For it to be effective, it needs to be given before a person becomes sexually active.Elsewhere, I read that: The Food and Drug Administration approved Gardasil for girls and women aged nine to 26. The FDA said a study in older women was continuing... which means that for now, nothing has changed for me (or nearly all the women I know) except that I've been lumped into the category of "older women" for the first time.
That means preteens would be the ideal candidates for the vaccine.
Still, it's progress, and in women's health, no less, so I applaud the scientists behind the vaccine Gardasil.
tags: Gardasil, hpv, cervical+cancer+vaccine
Dang. That means I'm old, too.
ReplyDeleteI knew that passing thirty was gonna start causing problems...
I've been wondering why we'd never been told this before! Now it makes sense. ($$$)
ReplyDeleteSJ: exactly. They actually mentioned it in a West Wing episode a couple years ago (the one where Elmo and Big Bird visit the White House: Eppur Si Muove, I think)
ReplyDeleteI am glad of the additional publicity too... and still am very annoyed at how blatantly mercenary the effort is. The fact that this information could have come out anytime in the past twenty years and is only just now making a big splash is proof enough for me.
ReplyDeleteKimm: know just what you mean.
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