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Monthly Archives: September 2008

FDA Addresses Questions About Gardasil®

September 29, 2008 – 8:13 am

Those of you who are regular readers know that I think Gardasil® is the wrong solution for preventing Cervical Cancer. It is my considered opinion that Gardasil® has one purpose — it is a much needed cash cow for Merck, in their time of financial need.  My attempt at “Fair and Balanced” reporting is to [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Posted in Gardasil® | Comments (0)

Abortion Factoids

September 27, 2008 – 6:40 am

Declines in U.S. abortion rates mask the problem of unintended pregnancy among women of color and women with lower incomes, data released by the Guttmacher Institute on Sept. 23 showed.
Abortion rates dropped 33 percent between 1980 and 2004, reaching the lowest level since 1974.
But amid that, the abortion rate for black women was five times [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Posted in Unwanted Pregnancy | Comments (0)

Hysterectomies in California have declined significantly

September 26, 2008 – 11:07 am

Hysterectomy Less Frequent and Has Fewer Complications

By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today
Published: September 19, 2008
Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

DAVIS, Calif., Sept. 19 — Hysterectomies in California have declined significantly since the early 1990s, as have the rates of complications associated with them, researchers [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Posted in Reproductive Health | Comments (0)

Gardasil VAERS adverse reactions

September 26, 2008 – 10:21 am

1824 cases of adverse reactions to the Gardasil vaccination made by Merck. 35 of these adverse reactions are spontaneous abortions. These can be located on pages:

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Posted in Gardasil® | Comments (0)

Twice as many women die from stroke every year than from breast cancer

September 25, 2008 – 9:19 am

Overall, stroke is this country’s third-leading killer. About 700,000 Americans will have one this year, according to the American Stroke Association.
But 55-percent of all strokes and 60-percent of stroke deaths occur in women.
About 100,000 women die annually of stroke, 40,000 more than the number of men who die from it. The fact that risk goes [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Posted in Stroke | Comments (0)

Equal-rights men lose out to traditional men in wages

September 24, 2008 – 7:42 am

A 25-year U.S. study has found that men who treat women as equals in the workplace make less money when compared to men with traditional views about women. The researchers also found that women earn less money than men do, in either type of workplace setting.
The conclusions of the study found that men with old-fashion [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Posted in Follow The Money, Gender Bias | Comments (0)

Science Experiment Likely To End Up on Your Dinner Table

September 18, 2008 – 10:22 am

FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Regulation of Genetically Engineered Animals

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Genetic Engineering
Benefits of GE Animals
GE Animals Regulated Under New Animal Drug Provisions

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is inviting the public to comment on draft guidance that discusses FDA’s approach to regulating genetically engineered (GE) animals.
Although the guidance, released Sept. [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Posted in FDA Failure To Protect, Follow The Money, Proactive Nutrition, Take Action!, Your Body/Your Self | Comments (0)

What are Vaginal and Vulvar Cancers

September 17, 2008 – 8:16 am

Vaginal and Vulvar Cancers
Cancer is a disease in which cells in the body grow out of control. Cancer is always named for the part of the body where it starts, even if it spreads to other body parts later. When cancer starts in the vagina, it is called vaginal cancer. The vagina, also called the [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Posted in HPV Infection, STD Infection | Comments (0)

Merck Wins Expanded Uses for Gardasil®

September 16, 2008 – 12:09 pm

FDA News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 12, 2008

Media Inquiries:
Karen Riley, 301-827-6242
Consumer Inquiries:
888-INFO-FDA

FDA Approves Expanded Uses for Gardasil® to Include Preventing Certain Vulvar and Vaginal Cancers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the approval of the vaccine Gardasil for the prevention of vaginal and [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Posted in Gardasil | Comments (0)

September 12, 2008 – 9:52 pm

FDA Consumer Update addressing recent, questions about the safety of Gardasil, a HPV-vaccine that prevents infection with types of human papillomavirus (HPV) that cause most cases of cervical cancer and genital warts, and some vulvar and vaginal cancers.

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Posted in Gardasil | Comments (0)