As a parent, you do everything possible to keep your children happy, healthy and safe, however the grey areas of children’s vaccinations has caused much debate.
It is easy to risk assess physical dangers such as young children playing near a road, or running by a pool. In most cases as parents we intervene to prevent our children from suffering pain. [Read more…]
The boys have won in a long battle to be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted HPV (human papilloma virus).
The announcement came this week from the health secretary Matt Hancock, calling for all boys between 12 and 13 to be vaccinated from September 2019, if not sooner. [Read more…]
New findings into the HPV vaccination have revealed that there is NO LINK to Autoimmune Disease.
What is HPV? – (HPV vaccine), Human Papilloma virus vaccine, seems to be headline news, with the “should you, shouldn’t you?” debate still at the forefront of parents minds. However, few people know what HPV is and how it can affect the body, and even less is known about the consequences of your decision to allow your child to have the injection or not.
Dentists are reporting a growing number of male patients with oral cancer due to the Human papilloma virus (HPV), yet Jeremy Hunt still stands by his decision not to roll out the vaccine to boys across the UK.
Clinics across London are overrun and under-staffed leaving patients waiting hours for pre-booked appointments or even being turned away.
Figures published from the US are showing 70% of head and neck cancers are due to the human papilloma virus also known as HPV.
Cost… this is the cold deciding factor that ultimately influences whether individuals are protected from illness, or not. Whether patients receive lifesaving treatment, or not.
Ranpirnase, a drug that has been used for over 28 years to treat mesothelioma has been shown to completely clear warts caused by HPV( Human Papilloma virus) types 6 and 11, the most common strains that cause genital warts. This is very exciting news as the treatments we currently have for HPV doesn’t always clear up the HPV infection, leaving patients at risk of getting recurrences. It also helps that the drug has been used for such a long time, which means that a lot is known about the safety profile.
