Erin Brokovich and Gardasil

So I was reading about Gardasil and some of the latest news about it.  This one article from the BYU website was about a girl who received the Gardasil vaccine and within a very short amount of time started feeling ill.  Her symptoms are not described in the article.  Erin Brokovich is mentioned later in [...]

More Gardasil Controversy

I found this story on an Australian news site yesterday.   I found it interesting because it talks about some women who have had side effects from having the Gardasil vaccine.
I put it out there just in case there might be someone you know having side effects of the Gardasil vaccine, that they aren’t alone and [...]

Other Concerns Regarding Gardasil

Here is another article I found on the concerns regarding the Gardasil vaccine.
The section on the side effects (more towards the end) is particularly interesting.  What the article also talks about is that the vaccine only protects against a couple strains (fairly well), but only reduced the risk of developing precancerous cells by 17%.
Anyway…good stuff.

Being Cautious About Gardasil

This brief CNBC article talks about an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine which stated we need to be cautious about Gardasil and the long term effects.  Merck did not have years and years to investigate the long term effect of this vaccine.  So while in the short term it may protect against [...]

Vaccines!

As a chiropractor, I’m pretty much against vaccines.  I’m especially against vaccines that seem useless – i.e. the chicken pox vaccine.  Yes, it’s very contagious.  Yes, it’s annoying.  Is it really necessary we eradicate chicken pox?  It’s not the plague, after all.  With that said, maybe if you’re an adult who never had chicken pox, [...]

Gardasil Vaccine Safe?

Since many doctors are advocating the use of the Gardasil vaccine for young girls to protect against HPV, it’s necessary to understand some of the risks involved.  Many government officials legislating the use of this vaccine as a requirement for school have ties to Merck, the company making the vaccine.
The following is from the National [...]