New HPV shot covers a wider range of cancers. Make sure your adolescent gets it (health.harvard.edu)

16 points by edwinespinosa09 11y ago ↗ HN

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countz 11y ago ↗

Can't help but wonder where the funding came from: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/21/climate-c...

daughart 11y ago ↗

You don't have to wonder, it's a scientific study. https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00543543

Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp

Official Title: A Randomized, International, Double-Blinded (With In-House Blinding), Controlled With GARDASIL, Dose-Ranging, Tolerability, Immunogenicity, and Efficacy Study of a Multivalent Human Papillomavirus (HPV) L1 Virus-Like Particle (VLP) Vaccine Administered to 16- to 26- Year-Old Women

Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration

forgottenacc56 11y ago ↗

Cancer vaccine. Nice.

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needacig 11y ago ↗

It would be great to know if this is still useful to get as an adult older than the age 26 mentioned in the article.

edwinespinosa09 11y ago ↗

You read my mind, I'm going to ask my physician if there is value getting the 3 shots despite having already been sexually active

farresito 11y ago ↗

Cancer pretty much always comes because of the lack of a good diet and because of environmental factors. It seems people do not realize this. If you want to avoid getting cancer, change your lifestyle.