The HPV vaccine, which guards against the human papillomavirus which can lead to cervical cancer, could lead to unsafe sex according to a new US study. The study showed that 23.6 percent of young women taking the HPV vaccine believed the vaccination could guard against other sexually transmitted infections. And 3.8 percent believed they wouldn’t ...
Doctors have been saying for years that the study linking autism to the Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine is not good science. Now an investigation reveals it was actually an elaborate fraud. Every one of the 12 cases upon which Andrew Wakefield built his 1998 study contained factual errors. Some of the children had behavioural ...
At least that’s what the end result will be if they prevent young girls from getting the HPV vaccine. HPV is a genital warts virus and it leads to over 70% of cervical cancers. There has been much controversy over girls as young as 12 getting this vaccine, and the most recent attack comes from ...
Over the last week or so several very hopeful articles about cures and vaccines for HIV have come out but nobody is jumping for joy. Is this because scientists are worried it’s just another false alarm? There have been two major breakthroughs. The first one is for a vaccine that uses naturally occurring antibodies found ...
One shot can protect people from genital warts and cervical cancer for life. It is recommended for girls and women to protect them against the virus linked to genital warts and cervical cancer, often caught from men. But giving the shot to everyone to save women’s lives is not cost effective. Men and women are ...
A girl has died shortly after getting the HPV vaccine. She was 14 and got this vaccine in school, as many youngsters have done since the vaccination program came out to help protect these girls from cancer. This is an incredibly controversial issue. Ever since the vaccine came out in 2006 for certain strands of ...
The BBC reported yesterday with new hope for men wanting to avoid prostate cancer. Of 200 cancerous prostates, researchers found a specific virus in 27% of them. This virus was found in the more aggressive cancers, however, it was also seen in some non-cancerous prostates. Overall, this is a very preliminary finding, but it has the potential to ...
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
