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News on HPV vaccine:
A vaccine introduced a decade ago to combat the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer has already reduced the virus’s prevalence in teenage girls by almost two-thirds, federal researchers said Monday.
“We’re seeing the impact of the vaccine as it marches down the line for age groups, and that’s incredibly exciting,” said Dr. Amy B. Middleman, the chief of adolescent medicine at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, who was not involved in the study. “A minority of females in this country have been immunized, but we’re seeing a public health impact that is quite expansive.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/22/health....html?_r=0
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Originally posted by MBB
Apologies for resurrecting this thread again but a January 2016 American College of Pediatricians post on their website raises concerns that the vaccination Gardasil ( given to teenage children to prevent human papilloma virus, certain strains thought to cause cervical cancer) is implicated in causing Premature ovarian failure AKA premature menopause.
Of special note is that it says in this posting that most doctors don't know this correlation and hence incidence may be much higher than recorded.
Thought this is important enough information to resurrect recent post.
http://www.acpeds.org
I've read quite a few article claiming the link from HPV to cervical cancer is not conclusive. Seems to be a controversial topic.
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A link to the American College of Pediatricians home page doesn't provide any information on the topic - how about a link to the article.
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Snopes says the Premature ovarian failure story is false.
However, read the NYT story I posted above for the real news, which says the vaccine has been a resounding success:
Origin:On 28 January 2016, the web site Truth Kings published an article under the headline "Pediatricians Association Admits HPV Vaccine Causes Ovarian Failure." As with many similar "shocking medical truth" items, the article's headline wasn't supported by the text of the article itself, which linked to entirely unrelated medical information as support for the headline's proclamation:
http://www.snopes.com/pediatricians-asso...ncer-link/
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I suggest you don't depend on Punaweb as a source of information on the topic.
Assume the best and ask questions.
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"I've read quite a few article claiming the link from HPV to cervical cancer is not conclusive. Seems to be a controversial topic."
I have a 25 year old grand-daughter who had cervical cancer from HPV.
That's enough proof for me.
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I'm with you on this one, I lost a very dear friend to HPV caused cervical cancer when we were all in our 20s. It was a brutal illness and a slow painful death. The cancer had progressed pretty far before she was diagnosed, because she didn't have health coverage and the nearest planned parenthood was 2 hours away, so she skipped getting tested for cervical cancer for about 5 years. I hope your granddaughter fared better.
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Originally posted by knieft
Wonder if http://www.acpeds.org is a bogus site somehow.
The American College of Pediatricians is a conservative group founded in 2002 that split from the more familiar American Academy of Pediatrics founded back in 1930. This should help explains some of their policy statements that Kirt highlighted (although they are pro-vaccine, including for HPV, and are simply calling for more research in regards to possible side-effects).
http://www.acpeds.org/human-papillomavir...ine-update
As for Hawaii, SB2316 requiring HPV vaccinations for school kids by 7th grade has been deferred indefinitely. Although it may return in another session as many organizations supported the intent but not the structure of the bill, even the DOE was opposed as the bill lacked a medical and religious exemption like other school entry vaccinations.
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2316&year=2016
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