[lpkmckenna]

http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/nati...al-cancer.html

HPV can cause cancer. This could be the beginning of the end of cancer.

Children are vaccinated against all sorts disease. I suggest we begin vaccinating against HPV immediately.

Thoughts?

[hickey]

go for it. Usually Im against things where science is playing god, but when it can help eliminate something so serious, I'm all for it.

[BRussell]

It's better that sluts who have sex are punished by this disease so they can learn their lesson.

[King Bob On The Cob]

Originally Posted by lpkmckenna

http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/nati...al-cancer.html

HPV can cause cancer. This could be the beginning of the end of cancer.

Children are vaccinated against all sorts disease. I suggest we begin vaccinating against HPV immediately.

Thoughts?

A certain kind of cancer....

[lpkmckenna]

Originally Posted by BRussell

It's better that sluts who have sex are punished by this disease so they can learn their lesson.

You forgot the

[Monique]

This is following a std so it does not affect everyone. Wear a condom for guys and a sponge for girls then you are protected. There is no need to increase the amount of drugs into a body if the person is not going to get infected.

[Rumor]

HPV can be transferred from the parents. It can cause cervical cancer, genital warts and genital herpes. If you have ever had a wart anywhere, you have HPV. Chances are, many of us have and do not know it.

[cjrivera]

Originally Posted by Monique

This is following a std so it does not affect everyone. Wear a condom for guys and a sponge for girls then you are protected. There is no need to increase the amount of drugs into a body if the person is not going to get infected.

The sponge does not protect against STDs (such as HPV). You are correct can help prevent the spread of STDs.

[lpkmckenna]

Originally Posted by Monique

This is following a std so it does not affect everyone. Wear a condom for guys and a sponge for girls then you are protected. There is no need to increase the amount of drugs into a body if the person is not going to get infected.

Monique, you are completely wrong. Condoms are not fully effective against HPV, because genital warts can develop in areas that condoms don't protect.

http://www.cdc.gov/std/HPV/STDFact-HPV.htm

Approximately 20 million people are currently infected with HPV. At least 50 percent of sexually active men and women acquire genital HPV infection at some point in their lives. By age 50, at least 80 percent of women will have acquired genital HPV infection. About 6.2 million Americans get a new genital HPV infection each year.

[slugslugslug]

Originally Posted by Rumor

HPV can be transferred from the parents. It can cause cervical cancer, genital warts and genital herpes. If you have ever had a wart anywhere, you have HPV. Chances are, many of us have and do not know it.

While the bolded statement is technically right, it's a bit misleading. There are lots of strains of Human Papilloma Virus. Many of the warts appearing elsewhere are strains that cannot cause genital warts and cervical cancer.

I certainly think it's worth strongly encouraging all parents to vaccinate their daughters against HPV, though I'm not sure about making it mandatory. I will say that parents who choose not to are idiots.

[Rumor]

Originally Posted by slugslugslug

While the bolded statement is technically right, it's a bit misleading. There are lots of strains of Human Papilloma Virus. Many of the warts appearing elsewhere are strains that cannot cause genital warts and cervical cancer.

I certainly think it's worth strongly encouraging all parents to vaccinate their daughters against HPV, though I'm not sure about making it mandatory. I will say that parents who choose not to are idiots.

Point well taken. Thanks for helping to clear that up some. Most strains don't have an adverse health effect.

[analogika]

Condoms provide protection against HPV, study finds

Always using a condom during sex can reduce a woman’s risk of acquiring the virus that causes cervical cancer by up to 70%, suggests a new study.

A vaccine against cervical cancer has just been approved in the US, but people will still need to use condoms to protect themselves against the illness, say researchers. This is because the vaccine only protects against some of the strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) that cause cervical cancer.

Also:

Seaweed compound blocks cervical cancer virus

A seaweed extract called carrageenan strongly inhibits human papillomavirus – known to cause cervical cancer – from entering human cells in the lab, a new study shows. The compound, derived from red algae, is already used as a thickening agent in infant feeding formulas and in sexual lubricants

[...]

a new vaccine called Gardasil – recently been recommended for girls aged 11 to 12 by an influential US advisory panel – is almost 100% effective in protecting against the most dangerous HPV strains. However, the three-dose vaccination course costs $360, which puts many women off. And this is especially expensive for women in developing countries.

Developing an inexpensive gel, or microbicide, to block HPV might help stop its spread, says the John Schiller at the National Cancer Institute in Maryland, US.

[lpkmckenna]

Originally Posted by analogika

[url=http://www.newscientist.com/channel/sex/dn9383.html] Condoms provide protection against HPV, study finds

Always using a condom during sex can reduce a woman’s risk of acquiring the virus that causes cervical cancer by up to 70%, suggests a new study.

70% reduction is too low to be considered acceptable risk. This new vaccine is the best medical news I've heard in years.

[Landos Mustache]

Originally Posted by lpkmckenna

http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/nati...al-cancer.html

HPV can cause cancer. This could be the beginning of the end of cancer.?

Just that very specific form of cancer.

[analogika]

Originally Posted by lpkmckenna

70% reduction is too low to be considered acceptable risk. This new vaccine is the best medical news I've heard in years.

read more carefully:

people will still need to use condoms to protect themselves against the illness, say researchers. This is because the vaccine only protects against some of the strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) that cause cervical cancer.

In fact, condoms are far better news than this vaccine.

[andi*pandi]

considering there is some concern among doctors about regular vaccines and their impact on the rising rate of autism among children, more vaccines for young children don't seem a good idea. Perhaps it can be part of the "so, you're sexually active?" doctor visit when you go get your first birth control, you also get this vaccine... or since some don't go to the dr to get BC, perhaps doctors should ask kids of a certain age if they're active and want this vaccine.

[lpkmckenna]

Originally Posted by analogika

In fact, condoms are far better news than this vaccine.

I'm not sure what your point is. I haven't phrased this as "condoms vs vaccines." I am very pro-condom.

[IceEnclosure]

Originally Posted by lpkmckenna

I am very pro-condom.

I dream of a Pro Condom.

[JoshuaZ]

A lot fo resistance I`ve read about online has been from people saying that giving this vaccination will increase sexual activity amounst young people. Sighh.... honestly. This could save so many lives, yet a lot of people are worried that their children may have sex. Seeing how little most young people know about STD prevention, might we just take a step forward and remove one of these STDs from the pool? Wouldn`t it be nice to kill off this bug from the world population in the next 100 years?

Also, would you rather have the slight risk of autism in your child OR the possibily of a whole lot of deadly diseases hitting your child. I don`t think anyone under the age of 50 remember Polio or how much it sucked for so many.