We and other blogger friends have blogged about Gardasil before here and there -- and in a quick and dirty drive-by post, we thought we'd update you on the latest developments:
The AP press reports that federal health officials approved expanding the use of Gardasil, the cervical cancer vaccine, to prevent cancers of the vagina and vulva:
"The Food and Drug Administration first approved Gardasil in 2006 for the prevention of cervical cancer in girls and women ages 9 to 26. The vaccine works by protecting against strains of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, that cause about 70 percent of cervical cancers. The HPV virus, transmitted by sexual contact, causes genital warts that sometimes develop into cancer.
'There is now strong evidence showing that this vaccine can help prevent vulvar and vaginal cancers due to the same virus for which it also helps protect against cervical cancer' said Dr. Jesse Goodman, director of the FDA center that oversees vaccines."
Full Story can be accessed here.
Monday, September 15, 2008
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If you're concerned about the nation's food supply, worried about genetically modified organisms and the role they play in what we eat – and why nobody wants to talk about these things – you should be, according to one Washington insider.
Capitol Reflections author Jonathan Javitt had this to say about GMOs: In general, bio-engineered foods have led the way to better crop yields, tastier and more nutritious fruits and vegetables, produce with longer shelf life, and other benefits to producers and consumers of America’s harvest. At the same time, Congress never imagined the potential for genetic modification when our food safety laws were originally enacted.
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