August 11, 2008 – 1:44 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
Girls and Young Women Pay the Price for Corporate Greed and the FDA’s Failure to Protect Reported by Barbara Loe Fisher The vaccine reaction reports keep coming into the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) from mothers describing how they took their healthy teenage girls into a pediatrician or gynecologist’s office where they were given a [...]
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
Is the HPV vaccine a victory for women’s health or the triumph of aggressive marketing? Canadian reporters struggle to shed light on a muddled debate that’s as much about business as it is about health. When federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced $300 million in funding for a program to vaccinate girls and young women [...]
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
HPV Report from the National Vaccine Information Center National Vaccine Information Center (Debold V, Downey C, Fisher B). (2007). NVIC Analysis of Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System Reports: Part III, Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine Safety, Analysis of Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System Reports: Part III (August 15, 2007 http://www.nvic.org/Diseases/HPV/HPV_Vaccine_Safety_ Report__Part_III_(081507_revised)[1].pdf NVIC Analysis Shows Greater Risk [...]
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
The Secret History of the War on Cancer By Devra Davis, PhD, MPH Review by Leslie Botha, Holy Hormones Honey! In a recent interview on CSPAN Davis stated, “For much of its history, the cancer war has been fighting the wrong battles, with the wrong weapons, against the wrong enemies.” The Secret History of the [...]
March 27, 2008 – 11:22 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
FDA has granted priority review status to Merck’s application to expand marketing of its human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil to women ages 27 to 45, the company said Wednesday, Reuters reports. The designation means that an FDA decision could come within six months, according to Reuters. currently is approved by the FDA for use by girls [...]
February 3, 2008 – 8:22 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
…and arrogantly endanger of generation of Texas girls Backgrounder on the man who would be emperor… Rick Perry was elevated to the Governor of Texas in late 2000 from Lieutenant Governor upon the election of then-Governor George W. Bush as President of the United States. Perry was subsequently elected Governor in his own right in [...]
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
HPV in the United States and Developing Nations: A Problem of Public Health or Politics? The Global AIDS bill, signed into law on May 27, 2003 by President Bush [for full text: Library of Congress, search bill number, H.R. 1298.] requires an analysis of the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in Sub-Saharan Africa and a [...]
September 28, 2006 – 10:14 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
Global Research Sources—Asking Questions Ignored by FDA An analysis of case-control studies has found that use of oral contraceptives for ≥ 5 years in women with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is associated with an increased risk of cervical cancer. This confirms existing knowledge and emphasises the need for regular cervical screening of all women aged [...]
September 3, 2006 – 12:51 pm
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
Overview: Breast Cancer Research/Treatment vs Merck’s Big Payday The furor of the FDA’s rapid approval of Merck HPV Vaccine (Gardasil) and the ‘pre/post vaccine approval’ marketing and legislative blitzkrieg by Merck is now turning into jaw-dropping sticker-shock. The cost of ‘immunizing’ over 21 million sixth-grade girls in the United States today, at $360 for a [...]
September 2, 2006 – 11:42 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
The growth of cervical and womb cancers may be fueled by a hormone-like molecule in semen. The Medical Research Council team found that the exceptionally high levels of prostaglandin fueled tumor growth. They told the journals Endocrinology and Human Reproduction that women with either cancer should ask their partners to wear condoms during sex. But [...]