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Hospital Records of Pain, Fatigue, or Circulatory Symptoms in Girls Exposed to Human Papillomavirus Vaccination: Cohort, Self-controlled Case Series, and Population Time Trend Studies.
This study with nationwide coverage showed no evidence of a causal link between HPV vaccination and diffuse autonomic symptoms leading to hospital contact. PMID: 31899791 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Am J Epidemiol - January 2, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Thomsen RW, Öztürk B, Pedersen L, Nicolaisen SK, Petersen I, Olsen J, Sørensen HT Tags: Am J Epidemiol Source Type: research

New Cochrane Review assesses different HPV vaccines and vaccine schedules in adolescent girls and boys
New evidence published in the Cochrane Library today provides further information on the benefits and harms of different human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines and vaccine schedules in young women and men.HPV is the most common viral infection of the reproductive tract in both women and men globally (WHO 2017). Most people who have sexual contact will be exposed to HPV at some point in their life. In most people, their own immune system will clear the HPV infection.HPV infection can sometimes persist if the immune system does not clear the virus. Persistent infection with some ‘high-risk’ strains of HPV can lead to the de...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - November 20, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Katie Abbotts Source Type: news

Oprah Wants The World To Know Henrietta Lacks Is A Hidden Figure No More
Oprah Winfrey is a one-of-a-kind woman. Her life story is inspiring, her presence powerful and her influence unmatched. And when it comes to successful black women in media, Oprah reigns supreme. But if Oprah is a well-crafted diamond, consider Baltimore the pressure that helped make her shine. She moved to the city in 1976 to pursue her career as a newscaster, which presented both great opportunities for success as well as challenges she eventually overcame. She spent nearly eight years in the city, first working for a local TV station ― where she was assigned to learn about every neighborhood ― and later as a p...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - April 20, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news

Who Was Henrietta Lacks? 5 Striking Facts About The ‘Mother Of Modern Medicine’
Hardly anyone knew of Henrietta Lacks’ life story prior to 2010.   That year, Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks was released, and went on to become a New York Times best-seller. The biographical book told the story of a black woman born on a tobacco farm in Roanoke, Virginia, in 1920 who revolutionized medical research and saved the lives of millions, without ever knowing it. Now, a new film by the same name starring Oprah Winfrey aims to make her life and impact more widely known. Who exactly was Henrietta Lacks? And why is she described as the “Mother of Medicine&...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 19, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

National Cancer Institute Calls For More Kids To Get HPV Vaccination
BOSTON (CBS) — The National Cancer Institute is calling for more American children to be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, most commonly referred to as HPV. While the vaccine is safe and can actually prevent cancer, many kids aren’t receiving it. Emily Ocasio of Boston, a mother of six, was diagnosed with HPV 12 years ago. “I had pain, surgeries and doctors telling me I have cancerous cells,” she says. “That’s scary to hear.” In addition to genital warts, HPV causes nearly all cervical cancers in women. This can lead to other genital, head, and neck cancers in both genders. “Nobody wa...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - February 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: torrancelatham Tags: Health Healthwatch Local News Seen On WBZ-TV Syndicated Local Watch Listen Dr. Mallika Marshall HPV Vaccination Source Type: news

Why your children should get the HPV vaccine — and why they should get it early
If there’s something we can do to prevent our children from getting cancer, we should do it. Plain and simple. That’s why the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that youth be vaccinated against Human Papilloma Virus, starting as young as 9 years old. Human Papilloma Virus, or HPV, is the leading cause of cervical cancer. It can cause other cancers as well in both men and women, and is the cause of genital warts. The vaccine, which is given as three doses over 6 months, is very effective. And yet, some parents don’t want me to give the vaccine, especially when their children aren’t teenagers yet. Here�...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - February 2, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Claire McCarthy Tags: Health & Wellness In the News Parenting Teen Health Claire McCarthy HPV vaccine sexually transmitted disease Source Type: news

HPV Vaccines: 
Health Professionals Caught Red-Handed in Hiding Serious Dangers
This is surely the most shameful act of all: While news of widespread lies and deceit in connection with promotion of HPV vaccines (Gardasil and Cervarix) is spreading rapidly across the world, a group of government officials and scientific and health professionals have collaborated to cunningly conceal information regarding serious dangers of the vaccines. Evidence of the deceit was received by Dr. Sin Hang Lee, former Associate Professor at Yale University, pathologist of Milford Hospital, and director of the Milford Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory of Milford, Connecticut, and was published in a press release from San...
Source: vactruth.com - January 25, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Sandy Lunoe Tags: Logical Recent Articles Sandy Lunoe Top Stories Cervarix Dr. Helen Petousis-Harris Dr. Margaret Chan Dr. Melinda Wharton Dr. Nabae Koji Dr. Robert Pless Dr. Sin Hang Lee gardasil HPV Vaccine Death Source Type: blogs

12-year-old Girl Dies Hours After She is Injected with HPV Vaccine
The family of a 12-year-old girl from Wisconsin who died hours after receiving an HPV vaccine is grieving the loss of their daughter. Meredith Prohaska, described as being an extremely active and healthy girl, passed away on July 30th. [1] According to a news report, Meredith’s mother took her to the doctor for a sore throat. At the doctor appointment, she received the HPV vaccine. Later in the afternoon, the mother found her daughter unresponsive on the floor, and she was later pronounced dead at the hospital. The parents suspect the vaccine as the primary cause of their daughter’s death. However, Meredith’s autopsy...
Source: vactruth.com - August 19, 2014 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Jeffry John Aufderheide Tags: Jeffry John Aufderheide Top Stories Dr. Geoffrey Swain HPV Vaccine Meredith Prohaska Vaccine Death Source Type: blogs