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In a move sure to stir controversy, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended on Monday that a more aggressive approach to treating high cholesterol in children should be implemented, even if it means prescribing …

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CDC Says One in Four Girls Now Vaccinated Against Cancer
October 16, 2008 – 9:05 pm | No Comment

In the first government-backed survey conducted since Gardasil, the vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV), made its market debut in 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says about 25% of all American …

Did Gardasil Cause Jenny’s Paralysis?
July 8, 2008 – 7:51 pm | 2 Comments

Jenny was a healthy, happy 13-year-old from Northern California until about 15 months ago when signs of muscle deterioration began appearing.  At that time, she’d also completed the third and final dose of Gardasil, the …

FDA Rejects Gardasil for Older Women
June 30, 2008 – 11:28 am | 3 Comments

The pharmaceutical company, Merck & Co. Inc., won approval in 2006 from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market Gardasil, the first vaccine ever approved for the prevention of infection from human papillomavirus …

Merck Seeks GARDASIL Approval for Older Women
March 21, 2008 – 4:28 pm | 5 Comments

Merck & Co., Inc., has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted and designated as priority a review of GARDASIL, a vaccine against types 6, 11, 16, and 18 of the …

1 in 4 Teen Girls Has STD
March 11, 2008 – 6:20 pm | 35 Comments

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has just issued the alarming findings of its first ever survey of teen health which included sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). In the study, the National Health …

Women Given GARDASIL Have Fewer Abnormal Pap Smears
March 10, 2008 – 5:15 pm | 3 Comments

A new study shows that the HPV vaccine, GARDASIL, reduced abnormal Pap test results by 43 percent compared to women not given the vaccine. GARDASIL is FDA approved against the human papilloma virus (HPV) strains …