Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, a leading medical researcher instrumental in developing the cervical cancer vaccine, will join the university in the autumn Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, one of the country's most respected medical researchers, was today nominated as the 345th vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge. He will succeed Alison Richard, the current vice-chancellor, when her seven-year term comes...
Now that people are properly scared of the swine flu and of course cervical cancer. Big pharma is now set to bring out vaccines for all sorts of shit including: smoking, obesity, other forms of cancer. THE CERVICAL CANCER VACCINE SUPPOSEDLY PROTECTS AGAINST 4 OUT OF 7 TYPES OF HPV BUT IT IS UNCLEAR IF A) THE PROTECTION IS LONG TERM B) THERE ARE ANY LONG TERM SIDE EFFECTS. Getting regular checkups is...
Following seemingly quickly on the heels of the mammogram recommendations, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) published their pap smear data yesterday. Immediately, people were up in arms about this being some sort of "plot". Untrue. The pap smear guidelines raise the age for the first screening to 21, say that any woman age 30 with three normal paps can go three...
So crammed is Tanzania's only cancer treatment center that Rukia Kondogoza, wrapped in bright kanga cloth, has to share her bed with another patient....
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - So crammed is Tanzania's only cancer treatment center that Rukia Kondogoza, wrapped in bright kanga cloth, has to share her bed with another patient.
Welcome back guest blogger, Adina Nack. Adina is an associate professor of Sociology at California Lutheran University specializing in medical sociology, gender inequality and sexual health. You can visit her online here . We are pleased to feature a post she wrote for us reflecting on recent FDA decisions and a video released by the Oral Cancer Foundation . ———————————————...
Here are some newly approved drugs, vaccines and some new indications for old drugs. Ofatumumab CD20-directed cytolytic monoclonal antibody indicated for the treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Pazopanib kinase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma Cervarix human papillomavirus bivalent (types 16 and 18) preventative cervical cancer...
Fears that vaccination against the virus that causes cervical cancer might encourage girls to become more sexually active are unfounded, suggests a survey of UK teenagers who have received or been offered the vaccine.
The UK is about to start a national swine flu vaccination program costing millions of pounds. Many health workers have expressed concern about the vaccine. We recently had the cervical cancer vaccine program too. These drugs are there to protect our health, are good for us and are fully tested or so we are told. [...]
* Cervarix, the cervical cancer vaccine, contains the adjuvant AS04 while Pandemrix, the swine flu treatment, contains the adjuvant AS03, not vice-versa as wrongly...
ATLANTA - A second kind of vaccine against cervical cancer may be added to the recommended list for girls and young women after a federal advisory panel voted Wednesday to support it.The panel gave a limited endorsement to GlaxoSmithKline's vaccine, Cervarix, which the government licensed last week. Merck & Co. has had the vaccine Gardasil on the market since 2006.The Advisory Committee on Immunization...
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