From: Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans Health,
United States, 2005
Pap Smear
A Pap smear is a microscopic examination of cells scraped from the cervix that is used to detect cancerous or precancerous conditions of the cervix and other medical conditions. If detected, precancerous conditions can be treated before they become malignant. Between 1975 and [...]
Category Archives: PAP Test
More About PAP SMEAR Option
August 27, 2008 – 8:16 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
Safe, Cost Effective PAP Test or Gardasil®
August 26, 2008 – 9:54 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
Researchers and public health officials are FINALLY waking up, and stepping up, to ask tough questions about the cost effectiveness of administering a very expensive, and not thoroughly vetted vaccine to every girl and young woman in the free world. Is the use of Gardasil® as a preventive measure against cervical cancer, the correct utilization [...]
GARDASIL Vaccine: The Damage Continues Part II
August 14, 2008 – 10:55 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
More Reports of Coincidental Collateral Damage
Reported by Barbara Loe Fisher
The reports of HPV vaccine reactions, injuries and deaths continue to roll in, not only to NVIC but also to the federal Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (Search HPV4 at: http://www.medalerts.org/vaersdb/index.html) newspapers, and television stations.
And the only response that comes from officials at the CDC, FDA [...]
GARDASIL Vaccine: The Damage Continues
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 GARDASIL shot and, [...]
There is A New Book in the Iconic Woman Bookshelf…
April 9, 2008 – 9:24 am
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 War on Cancer by [...]
Oral Contraceptives, HPV and Risk of Cervical Cancer
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 20-69 [...]
European Approach to HPV Testing and Treatment
July 26, 2006 – 10:07 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
Testing for HPV
Testing for human papillomavirus (HPV) may be a useful first step for cervical cancer screening in women younger than 35 years, preliminary findings indicate.
Testing for HPV is better than standard cell testing at picking up pre-cancerous changes, but it is also more likely to yield false results. This is particularly true among young [...]
Incidence of Cervical Cancer In The United States
July 10, 2006 – 11:50 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
How Cervical Cancer Is Detected
Pap Smear
A Pap smear is a microscopic examination of cells scraped from the cervix that is used to detect cancerous or precancerous conditions of the cervix and other medical conditions. If detected, precancerous conditions can be treated before they become malignant. Between 1975 and 2001 use of the Pap smear is [...]
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Genital Warts
June 23, 2006 – 10:33 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik