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Vaccines might help fight throat cancer, but hurdles are high

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Source: www.npr.org Author: Chao Deng There’s been a big and controversial push to protect girls from cervical cancer by vaccinating them against the human papillomavirus. Turns out, the same vaccine might also protect boys from developing throat cancer later in life. Researchers estimate HPV causes more than 11,000 cases of throat cancers in the U.S. each year. [...]

Why men’s health is a feminist issue

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

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Source: www.msmagazine.com Author: Adina Nack Jorge (not his real name) feared his girlfriend would dump him. He’d been diagnosed with genital warts before meeting her, and hadn’t yet told her about his infection. Jorge was being careful—no skin-to-skin sexual contact—but the disclosure was looming. So he’d done some research and learned what caused genital warts. Armed with [...]

Two doctors explain their support of the Gardasil vaccine

Saturday, January 9, 2010

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Source: www.huffingtonpost.com Author: Marcia G. Yerman As parents contemplate whether or not they should have the Gardasil vaccine administered to their daughters, one of the first places that they turn is to their doctors. In this segment, I posed questions to two doctors supporting the vaccine. Dr. Margaret Lewin, M.D., F.A.C.P., is the Medical Director of Cinergy Health, [...]

Males can get HPV vaccine Gardasil thanks, in part, to Gulfport cancer survivor

Friday, October 30, 2009

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Source: St. Petersburg Times Author: John Barry David Hastings’ crusade to inoculate boys against a cancer-causing virus that afflicts women — but threatened him, too — has scored a victory. But it’s not quite the one he has been fighting for in the past three years. A panel of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week [...]

HPV vaccine fails to get nod for routine use in boys

Friday, October 23, 2009

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Source: Medscape.com Author: Robert Lowes October 21, 2009 — Despite hearing impassioned pleas to protect both men and women from cancer, a federal advisory panel today declined to recommend that a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine be routinely administered to boys to prevent genital warts. Instead, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) issued a “permissive” recommendation stating that [...]

US advisers decline to push Gardasil for boys

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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Source: Reuters.com Author: Maggie Fox * Committee advises that doctors free to use vaccine * Says needs more evidence of cost benefit * Did not consider value in preventing cancer (Updates throughout, adds quotes, share price) WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) – U.S. vaccine advisers declined to press for the use of Merck & Co’s (MRK.N) Gardasil in boys and men, [...]

HPV vaccine studied for first time in men

Friday, October 16, 2009

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Source: www.sciencedaily.com Author: staff A vaccine designed to protect against the most common causes of genital warts and cervical and penile cancer is now being evaluated in young men. The Medical College of Georgia is a site for the first international study of a vaccine that protects against four strains of human papillomavirus in men age 16 to [...]

Giving Gardasil to boys not worth the cost?

Friday, October 9, 2009

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Source: HealthDay.com Author: Steven Reinberg But other experts dispute finding, and say young men need protection from STDs THURSDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) — The cost of giving boys the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine would outweigh any health benefit, researchers say. Last month, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel recommended expanding use of the Gardasil vaccine to males [...]

HPV vaccine debate shifts to boys

Monday, July 13, 2009

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Source: Buffalo News Author: Henry L. Davis New questions arise as cancer tied to HPV is rising in men Parents who face the dilemma of whether to protect their young daughters with a vaccine aimed at a sexually transmitted infection that causes cervical cancer now face a new question: Should they do the same for their sons? As evidence [...]

Safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy of quadrivalent human papillomavirus (types 6, 11, 16, 18) recombinant vaccine in women aged 24-45 years: a randomised, double-blind trial

Monday, June 15, 2009

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Source: The Lancet, Volume 373, Issue 9679, Pages 1949 – 1957, 6 June 2009 Author: Prof Nubia Muñoz MD et al. Background Although the peak incidence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection occurs in most populations within 5—10 years of first sexual experience, all women remain at risk for acquisition of HPV infections. We tested the safety, immunogenicity, and [...]

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