 10 October 2010 Side effects of the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (Gardasil) have been pretty much what researchers expected, the CDC and FDA reported, although there were enough instances of of fainting and blood clots reported to worry critics. With more than 23 million doses of the vaccine distributed, most […]
HPV: Who immunizes? Who pays?
By: Lynn Shapiro 08 October 2010 The anticipated approval of Gardasil [Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16, and 18) Vaccine, Recombinant, Merck] for women 27 to 45 years of age has thrown the issue of vaccine reimbursement for pharmacists into the spotlight. A Merck spokeswoman told Drug Topics that the company expects to hear […]
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