An FDA advisory panel gave unanimous endorsement in mid May to a new vaccine that blocks viruses that scientists believe cause most cervical cancer.
The drug, Gardasil, produced by Merck, protects against two types of human papillomavirus (HPV) that cause 70% of cervical cancer cases. It also blocks two viruses that cause genital warts.
HPV is the [...]
By the end of this year U.S. health care expenditures are expected to top $2 trillion, more than double the health care expenditures 10 years ago. Yet, the May 3rd issue of JAMA reports a new study comparing the health of older Americans and their English counterparts, and we’re not ahead for our bucks!
While the [...]
The section of Nutrition in the Articles of WomensMedicineBowl.com is the last major section to be written. It’s not that I was confused– I’ve always told my daughters, “Diet wasn’t a four-letter word 25 years ago. It meant eating sensible portions of a wide variety of foods.” But the literature is baffling.
In the 1970s it [...]
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