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Monthly Archives: March 2007

HPV Vaccine Researcher Blasts Mandatory Marketing

Dr. Harper, a scientist, physician, professor and the director of the Gynecologic Cancer Prevention Research Group at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth Medical School in New Hampshire, said: “It is silly to mandate vaccination of 11- to 12-year-old girls There also is not enough evidence gathered on side effects to know that safety is not an issue.” All of her trials have been with subjects ages 15 to 25. “This vaccine has not been tested in little girls for efficacy. At 11, these girls don’t get cervical cancer – they won’t know for 25 years if they will get cervical cancer.”

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Hormonal Humor

Wendy Aarons — an Austin Original  I often read fellow Austin writer, Wendi Aarons’ Blog, “They’re Not All Gems.” She has a slightly ‘twisted sister’ humor that never fails to make me smile and sometimes wonder what color the sky is in her world. Her March 5th, 2007 was too funny and insightful not to [...]

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Sleep Deprivation Blurs Moral Judgment

New Study Suggests Its Best to Sleep Before Tackling a Personal Dilemma An article written by Miranda Hitti, reviewed by Louise Chang, MD and published in WebMD Medical News this month, reports the findings of a recent U.S. Army study on sleep deprivation. Why should women care about an Army Study concerning sleep deprevation and [...]

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New Information Concerning Precocious Puberty

Another Reason To Avoid Happy Meals… Early Puberty In Girls Due to Being Overweight As A Toddler US scientists have shown that being overweight as a toddler increases the chance that a girl will reach puberty early. The study from the University of Michigan’s Mott Children’s Hospital is published in the journal Pediatrics. Dr Joyce [...]

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