By Priya Adhyaru Majithia Girls are facing puberty at the tender age of eight when they are as yet unaware of the physiological, psychological and social impact of this major change in their life. Blame obesity, stress and wrong food, say experts. They said that this had forced the medical fraternity to lower vaccination recommendation […]
Wrongly injected toddler fights leukaemia
Stuff.co.nz New Zealand NATALIE AKOORIE April 9, 2011 A Hamilton toddler who was mistakenly injected with a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer when he was just six weeks old has developed a rare form of leukaemia. Chace Topperwien began chemotherapy for the M7 strand of acute myeloid leukaemia on his second birthday last month, but […]
SANE Vax, Inc. Declares Major Victory in Gardasil Awareness Campaign – Merck Loses 4th Bid to Expand Gardasil® to Older Women
By Leslie Carol Botha In a long awaited decision1 the US FDA has ruled against Merck’s supplemental biologics license application (sBLA) for an indication to use GARDASIL [Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16 and 18) Vaccine, Recombinant] in women ages 27-45. This was Merck’s 4th request to expand Gardasil use to an older population […]
Updates on the management of cervical pre-cancer discussed at Obs-Gyne expo
Currently cervical cancer accounts for 10% of all cancers worldwide, ranking as the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in the world. According to Prof. F. Xavier Bosch from the Cancer Epidemiology and Research Program at the Catalan Institute of Oncology in Barcelona, the idea that the MENA region is at low risk from gynaecological cancers […]
Vaccinations Attack Cervical Cancer
By Bana Qabbani DUBAI // Expatriate schoolgirls are to be targeted by health officials aiming to increase the number of pupils who receive vaccinations for cervical cancer. Although uptake has been high among Emirati girls, officials say far fewer students from abroad have opted to take the treatment. Now in its fourth year, the school-based […]
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