http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2007/03/gardasil-whats-all-the-noise-about Daily dose of women's health news and media analysis Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:46:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2007/03/gardasil-whats-all-the-noise-about/comment-page-1#comment-14 Kiki Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:01:44 +0000 http://ourbodies.s467.sureserver.com/?p=173#comment-14 The Canadian Women's Health Network has written an interesting article that addresses some of Maryann's concerns-- we just <a href="http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book/companion.asp?id=15&compID=117" rel="nofollow"> posted it</a> at the OBOS website. The Canadian Women’s Health Network has written an interesting article that addresses some of Maryann’s concerns– we just posted it at the OBOS website.

]]> http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2007/03/gardasil-whats-all-the-noise-about/comment-page-1#comment-13 Christine C. Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:01:08 +0000 http://ourbodies.s467.sureserver.com/?p=173#comment-13 Excellent points -- some of which was addressed in this <a href="http://ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2007/02/mercks_hpv_vaccine_a_mandatory_lesson_learned.php" rel="nofollow">earlier post</a> or has been discussed by Lucinda Marshall and other writers we've pointed to. The Nation story didn't hit on all of the medical controversy, but it did cover the debate over Gardasil -- and who's on what side and why -- quite thoroughly. Excellent points — some of which was addressed in this earlier post or has been discussed by Lucinda Marshall and other writers we’ve pointed to. The Nation story didn’t hit on all of the medical controversy, but it did cover the debate over Gardasil — and who’s on what side and why — quite thoroughly.

]]> http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2007/03/gardasil-whats-all-the-noise-about/comment-page-1#comment-12 Maryann Napoli Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:58:04 +0000 http://ourbodies.s467.sureserver.com/?p=173#comment-12 You found the Nation article to be the most comprehensive overview of Gardasil you've seen, but it missed these crucial points: 1) cervical cancer is a rare disease, accounting for about 3,700 deaths per year, most likely to afflict women living in dire poverty (see American Cancer Society Guidelines for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Use to Prevent Cervical Cancer and Its Precursors reported in CA: A Journal for Clinicians, January 23, 2007); 2) mass vaccinations of 9-12 year-olds for a rare disease may make sense if the vaccine was proven to be risk-free, but fewer than 1200 girls under 12 were in the FDA-required pre-approval trials and they were followed less than 18 months. 3) no one under 15 participated in the one trial that followed women the longest—4.5 years. www.medicalconsumers.org You found the Nation article to be the most comprehensive overview of Gardasil you’ve seen, but it missed these crucial points: 1) cervical cancer is a rare disease, accounting for about 3,700 deaths per year, most likely to afflict women living in dire poverty (see American Cancer Society Guidelines for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Use to Prevent Cervical Cancer and Its Precursors reported in CA: A Journal for Clinicians, January 23, 2007); 2) mass vaccinations of 9-12 year-olds for a rare disease may make sense if the vaccine was proven to be risk-free, but fewer than 1200 girls under 12 were in the FDA-required pre-approval trials and they were followed less than 18 months. 3) no one under 15 participated in the one trial that followed women the longest—4.5 years. http://www.medicalconsumers.org

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