By: Virginia Young Originally posted 29 June 2006 (re-posted with author’s permission) I started to post a top 10 list of why I am refusing Gardasil but having read the recent posts I have changed my mind. After all I can’t keep my list to ten items anyway. I was once like those […]
People Spread HPV in Community Locations
Originally posted in an anonymous site called ‘Health Guide,’ 26 November 2010 People could contract warts that are caused by Human papillomavirus from quite a few separate areas. Human papillomavirus just like different viruses is passed on between one person and another. When a person contracts a wart then a person should instantly locate a […]
FDA Reviewers Endorse Gardasil for Anal Cancer Prevention
By: Emily P. Walker 15 November 2010 WASHINGTON — Merck’s quadrivalent human papillomavirus recombinant vaccine, Gardasil, appears safe and effective at preventing anal cancer in males and females ages 9 to 26, FDA reviewers said. The vaccine was approved in 2006 to treat genital warts and cervical, vulvar, and vaginal cancer in females ages 9 […]
Too few Teens Finish HPV Shot Series
By: Denise Mann 09 November 2010 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 strains of HPV linked to cervical cancer. These findings will be presented at the American Association for Cancer […]
Few Young Women Getting Cervical Cancer Vaccine
By: Amanda Gardner 09 November 2010 Few teenage girls and young women are getting the human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV), and many of those who start the regimen fail to take all three doses, new research reveals. Although studies have shown that the HPV vaccine is safe and effective against several strains of the sexually transmitted […]