Martyn Plummer, Salvatore Vaccarella and Silvia Franceschi In this issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases, Chaturvedi et al [ 1] report on a large epidemiological study of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection focusing on a topic of increasing interest in this field. HPV is recognized as a necessary cause of cervical cancer, but there are […]
Gardasil: Fear or Facts?
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Fear or Facts? On which will you base your decision to vaccinate? While we will not try to convince anyone to get vaccinated or decline vaccination, we do encourage making an educated decision and to NEVER make a major decision out of fear. One of the most disturbing cases of fear-mongering is that which revolves around the Gardasil vaccination. The Gardasil vaccine is targeted to females ages 9-26 in hopes of”preventing” cervical cancer.
Here are some facts you need to know about HPV:
* When detected in the early stages, the HPV virus is easily treated and rarely proceeds to cancer.
* Not all women with HPV develop cervical cancer.
* HPV is just one of several potential causes of cervical cancer.
* At least 50% of sexually active men and women acquire genital HPV infection at some point in their lives — and 90% of the time the virus clears up on its own within two years, and does not lead to cancer.
HPV Vaccines: What exactly are they effective against?
Since HPV vaccines have not been proven to prevent cancer, the CDC lists three alternate ways to judge the vaccines’ efficacy. None of them work. Where does that leave medical consumers? FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release) – Mar 19, 2011 – According to the prescribing information packet, GARDASIL is a vaccine indicated in girls […]
Quarter Of Girls Missing Out On Life-Saving Vaccine: New Website Aims To Reverse Trend, Australia
Medical News Today Article Date: 10 Mar 2011 – 0:00 PST Cancer Council Australia suggests an alarming lack of knowledge may be to blame for the fact that many girls aged 12-13 are not having the cervical cancer vaccine, despite it being available free of charge through schools under the Australian Government’s National HPV Vaccination […]
Birth Control, HPV and Cervical Cancer
By Salynn Boyles Long-term use of birth control pills appears to increase the risk of developing cervical cancer in women who have HPV, but experts say the risk is eliminated with careful screening. Cervical cancer risk in women who used birth control pills for a decade or more was double that of women who had […]
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