News Tagged ‘pap screening

Cervical cancer vaccine may cause women to skip vital screening

A recent news report says the prevalence and promotion of cervical cancer vaccines and may cause women who are vaccinated to skip vital medical screening that could save their lives. According to the story in a recent edition of Australia’s News Limited publication, The Advertiser, studies indicate women believe receiving the vaccine makes annual Pap smears unnecessary. However, because cervical cancer vaccines only protect against a few of the hundreds of types of human papillomavirus (HPV), Pap smears are still a very important part of being protected against cervical cancer.

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Gardasil injures and kills many, but no recall

Washington Examiner opinion editor Barbara Hollingsworth raises an interesting question about Merck’s cervical cancer vaccine : If 52 deaths linked to sudden unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles prompted massive, multi-billion-dollar recalls, then why is still administered to thousands of school-age girls when it has been linked to 49 deaths in a briefer time span?

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January is cervical cancer awareness month

Women considering receiving the vaccine for themselves or their daughters  may encounter a lot of confusing, sometimes contradictory information and sweeping generalizations. Because January is Cervical Cancer Awareness month, more women and girls may be seeking information about human papillomavirus (HPV), , and the more recently approved vaccine , which makes it even more important that truth about the vaccine be known.

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HPV authority says pap tests make Gardasil vaccine unnecessary

When asked if she believed the vaccine presented more risks to girls and women than the possibility of cervical cancer, Dr. Diane Harper, the lead researcher in human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine development told journalist Marcia Yerman that has little to no benefit for women who receive Pap screening.

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