British and American health officials are in a panic over, what now seems inevitable: Sexually transmitted diseases that are resistant to any and all cures.
For background, read New Sex Disease, Worse than HIV/AIDS and also read Feds Blame Homosexual Men for Sex Disease Epidemic
-- From "Gonorrhea may soon be untreatable, Britain's chief medical officer warns" by Rachel Feltman, Washington Post 12/28/15
Sally Davies, Britain’s chief medical officer, has sounded the alarm on the spread of antibiotic resistant gonorrhea.
The sexually transmitted infection is increasingly caused by strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae that resist antibiotic treatment. “Gonorrhoea is at risk of becoming an untreatable disease due to the continuing emergence of antimicrobial resistance,” Davies wrote to doctors and pharmacies. The Guardian reports that a recent outbreak of a superbug strain of the disease – one that doesn’t respond to the antibiotic azithromycin – has put Britain on high alert.
Why does this happen? When researchers look for new antibiotics, they obviously look for ones that are incredibly effective against pathogenic bacteria. But as soon as these antibiotics are released for use by the public, they start to lose their effectiveness. Bacteria are fast-evolving creatures, and individual bacterium are skilled at sharing genes that allow them to survive particular antibiotics. Bacteria can even copy resistance genes from microbes of different strains and species through a process called horizontal gene transfer.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Gonorrhea May Soon Become Drug-Resistant, Untreatable: Rise Of 'Super Gonorrhea' In England" by Lecia Bushak, Medical Daily 12/28/15
In England, 16 cases of “super-gonorrhea” have been confirmed since March of this year, including an outbreak in Leeds, according to the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV. The strain is resistant to an antibiotic called azithromycin, which is typically used in collaboration with a drug called ceftriaxone. According to the CDC, “cephalosporin antibiotics have been the foundation of recommended treatment for gonorrhea,” and “the emergence of cephalosporin-resistant gonorrhea would significantly complicate the ability of providers to treat gonorrhea successfully, since we have few antibiotic options left that are simple, well-studied, well-tolerated, and highly effective.”
Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease that can be transmitted to anyone who is sexually active, generally infecting the genitals, throat, or rectum. Symptoms of the disease involve green or yellow discharge from genitals, as well as pain while urinating. Sometimes there are no symptoms, and a person may spread the disease to others without realizing it.
Typically, gonorrhea is treated with one or a combination of drugs, but once an antibiotic becomes more popular among patients, it loses its potency. Bacteria are constantly evolving and mutating, so it’s only a matter of time before certain strains develop resistance to common antibiotics.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Carefree 'Safe Sex' NOT Possible: Federal CDC Admits Failure
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Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Gov't Warns: Homosexual Men are Huge HIV Risk
Yesterday, President Obama's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued (yet another) report warning that sexually active homosexual men (men engaging in anal sex) are at high risk of transmitting HIV, compared to men and women who have normal sex posing little or no threat of HIV transmission; but a woman IS at risk if she allows an HIV-infected penis in her rectum.
UPDATE 2/26/16: Government Predicts Half of All Black Gay Men Will Contract HIV
For background, read Anal Sex Pill Pushed in Gay Men Study to Stop HIV
Click headlines below to read previous articles;
Feds Blame Homosexual Men for Sex Disease Epidemic
The Only 'Safe Gays' are Celibate Gays, Says U.S. FDA
Carefree 'Safe Sex' NOT Possible: Federal CDC Admits Failure
Also read Anal Sex is Main Cause of HIV Pandemic, Study Shows
And read New Gay Health Risk: Meningococcal Disease
-- From "CDC Recommends PrEP for Americans at High Risk for HIV" by Jessica Firger, Newsweek 11/24/15
The recommendations were published Tuesday in Vital Signs, a monthly report from the CDC. Based on national data, the CDC estimates that 25 percent of sexually active gay and bisexual men, nearly 20 percent of adult intravenous drug users and less than 1 percent of sexually active heterosexuals should be counseled on the use of PrEP. These numbers are based on lifestyle factors that put a person at higher risk for an HIV infection such as engaging in unprotected sex with multiple partners. The daily pill for HIV prevention that has been found to reduce the risk for infection by more than 90 percent for men who have sex with men and by more than 70 percent among patients who inject drugs.
PrEP was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2012 for high-risk patients, but the CDC reports that many primary care physicians are unaware of the drug and its high efficacy for HIV prevention. An unpublished online national survey of health care providers, conducted in 2015 found 34 percent had not heard of PrEP.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Daily Pill Can Prevent HIV" posted at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. federal government)
PrEP is for some people at very high risk for getting HIV [including] . . . women who do not always use a condom for sex with bisexual men.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "CDC: More people could be protected from HIV with daily pill" by Stephen Feller, UPI 11/24/15
"PrEP isn't reaching many people who could benefit from it, and many providers remain unaware of its promise," Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the CDC, said in a press release. "With about 40,000 HIV infections newly diagnosed each year in the U.S., we need to use all available prevention strategies."
"PrEP isn't right for everyone," said Eugene McCray, director of the HIV/AIDS prevention division at the CDC. "No single method is, but it's right for some people, and when the men and women at high risk adhere to PrEP or whatever prevention methods work for them, we can make gains in national efforts."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "More May Benefit from HIV Prevention Pill Truvada" WebMD News from HealthDay by Robert Preidt 11/24/15
The CDC said it is taking a number of steps to increase PrEP use. These steps include publishing resources to educate and advise health care providers, a hotline to answer their questions, and increased funding to community organizations to improve access to the drug.
While important, PrEP is one of a number of HIV prevention strategies. Others include treatment to suppress the virus in people with HIV and encouraging consistent and proper use of condoms. Other prevention strategies include reducing risky behaviors . . .
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
. . . yet there's ZERO encouragement from these "experts" for abstinence from anal sex.
UPDATE 2/26/16: Government Predicts Half of All Black Gay Men Will Contract HIV
For background, read Anal Sex Pill Pushed in Gay Men Study to Stop HIV
Click headlines below to read previous articles;
Feds Blame Homosexual Men for Sex Disease Epidemic
The Only 'Safe Gays' are Celibate Gays, Says U.S. FDA
Carefree 'Safe Sex' NOT Possible: Federal CDC Admits Failure
Also read Anal Sex is Main Cause of HIV Pandemic, Study Shows
And read New Gay Health Risk: Meningococcal Disease
-- From "CDC Recommends PrEP for Americans at High Risk for HIV" by Jessica Firger, Newsweek 11/24/15
The recommendations were published Tuesday in Vital Signs, a monthly report from the CDC. Based on national data, the CDC estimates that 25 percent of sexually active gay and bisexual men, nearly 20 percent of adult intravenous drug users and less than 1 percent of sexually active heterosexuals should be counseled on the use of PrEP. These numbers are based on lifestyle factors that put a person at higher risk for an HIV infection such as engaging in unprotected sex with multiple partners. The daily pill for HIV prevention that has been found to reduce the risk for infection by more than 90 percent for men who have sex with men and by more than 70 percent among patients who inject drugs.
PrEP was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2012 for high-risk patients, but the CDC reports that many primary care physicians are unaware of the drug and its high efficacy for HIV prevention. An unpublished online national survey of health care providers, conducted in 2015 found 34 percent had not heard of PrEP.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Daily Pill Can Prevent HIV" posted at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. federal government)
PrEP is for some people at very high risk for getting HIV [including] . . . women who do not always use a condom for sex with bisexual men.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "CDC: More people could be protected from HIV with daily pill" by Stephen Feller, UPI 11/24/15
"PrEP isn't reaching many people who could benefit from it, and many providers remain unaware of its promise," Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the CDC, said in a press release. "With about 40,000 HIV infections newly diagnosed each year in the U.S., we need to use all available prevention strategies."
"PrEP isn't right for everyone," said Eugene McCray, director of the HIV/AIDS prevention division at the CDC. "No single method is, but it's right for some people, and when the men and women at high risk adhere to PrEP or whatever prevention methods work for them, we can make gains in national efforts."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "More May Benefit from HIV Prevention Pill Truvada" WebMD News from HealthDay by Robert Preidt 11/24/15
The CDC said it is taking a number of steps to increase PrEP use. These steps include publishing resources to educate and advise health care providers, a hotline to answer their questions, and increased funding to community organizations to improve access to the drug.
While important, PrEP is one of a number of HIV prevention strategies. Others include treatment to suppress the virus in people with HIV and encouraging consistent and proper use of condoms. Other prevention strategies include reducing risky behaviors . . .
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
. . . yet there's ZERO encouragement from these "experts" for abstinence from anal sex.
Saturday, October 31, 2015
6-day-old Baby NOT a Person, Says NY Appeals Court
A pregnant Jennifer Jorgensen crashed her car in 2008 while on drugs and/or alcohol causing her near-full-term baby to be delivered by emergency C-section. Jorgensen was initially sentenced to 3 to 9 years in prison for second-degree manslaughter because her baby girl died six days afterward. However, the highest court in the state of New York overturned that conviction, because the case hinged on the question of intent of the state law "to hold pregnant women criminally responsible for engaging in reckless conduct against themselves and their unborn fetuses, such that they should be subject to criminal liability for prenatal conduct that results in postnatal death? Under the current statutory scheme, the answer to this question is no."
For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:
Physicians Force New York Times to Admit 22-week Fetus is a Baby!
Study Shows Babies Can Hear the Abortionist Coming
Abortionists Stymied by New Oklahoma & Kansas Laws
-- From "Conviction of pregnant driver overturned in N.Y." by Michael Virtanen, Associated Press 10/22/15
Prosecutors argued that Jennifer Jorgensen was speeding, intoxicated, and unbelted when she crossed into traffic in 2008 and hit another vehicle head-on, killing Mary and Robert Kelly. Jorgensen, of Long Island, was eight months’ pregnant at the time.
She was acquitted of manslaughter in the deaths of the Kellys but convicted of recklessly causing her daughter’s death.
But the Court of Appeals, in a 5-1 ruling, said the state Legislature didn’t intend to hold a pregnant woman responsible for such harmful conduct to herself or her fetus unless it’s intentional.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Court Overturns LI Woman’s Conviction In 2008 Death Of Baby" by CBS New York & Associated Press 10/22/15
Any imposition of criminal liability for actions of pregnant women where a child later dies from injuries suffered while in the womb needs to be clearly defined by lawmakers, Judge Eugene Pigott Jr. wrote. “It should also not be left to the whim of the prosecutor.”
“Conceivably, one could find it ‘reckless’ for a pregnant woman to disregard her obstetrician’s specific orders concerning bed rest; take prescription and/or illicit drugs; shovel a walkway; engage in a contact sport; carry groceries; or disregard dietary restrictions,” Pigott wrote. “Such conduct, if it resulted in premature birth and subsequent death of the child, could result in criminal liability for the mother.”
At present, that’s not in New York’s criminal law, Pigott wrote.
In a dissent, Judge Eugene Fahy wrote that he could not join in a ruling that analyzes New York statutes to determine that the 6-day-old child was not a person because she was unborn when her mother crashed. “The pertinent parts of the Penal Law speak to victims as they are, not as they were at the time the acts giving rise to the crime were committed.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Court reverses mother's conviction in infant death" by Casey Seiler, Albany Times Union 10/22/15
In June 2009, Jorgensen was indicted for aggravated vehicular homicide, driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol and — charges related to the death of the infant — manslaughter in the second degree and endangering the welfare of a child.
Her first trial ended with a hung jury. In a 2010 retrial, Jorgensen was convicted on only one charge: second-degree manslaughter for causing the death of her daughter. A 3- to 9-year sentence was stayed pending her appeal. An appellate court subsequently upheld her conviction.
The court said that Suffolk County prosecutors "concede that, had defendant not consented to the cesarean section with the result that the child be born alive, she would not have been prosecuted for manslaughter in the second degree." Ruling against Jorgensen, then, "would create a perverse incentive for a pregnant woman to refuse a cesarean section out of fear that if her baby is born alive she would face criminal charges for her alleged reckless conduct, jeopardizing the health of the woman and the unborn fetus."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Mom's Conviction Tossed for Baby's Death in Crash" by Nick Divito, Courthouse News Service 10/23/15
State legislators have put down laws to criminalize self-abortions, but has left the question "ambiguous" as to whether it's a crime to be reckless while pregnant.
"We conclude that the legislature did not intend to impose greater punishment on pregnant women for their alleged reckless conduct toward a fetus than for their intentional conduct," [Judge] Pigott wrote.
And since the baby did not die while in the womb, Jorgenson "could not have been prosecuted under the manslaughter statute because the fetus would not have fallen under the definition of a 'person'" under the law, the said.
Judge Eugene M. Fahey Fahey dissented, stating: "I conclude that the baby was a person in the eyes of the penal law, that the mother can be held accountable ... for the baby's death, and that the appellate division's order should be affirmed."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Planned Parenthood President Asks, Who Cares When Life Begins?
For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:
Physicians Force New York Times to Admit 22-week Fetus is a Baby!
Study Shows Babies Can Hear the Abortionist Coming
Abortionists Stymied by New Oklahoma & Kansas Laws
-- From "Conviction of pregnant driver overturned in N.Y." by Michael Virtanen, Associated Press 10/22/15
Prosecutors argued that Jennifer Jorgensen was speeding, intoxicated, and unbelted when she crossed into traffic in 2008 and hit another vehicle head-on, killing Mary and Robert Kelly. Jorgensen, of Long Island, was eight months’ pregnant at the time.
She was acquitted of manslaughter in the deaths of the Kellys but convicted of recklessly causing her daughter’s death.
But the Court of Appeals, in a 5-1 ruling, said the state Legislature didn’t intend to hold a pregnant woman responsible for such harmful conduct to herself or her fetus unless it’s intentional.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Court Overturns LI Woman’s Conviction In 2008 Death Of Baby" by CBS New York & Associated Press 10/22/15
Any imposition of criminal liability for actions of pregnant women where a child later dies from injuries suffered while in the womb needs to be clearly defined by lawmakers, Judge Eugene Pigott Jr. wrote. “It should also not be left to the whim of the prosecutor.”
“Conceivably, one could find it ‘reckless’ for a pregnant woman to disregard her obstetrician’s specific orders concerning bed rest; take prescription and/or illicit drugs; shovel a walkway; engage in a contact sport; carry groceries; or disregard dietary restrictions,” Pigott wrote. “Such conduct, if it resulted in premature birth and subsequent death of the child, could result in criminal liability for the mother.”
At present, that’s not in New York’s criminal law, Pigott wrote.
In a dissent, Judge Eugene Fahy wrote that he could not join in a ruling that analyzes New York statutes to determine that the 6-day-old child was not a person because she was unborn when her mother crashed. “The pertinent parts of the Penal Law speak to victims as they are, not as they were at the time the acts giving rise to the crime were committed.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Court reverses mother's conviction in infant death" by Casey Seiler, Albany Times Union 10/22/15
In June 2009, Jorgensen was indicted for aggravated vehicular homicide, driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol and — charges related to the death of the infant — manslaughter in the second degree and endangering the welfare of a child.
Her first trial ended with a hung jury. In a 2010 retrial, Jorgensen was convicted on only one charge: second-degree manslaughter for causing the death of her daughter. A 3- to 9-year sentence was stayed pending her appeal. An appellate court subsequently upheld her conviction.
The court said that Suffolk County prosecutors "concede that, had defendant not consented to the cesarean section with the result that the child be born alive, she would not have been prosecuted for manslaughter in the second degree." Ruling against Jorgensen, then, "would create a perverse incentive for a pregnant woman to refuse a cesarean section out of fear that if her baby is born alive she would face criminal charges for her alleged reckless conduct, jeopardizing the health of the woman and the unborn fetus."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Mom's Conviction Tossed for Baby's Death in Crash" by Nick Divito, Courthouse News Service 10/23/15
State legislators have put down laws to criminalize self-abortions, but has left the question "ambiguous" as to whether it's a crime to be reckless while pregnant.
"We conclude that the legislature did not intend to impose greater punishment on pregnant women for their alleged reckless conduct toward a fetus than for their intentional conduct," [Judge] Pigott wrote.
And since the baby did not die while in the womb, Jorgenson "could not have been prosecuted under the manslaughter statute because the fetus would not have fallen under the definition of a 'person'" under the law, the said.
Judge Eugene M. Fahey Fahey dissented, stating: "I conclude that the baby was a person in the eyes of the penal law, that the mother can be held accountable ... for the baby's death, and that the appellate division's order should be affirmed."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Planned Parenthood President Asks, Who Cares When Life Begins?
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Birth Control Pills Kill Woman Aged 21 in 3 Weeks
Fallan Kurek, 21, of Tamworth, Staffordshire (England) suffered a blood clot as a confirmed result of taking birth control pills for 25 consecutive days, as prescribed; she died after three days of intensive care. The multitude of deadly side effects of contraceptives are well documented, yet unknown to most users.
Also read 'The Pill' is Dangerous, but Federal Government Says Keep Taking it
And read 'The Pill' Reaches Age 50, but Do the Women Who Use It?
-- From "Woman, 21, dies after taking contraceptive pill that 'caused fatal blood clot'" by Lizzie Dearden, UK Independent 5/25/15
[Kurek] was taken to Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield, where doctors said the pill was the probable cause of the blood clot on her lung.
A brain scan revealed there was no activity because of oxygen starvation and after three days in intensive care, her parents [Julia and Brian Kurek] made the decision to turn off her life support on 14 May.
The link between combined contraceptives and blood clots has been known for several decades and is closely monitored by international regulators.
The risk of blood clots varies depending on the type of hormone pills contain, ranging from five to 12 cases of blood clots per 10,000 women who use them for a year.
The family wants to raise awareness of the potential side effects, he said, adding: “We can’t bring her back, all we can do is maybe save another life.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Teaching assistant, 21, 'killed by contraceptive pill'" posted at UK Telegraph 5/25/15
. . . Her worried father Brian, 52, took her to Sir John Peel Hospital in Tamworth for a check-up where she was given an electrocardiogram (ECG) but four days later she began getting breathless again and collapsed on the stairs of her home . . . earlier this month after vomiting and turning blue as she struggled to breathe.
Paramedics arrived and began carrying out tests on the still conscious Miss Kurek, but within minutes they switched to emergency CPR when she stopped breathing.
She was rushed to Good Hope Hospital's intensive care unit, where she was put on a ventilator and emergency scans on her head and chest took place.
The scan revealed she had a large clot on her lung, causing the right side of her heart to become inflamed, and that she was now clinically brain dead.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Doctors Report that Abortion Causes Breast Cancer — Media Silent
"We felt angry when they first mentioned it could be the pill. . . . I couldn't believe nobody had said the pill could do this. It should say it on the pack and the label that they can kill."For background, read Birth Control Pill Linked to Breast Cancer; Vasectomy Linked to Prostate Cancer
-- Julia Kurek, mother
Also read 'The Pill' is Dangerous, but Federal Government Says Keep Taking it
And read 'The Pill' Reaches Age 50, but Do the Women Who Use It?
-- From "Woman, 21, dies after taking contraceptive pill that 'caused fatal blood clot'" by Lizzie Dearden, UK Independent 5/25/15
[Kurek] was taken to Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield, where doctors said the pill was the probable cause of the blood clot on her lung.
A brain scan revealed there was no activity because of oxygen starvation and after three days in intensive care, her parents [Julia and Brian Kurek] made the decision to turn off her life support on 14 May.
The link between combined contraceptives and blood clots has been known for several decades and is closely monitored by international regulators.
The risk of blood clots varies depending on the type of hormone pills contain, ranging from five to 12 cases of blood clots per 10,000 women who use them for a year.
The family wants to raise awareness of the potential side effects, he said, adding: “We can’t bring her back, all we can do is maybe save another life.”
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Teaching assistant, 21, 'killed by contraceptive pill'" posted at UK Telegraph 5/25/15
. . . Her worried father Brian, 52, took her to Sir John Peel Hospital in Tamworth for a check-up where she was given an electrocardiogram (ECG) but four days later she began getting breathless again and collapsed on the stairs of her home . . . earlier this month after vomiting and turning blue as she struggled to breathe.
Paramedics arrived and began carrying out tests on the still conscious Miss Kurek, but within minutes they switched to emergency CPR when she stopped breathing.
She was rushed to Good Hope Hospital's intensive care unit, where she was put on a ventilator and emergency scans on her head and chest took place.
The scan revealed she had a large clot on her lung, causing the right side of her heart to become inflamed, and that she was now clinically brain dead.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Doctors Report that Abortion Causes Breast Cancer — Media Silent
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Anal Sex Pill Pushed in Gay Men Study to Stop HIV
In the never-ending, and thus far fruitless effort to make deviant sexual behavior harmless, researchers are hawking a new extremely expensive alternative to failure-ridden condoms for homosexual men: take medication orally, then engage in anal sex, then orally afterward -- repeat again in serial fashion.
For background, read U.S. Government Says HIV/AIDS is Mostly a Gay Disease and also just reported that Soaring Syphilis Rates Among Homosexual Men Point to HIV Risk
UPDATE 11/25/15: Gov't Pushes Anal Sex Pill because Homosexual Men are Major HIV Risk
Also read Anal Sex is Main Cause of HIV Pandemic, Study Shows
And read President Obama Commits $15 Million to Show that Gay Men Aren't the Cause of HIV/AIDS
In addition, read HIV Cure: False Hope to Victims, Money to Others
-- From "Preventative treatment dramatically reduces HIV risk in gay men" by Kate Kelland, Reuters (London) 2/24/15
Gay men at high risk of HIV who took a daily dose of a Gilead AIDS drug as a preventative measure cut their risk of infection by 86 percent, according to results of a British trial released on Tuesday.
Researchers who conducted the trial of so-called pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) said the results offer real hope of reversing the HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men, one of the highest risk groups.
PrEP involves people who do not have HIV but who are at high risk of becoming infected and seek to protect themselves by taking a single pill, usually a combination of two antiretrovirals, every day.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Pills before, after risky sex by gays can lower HIV risk" by The Associated Press 2/25/15
The results offer hope of a more appealing way to help prevent the disease beyond taking daily pills and using condoms, although those methods are still considered best.
The study, done in France and Canada, is the first to test "on demand" use of Truvada, a pill combining two AIDS drugs, by people planning to have risky sex. The uninfected men who took it were 86 percent less likely to get HIV compared with men given dummy pills.
The study of Gilead Science's Truvada was led by the French national HIV research agency.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "HIV Pills Before And After Sex Prevents Spread Of HIV In Gay Men: Study" by Dianne Depra, Tech Times 2/25/15
More than 35 million people around the world have HIV but experts estimate that new infections in gay men can be curbed by 25 percent through pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), preventing up to a million new cases in the group in a 10-year period.
PrEP helps those not yet infected by HIV but at high risk of acquiring an infection with a simple pill. Containing emtricitabine and tenofovir, the pill keeps the virus from permanently taking hold after an individual is exposed, preventing HIV from fully developing. In a UK trial, researchers tested the Gilead drug Truvada and found that as a preventative measure, the pill can cut up to 86 percent of HIV risk.
The results of the study was presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, which the UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, gladly welcomed.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "HIV pill: Scientists hail discovery of 'game-changer' that cuts the risk of infection among gay men" by Charlie Cooper, UK Independent 2/24/15
A daily pill that can dramatically cut a person’s risk of contracting HIV must be made available through the NHS “as soon as possible”, campaigners have said.
Results of a major UK trial of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) have been described as “extremely exciting” and a “game-changer” by leading specialists.
Despite major advances in the fight against HIV/Aids in recent decades, the infection rate among men who have sex with men remains stubbornly high in the UK, and the results of the trial have led to calls for PrEP to be offered free by the NHS.
With evidence of its effectiveness now established, it will have to consider whether the pills, which will cost £423 per month for each patient, will be cost-effective, and what the criteria should be for accessing them.
The next question is how many people would be given the pill. It would probably only be available for high-risk people – those who are having sex with several partners, sometimes unprotected. About 18,000 men who have sex with men are diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection each year (an indicator of a high-risk lifestyle). If around a quarter of these were deemed likely to benefit from PrEP that would mean 4,500 people taking PrEP a year, at a total cost of £22.8m.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Gilead’s Pill Can Stop HIV. So Why Does Almost Nobody Take It?" by Caroline Chen, Bloomberg Business 2/17/15
Truvada, Gilead [Sciences Inc.]’s HIV drug, has been approved since 2004 for people with the virus. In 2012, use was expanded to people without HIV as a way of preventing transmission -- a practice called PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis. Taken daily, it can prevent infections 92 percent of the time, meaning it could drastically reduce new infections in sexually active gay men, among the U.S.’s highest-risk communities.
Thanks to its use in HIV patients, Truvada’s been a financial success, bringing Gilead $1.79 billion in the U.S last year. Yet out of 3.3 U.S. million prescriptions from January 2012 to March 2014, only 3,200 were for prevention.
There are many reasons: Gilead says PrEP isn’t a moneymaker, so the drugmaker doesn’t pitch the medicine to many of the primary care doctors who see healthy, HIV-negative gay men most likely to benefit from Truvada. Patients and advocates say doctors often don’t know about the medicine, and some insurance plans leave patients with copays as high as $1,300, making use by the healthy less affordable.
The result is thousands of people who could significantly lower their HIV risk, yet don’t. Some 50,000 Americans are diagnosed with HIV each year, with the highest rates among young gay males, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "New compound raises hope for HIV vaccine" by IANS posted at Business Standards 2/19/15
In a major step against HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), the virus that causes AIDS, scientists have announced the creation of a novel drug candidate that is so potent and universally effective it might work as part of an unconventional vaccine.
"Unlike antibodies, which fail to neutralise a large fraction of HIV-1 strains, our protein has been effective against all strains tested, raising the possibility it could offer an effective HIV vaccine alternative," said lead researcher Michael Farzan, professor at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), Florida.
Tested in monkeys, the new drug candidate blocks every strain of HIV-1, HIV-2 and SIV (simian immunodeficiency virus) that has been isolated from humans or rhesus macaques, including the hardest-to-stop variants, the findings showed.
The study was published online in the journal Nature.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "New drug discovery could offer HIV cure" by Yoon Ju Chung, Daily Tarheel 2/22/15
The Scripps Research Institute on Wednesday published details about the potential drug, touted as a vaccine alternative. Dr. Michael Farzan, a professor of infectious diseases at TSRI’s Florida campus, said he expects his new drug candidate could cure the 35 million people living with HIV worldwide within the next few years.
But Dr. David Margolis, a UNC professor of medicine and leader of the Collaboratory of AIDS Researchers for Eradication, cast doubt on several of the study’s findings: whether it will be as effective for humans as it was for monkeys, whether the protection will last long enough and whether human cells will react abnormally to the proteins.
“This is not novel and has been tried in the lab for decades,” he said.
An estimated 39 million people have died worldwide from HIV-related causes, and while treatments have improved, a cure has remained elusive for decades.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Click headlines below to read previous articles:
New Deadly HIV Rampant in Cuba — Obama Media Ignore
President Obama Pays Pre-teens to Learn Anal Sex in Hawaii
Obama Top Homosexual Arrested for Anal Sex with Boy
For background, read U.S. Government Says HIV/AIDS is Mostly a Gay Disease and also just reported that Soaring Syphilis Rates Among Homosexual Men Point to HIV Risk
UPDATE 11/25/15: Gov't Pushes Anal Sex Pill because Homosexual Men are Major HIV Risk
Also read Anal Sex is Main Cause of HIV Pandemic, Study Shows
And read President Obama Commits $15 Million to Show that Gay Men Aren't the Cause of HIV/AIDS
In addition, read HIV Cure: False Hope to Victims, Money to Others
-- From "Preventative treatment dramatically reduces HIV risk in gay men" by Kate Kelland, Reuters (London) 2/24/15
Gay men at high risk of HIV who took a daily dose of a Gilead AIDS drug as a preventative measure cut their risk of infection by 86 percent, according to results of a British trial released on Tuesday.
Researchers who conducted the trial of so-called pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) said the results offer real hope of reversing the HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men, one of the highest risk groups.
PrEP involves people who do not have HIV but who are at high risk of becoming infected and seek to protect themselves by taking a single pill, usually a combination of two antiretrovirals, every day.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Pills before, after risky sex by gays can lower HIV risk" by The Associated Press 2/25/15
The results offer hope of a more appealing way to help prevent the disease beyond taking daily pills and using condoms, although those methods are still considered best.
The study, done in France and Canada, is the first to test "on demand" use of Truvada, a pill combining two AIDS drugs, by people planning to have risky sex. The uninfected men who took it were 86 percent less likely to get HIV compared with men given dummy pills.
The study of Gilead Science's Truvada was led by the French national HIV research agency.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "HIV Pills Before And After Sex Prevents Spread Of HIV In Gay Men: Study" by Dianne Depra, Tech Times 2/25/15
More than 35 million people around the world have HIV but experts estimate that new infections in gay men can be curbed by 25 percent through pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), preventing up to a million new cases in the group in a 10-year period.
PrEP helps those not yet infected by HIV but at high risk of acquiring an infection with a simple pill. Containing emtricitabine and tenofovir, the pill keeps the virus from permanently taking hold after an individual is exposed, preventing HIV from fully developing. In a UK trial, researchers tested the Gilead drug Truvada and found that as a preventative measure, the pill can cut up to 86 percent of HIV risk.
The results of the study was presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, which the UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, gladly welcomed.
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From "HIV pill: Scientists hail discovery of 'game-changer' that cuts the risk of infection among gay men" by Charlie Cooper, UK Independent 2/24/15
A daily pill that can dramatically cut a person’s risk of contracting HIV must be made available through the NHS “as soon as possible”, campaigners have said.
Results of a major UK trial of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) have been described as “extremely exciting” and a “game-changer” by leading specialists.
Despite major advances in the fight against HIV/Aids in recent decades, the infection rate among men who have sex with men remains stubbornly high in the UK, and the results of the trial have led to calls for PrEP to be offered free by the NHS.
With evidence of its effectiveness now established, it will have to consider whether the pills, which will cost £423 per month for each patient, will be cost-effective, and what the criteria should be for accessing them.
The next question is how many people would be given the pill. It would probably only be available for high-risk people – those who are having sex with several partners, sometimes unprotected. About 18,000 men who have sex with men are diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection each year (an indicator of a high-risk lifestyle). If around a quarter of these were deemed likely to benefit from PrEP that would mean 4,500 people taking PrEP a year, at a total cost of £22.8m.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Gilead’s Pill Can Stop HIV. So Why Does Almost Nobody Take It?" by Caroline Chen, Bloomberg Business 2/17/15
Truvada, Gilead [Sciences Inc.]’s HIV drug, has been approved since 2004 for people with the virus. In 2012, use was expanded to people without HIV as a way of preventing transmission -- a practice called PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis. Taken daily, it can prevent infections 92 percent of the time, meaning it could drastically reduce new infections in sexually active gay men, among the U.S.’s highest-risk communities.
Thanks to its use in HIV patients, Truvada’s been a financial success, bringing Gilead $1.79 billion in the U.S last year. Yet out of 3.3 U.S. million prescriptions from January 2012 to March 2014, only 3,200 were for prevention.
There are many reasons: Gilead says PrEP isn’t a moneymaker, so the drugmaker doesn’t pitch the medicine to many of the primary care doctors who see healthy, HIV-negative gay men most likely to benefit from Truvada. Patients and advocates say doctors often don’t know about the medicine, and some insurance plans leave patients with copays as high as $1,300, making use by the healthy less affordable.
The result is thousands of people who could significantly lower their HIV risk, yet don’t. Some 50,000 Americans are diagnosed with HIV each year, with the highest rates among young gay males, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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From "New compound raises hope for HIV vaccine" by IANS posted at Business Standards 2/19/15
In a major step against HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), the virus that causes AIDS, scientists have announced the creation of a novel drug candidate that is so potent and universally effective it might work as part of an unconventional vaccine.
"Unlike antibodies, which fail to neutralise a large fraction of HIV-1 strains, our protein has been effective against all strains tested, raising the possibility it could offer an effective HIV vaccine alternative," said lead researcher Michael Farzan, professor at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), Florida.
Tested in monkeys, the new drug candidate blocks every strain of HIV-1, HIV-2 and SIV (simian immunodeficiency virus) that has been isolated from humans or rhesus macaques, including the hardest-to-stop variants, the findings showed.
The study was published online in the journal Nature.
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From "New drug discovery could offer HIV cure" by Yoon Ju Chung, Daily Tarheel 2/22/15
The Scripps Research Institute on Wednesday published details about the potential drug, touted as a vaccine alternative. Dr. Michael Farzan, a professor of infectious diseases at TSRI’s Florida campus, said he expects his new drug candidate could cure the 35 million people living with HIV worldwide within the next few years.
But Dr. David Margolis, a UNC professor of medicine and leader of the Collaboratory of AIDS Researchers for Eradication, cast doubt on several of the study’s findings: whether it will be as effective for humans as it was for monkeys, whether the protection will last long enough and whether human cells will react abnormally to the proteins.
“This is not novel and has been tried in the lab for decades,” he said.
An estimated 39 million people have died worldwide from HIV-related causes, and while treatments have improved, a cure has remained elusive for decades.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Click headlines below to read previous articles:
New Deadly HIV Rampant in Cuba — Obama Media Ignore
President Obama Pays Pre-teens to Learn Anal Sex in Hawaii
Obama Top Homosexual Arrested for Anal Sex with Boy
Friday, August 01, 2014
Pill = Breast Cancer; Vasectomy = Prostate Cancer
The latest study shows that certain birth control pills are linked to an increased risk of breast cancer, and a separate study shows an increased risk of aggressive prostate cancer in men who have had a vasectomy.
The sexual revolution (rebellion against God's design) DOES have consequences.
For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:
Federal Government Says Pill is Dangerous, but Keep Taking it
Breast Cancer Soars Worldwide, Main Cause Censored
Birth Control Pills Cause Cancer in Men
Bestiality Causes Cancer of Penis: Study
Oral Sex Causes Cancer
Sexual Immorality Causes Cancer: HPV Epidemic
In addition, read Women Who Give Birth Live Longer and Healthier
-- From "Seattle scientists say some birth control pills can increase breast cancer risk" by Atia Musazay, Contributing Writer, Puget Sound Business Journal 8/1/14
A new study out of Seattle suggests that the birth control pill could be linked to an increased risk for breast cancer. Scientists from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and their colleagues have found evidence that women who recently used birth control containing high-dose estrogen showed an increased risk for breast cancer.
The breast cancer data, published today in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, concludes that recent oral contraceptive use increased breast cancer risk by 50 percent, compared with never or former use. The results suggested that this risk may vary by the level of estrogen in the pill and other pill formulations. Women who took low-dose estrogen birth control within the past year were not found to be at a higher breast cancer risk.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Vasectomy linked to aggressive prostate cancer" by Robert Preidt, HealthDay/CBS News 7/11/14
For the study, Harvard researchers analyzed data from more than 49,400 American men who were followed for 24 years, starting in 1986. During that time, 6,023 cases of prostate cancer were diagnosed among the men, including 811 fatal cases.
The 25 percent of the men in the study who'd had a vasectomy had a 10 percent increased risk of developing prostate cancer, according to the study published online July 7 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Vasectomy was not linked with an increased risk of low-grade prostate cancer. But it was associated with a 20 percent higher risk of advanced prostate cancer and a 19 percent greater risk of fatal prostate cancer, respectively, the study authors said.
Even among men who had regular prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening tests for prostate cancer, those who had a vasectomy were 56 percent more likely to develop fatal prostate cancer. This link was strongest among men who had a vasectomy at a younger age.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Recent use of some oral contraceptives increases breast cancer risk" by Honor Whiteman, Medical News Today 8/1/14
Numerous studies have suggested that birth control pills increase the risk of breast cancer. Now, a new study suggests that this increased risk may only apply to recent users and is dependent on the formulation of the pill.
The research team, including Elisabeth F. Beaber of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, WA, recently published their findings in the journal Cancer Research.
In this latest study, the team set out to see whether increased breast cancer risk could be attributed to certain types of man-made female hormones.
"Oral contraceptive formulations have changed over time in the US, and contemporary formulations have received relatively less scrutiny with respect to breast cancer risk," Beaber told us.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Some birth control pills linked to higher breast cancer risk in study" by Agata Blaszczak-Boxe, CBS News 8/1/14
In the study, the researchers concluded that the potential increase in the risk for breast cancer varied, depending on the types of birth control pills that the women used. The use of high-dose estrogen pills was related to a 2.7-fold increase in breast cancer risk, and the use of moderate-dose estrogen was linked to a 1.6-fold increase. Pills containing ethynodiol diacetate were related to a 2.6-fold higher risk. Triphasic combination pills containing an average of 0.75 milligrams of norethindrone increased the risk 3.1-fold.
"Our results suggest that use of contemporary oral contraceptives [birth control pills] in the past year is associated with an increased breast cancer risk relative to never or former oral contraceptive use, and that this risk may vary by oral contraceptive formulation," study author Elisabeth F. Beaber, a staff scientist in the Public Health Sciences Division of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington, said in a statement.
In the study, researchers examined health records and oral contraceptive use in 1,102 women ages 20 to 49 years diagnosed with breast cancer and 21,952 women without breast cancer in the same age group. . . .
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Vasectomy Linked to Higher Risk for Lethal Prostate Cancer" by Roxanne Nelson, Medscape Medical News 7/11/14
Time since vasectomy and age at vasectomy had no effect on the risk for prostate cancer. "The cancers that were observed were also considered more clinically significant, such as those that are high grade or lethal," [researcher] noted.
. . . the researchers attempted to account for possible biologic mechanisms underlying the association between vasectomy and lethal prostate cancer. They looked at differences in sex hormone levels, sexually transmitted infections, and cancer treatment.
Although the researchers looked for mechanistic relation, they could not find one.
Vasectomy is a common form of contraception; the prevalence is about 15% in the United States.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Click headlines below to read related articles:
Low Birth Rate Shatters Liberals' Utopian Dream
Sex & Birth Control, Go Together Like a Horse & Carriage, Say Media & Abortionists
Morning-After Pill Becoming 'Contraceptive' Choice
Another U.S. Deadly Gay Disease Epidemic: Syphilis
HIV Rates Rise Among Homosexual Men: Federal Study
Planned Parenthood Says Plan to Get Sexual Disease -- "All of us get it."
Also read Abstinent Teens the Norm, Moral Sex-Ed Works
The sexual revolution (rebellion against God's design) DOES have consequences.
For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:
Federal Government Says Pill is Dangerous, but Keep Taking it
Breast Cancer Soars Worldwide, Main Cause Censored
Birth Control Pills Cause Cancer in Men
Bestiality Causes Cancer of Penis: Study
Oral Sex Causes Cancer
Sexual Immorality Causes Cancer: HPV Epidemic
In addition, read Women Who Give Birth Live Longer and Healthier
-- From "Seattle scientists say some birth control pills can increase breast cancer risk" by Atia Musazay, Contributing Writer, Puget Sound Business Journal 8/1/14
A new study out of Seattle suggests that the birth control pill could be linked to an increased risk for breast cancer. Scientists from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and their colleagues have found evidence that women who recently used birth control containing high-dose estrogen showed an increased risk for breast cancer.
The breast cancer data, published today in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, concludes that recent oral contraceptive use increased breast cancer risk by 50 percent, compared with never or former use. The results suggested that this risk may vary by the level of estrogen in the pill and other pill formulations. Women who took low-dose estrogen birth control within the past year were not found to be at a higher breast cancer risk.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Vasectomy linked to aggressive prostate cancer" by Robert Preidt, HealthDay/CBS News 7/11/14
For the study, Harvard researchers analyzed data from more than 49,400 American men who were followed for 24 years, starting in 1986. During that time, 6,023 cases of prostate cancer were diagnosed among the men, including 811 fatal cases.
The 25 percent of the men in the study who'd had a vasectomy had a 10 percent increased risk of developing prostate cancer, according to the study published online July 7 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Vasectomy was not linked with an increased risk of low-grade prostate cancer. But it was associated with a 20 percent higher risk of advanced prostate cancer and a 19 percent greater risk of fatal prostate cancer, respectively, the study authors said.
Even among men who had regular prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening tests for prostate cancer, those who had a vasectomy were 56 percent more likely to develop fatal prostate cancer. This link was strongest among men who had a vasectomy at a younger age.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Recent use of some oral contraceptives increases breast cancer risk" by Honor Whiteman, Medical News Today 8/1/14
Numerous studies have suggested that birth control pills increase the risk of breast cancer. Now, a new study suggests that this increased risk may only apply to recent users and is dependent on the formulation of the pill.
The research team, including Elisabeth F. Beaber of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, WA, recently published their findings in the journal Cancer Research.
In this latest study, the team set out to see whether increased breast cancer risk could be attributed to certain types of man-made female hormones.
"Oral contraceptive formulations have changed over time in the US, and contemporary formulations have received relatively less scrutiny with respect to breast cancer risk," Beaber told us.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Some birth control pills linked to higher breast cancer risk in study" by Agata Blaszczak-Boxe, CBS News 8/1/14
In the study, the researchers concluded that the potential increase in the risk for breast cancer varied, depending on the types of birth control pills that the women used. The use of high-dose estrogen pills was related to a 2.7-fold increase in breast cancer risk, and the use of moderate-dose estrogen was linked to a 1.6-fold increase. Pills containing ethynodiol diacetate were related to a 2.6-fold higher risk. Triphasic combination pills containing an average of 0.75 milligrams of norethindrone increased the risk 3.1-fold.
"Our results suggest that use of contemporary oral contraceptives [birth control pills] in the past year is associated with an increased breast cancer risk relative to never or former oral contraceptive use, and that this risk may vary by oral contraceptive formulation," study author Elisabeth F. Beaber, a staff scientist in the Public Health Sciences Division of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington, said in a statement.
In the study, researchers examined health records and oral contraceptive use in 1,102 women ages 20 to 49 years diagnosed with breast cancer and 21,952 women without breast cancer in the same age group. . . .
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Vasectomy Linked to Higher Risk for Lethal Prostate Cancer" by Roxanne Nelson, Medscape Medical News 7/11/14
Time since vasectomy and age at vasectomy had no effect on the risk for prostate cancer. "The cancers that were observed were also considered more clinically significant, such as those that are high grade or lethal," [researcher] noted.
. . . the researchers attempted to account for possible biologic mechanisms underlying the association between vasectomy and lethal prostate cancer. They looked at differences in sex hormone levels, sexually transmitted infections, and cancer treatment.
Although the researchers looked for mechanistic relation, they could not find one.
Vasectomy is a common form of contraception; the prevalence is about 15% in the United States.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Click headlines below to read related articles:
Low Birth Rate Shatters Liberals' Utopian Dream
Sex & Birth Control, Go Together Like a Horse & Carriage, Say Media & Abortionists
Morning-After Pill Becoming 'Contraceptive' Choice
Another U.S. Deadly Gay Disease Epidemic: Syphilis
HIV Rates Rise Among Homosexual Men: Federal Study
Planned Parenthood Says Plan to Get Sexual Disease -- "All of us get it."
Also read Abstinent Teens the Norm, Moral Sex-Ed Works
Monday, August 05, 2013
Unlimited Plan B Abortion Pill in Stores for Kids
For the cost of half a tank of gasoline, anyone can now purchase a potent drug (which is very harmful when directions are not followed specifically) for the explicit purpose, according to the product label, of flushing a fertilized egg -- a human being -- from its mother's womb. The pill, quickly becoming the "contraceptive" of choice for doctors, sexual predators, and hedonists alike, is displayed on store shelves along side typical contraceptives.
For background, read how pediatricians are pushing the Plan B onto teens, and read the statistics of its increased usage.
Also read Schools Secretly Give 14-year-olds Plan B Pill as well as Abortifacients Given to Kids via Vending Machine for $25
In addition, read how Feminists are Enabling Men to Push The Pill on Girls
-- From "Plan B One-Step Now For Sale: What You Should Know" by Alexandra Sifferlin, Time Magazine 8/1/13
Since the early 2000s, women’s reproductive health groups have been pushing to get Plan B over-the-counter . . .
In 2011, the Food and Drug Administration granted its approval for making the birth control, which comes in one- and two-dose forms, available over-the-counter, but that decision was overruled by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who expressed concerns that girls as young as 11 would be able to purchase the product without a prescription. HHS placed an age restriction on the emergency contraceptive, requiring anyone under age 17 to have a prescription while allowing older women over-the-counter access.
However, this spring, U.S. District Judge Edward Korman in Brooklyn overturned the decision, saying it was made in “bad faith and improper political influence.” In response . . . the Department of Justice dropped an initial plan to appeal, making it possible for Plan B One-Step to be sold in pharmacies, without a prescription and without any age restrictions.
. . . The pill is designed to prevent pregnancy by keeping a woman’s ovary from releasing eggs for a longer period of time, by impeding fertilization or even by preventing a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus. [In other words, aborting a fertilized egg.]
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "'Morning after' pill goes on sale Thursday in pharmacies and grocery stores, available to anyone" by Lisa M. Krieger, San Jose Mercury News 7/31/13
At Walmart, "it is currently in the process of being shipped to stores, and will begin arriving in stores, to the family planning section, next week," said Walmart spokeswoman Danit Marquardt.
Nationwide chains such as Walgreens, CVS and Safeway all said they were moving the product Wednesday night to the health, feminine hygiene or family planning aisles of their stores. It is already available at Rite Aid.
"We are incredibly excited about this development," said Lupe Rodriguez of Planned Parenthood-Mar Monte, based in San Jose. "Access alongside other medications, like Tylenol, will make it incredibly more available to women."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Major Drugstore Chains Now Selling Abortion-Inducing 'Plan B' Off the Shelf" by Penny Starr, CNSNews.com 8/1/13
. . . However, the Food and Drug Administrations also says it does not have any authority to require retailers to carry specific products, including Plan B. Thus, stores remain free to sell or not sell the abortion-inducing drug.
Spokespersons for CVS, Rite Aid, and Walgreens told CNSNews.com . . . that they would be selling the drug on shelves in their stores for anyone to access. . . .
“Over-the-counter access to emergency contraceptive products has the potential to further decrease the rate of unintended pregnancies in the United States,” said Dr. Janet Woodcock, director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Abstinence Education Yields Lowest Teen Birth Rate Ever as well as Abstinent Teens the Norm, Moral Sex-Ed Works: Study
For background, read how pediatricians are pushing the Plan B onto teens, and read the statistics of its increased usage.
Also read Schools Secretly Give 14-year-olds Plan B Pill as well as Abortifacients Given to Kids via Vending Machine for $25
In addition, read how Feminists are Enabling Men to Push The Pill on Girls
-- From "Plan B One-Step Now For Sale: What You Should Know" by Alexandra Sifferlin, Time Magazine 8/1/13
Since the early 2000s, women’s reproductive health groups have been pushing to get Plan B over-the-counter . . .
In 2011, the Food and Drug Administration granted its approval for making the birth control, which comes in one- and two-dose forms, available over-the-counter, but that decision was overruled by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who expressed concerns that girls as young as 11 would be able to purchase the product without a prescription. HHS placed an age restriction on the emergency contraceptive, requiring anyone under age 17 to have a prescription while allowing older women over-the-counter access.
However, this spring, U.S. District Judge Edward Korman in Brooklyn overturned the decision, saying it was made in “bad faith and improper political influence.” In response . . . the Department of Justice dropped an initial plan to appeal, making it possible for Plan B One-Step to be sold in pharmacies, without a prescription and without any age restrictions.
. . . The pill is designed to prevent pregnancy by keeping a woman’s ovary from releasing eggs for a longer period of time, by impeding fertilization or even by preventing a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus. [In other words, aborting a fertilized egg.]
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "'Morning after' pill goes on sale Thursday in pharmacies and grocery stores, available to anyone" by Lisa M. Krieger, San Jose Mercury News 7/31/13
At Walmart, "it is currently in the process of being shipped to stores, and will begin arriving in stores, to the family planning section, next week," said Walmart spokeswoman Danit Marquardt.
Nationwide chains such as Walgreens, CVS and Safeway all said they were moving the product Wednesday night to the health, feminine hygiene or family planning aisles of their stores. It is already available at Rite Aid.
"We are incredibly excited about this development," said Lupe Rodriguez of Planned Parenthood-Mar Monte, based in San Jose. "Access alongside other medications, like Tylenol, will make it incredibly more available to women."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Major Drugstore Chains Now Selling Abortion-Inducing 'Plan B' Off the Shelf" by Penny Starr, CNSNews.com 8/1/13
. . . However, the Food and Drug Administrations also says it does not have any authority to require retailers to carry specific products, including Plan B. Thus, stores remain free to sell or not sell the abortion-inducing drug.
Spokespersons for CVS, Rite Aid, and Walgreens told CNSNews.com . . . that they would be selling the drug on shelves in their stores for anyone to access. . . .
“Over-the-counter access to emergency contraceptive products has the potential to further decrease the rate of unintended pregnancies in the United States,” said Dr. Janet Woodcock, director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Abstinence Education Yields Lowest Teen Birth Rate Ever as well as Abstinent Teens the Norm, Moral Sex-Ed Works: Study
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Pandemic Sex Diseases: Permanent Cure Dismissed
In a desperate attempt to contain the spread of drug-resistant gonorrhea, and simultaneously satisfy the demands of the hedonist culture, government-funded researchers are rushing drug "cures" with significant side effects.
It appears that there's plenty of funding for questionable research, but not for the perfect cure: moral values.
For background, read Fictional 'Safe Sex' - Government Losing War on STDs and also read New Sex Disease, Worse than HIV/AIDS, Identified as well as Obama Pushes HIV Testing but Won't Admit the Cause
UPDATE 3/7/14: Obama Wants an End to Abstinence, Favors Anal Sex
UPDATE 5/26/14: Another U.S. Deadly Gay Disease Epidemic: Syphilis
-- From "New alternatives examined for treating gonorrhea" by Lindsay Friedman, USA TODAY 7/15/13
Federal researchers this week will announce the result of a trial of the new treatments at an international conference on sexually transmitted diseases in Vienna.
The clinical trial, funded and conducted by the [U.S.] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, included 401 infected men and women ages 15-60, who were given two different combinations of injectable and oral antibiotics widely available in the USA. Results showed a 100% rate of effectiveness in one combination of antibiotics (injectable gentamicin with oral azithromycin) and a 99.5% rate of success in the other (oral gemifloxacin with oral azithromycin). Both solutions cured infections in the throat and rectum 100% of the time.
According to the CDC, the scenario is becoming more common because of the rapid growth of antibiotic-resistant infections such as gonorrhea. Because of these mutations, infections are more easily spread and more expensive and difficult to treat.
The drug would be an improvement beyond other prevention techniques such as abstinence . . .
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Caution Urged on Gonorrhea Drugs" by Donald G. McNeil Jr., New York Times 7/15/13
. . . harsh side effects mean they should be reserved for patients allergic to current first-line therapy, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
. . . more than a third [of test patients] suffered nausea, diarrhea or abdominal pain.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Treatments Emerge for Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea" by Betsy McKay, Wall Street Journal 7/15/13
The sexually transmitted disease often called "the clap" infects an estimated 800,000 people a year in the U.S. It can have serious consequences, such as infertility and ectopic pregnancy, and it can increase the risk of infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
Worse, the bacteria that cause gonorrhea have become resistant to all but one class of antibiotics, and they are gradually outsmarting even that one. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says only one antibiotic may now safely be used on a regular basis, and it has to be injected. That makes treatment difficult, because many doctors don't stock the injection, meaning patients have to come back for treatment. And many patients prefer pills to shots.
Public-health officials are warning that deadly bacteria are outwitting medicines, spawning new drug-resistant forms of disease that few, if any, medicines can treat. At the same time, few new antibiotics are being developed to overcome the evolving organisms; one problem is they aren't lucrative for drug companies, Dr. Bolan said.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Abstinence Education Effective, Fed Study Shows as well as Abstinent Teens the Norm, Moral Sex-Ed Works: Study
It appears that there's plenty of funding for questionable research, but not for the perfect cure: moral values.
For background, read Fictional 'Safe Sex' - Government Losing War on STDs and also read New Sex Disease, Worse than HIV/AIDS, Identified as well as Obama Pushes HIV Testing but Won't Admit the Cause
UPDATE 3/7/14: Obama Wants an End to Abstinence, Favors Anal Sex
UPDATE 5/26/14: Another U.S. Deadly Gay Disease Epidemic: Syphilis
-- From "New alternatives examined for treating gonorrhea" by Lindsay Friedman, USA TODAY 7/15/13
Federal researchers this week will announce the result of a trial of the new treatments at an international conference on sexually transmitted diseases in Vienna.
The clinical trial, funded and conducted by the [U.S.] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, included 401 infected men and women ages 15-60, who were given two different combinations of injectable and oral antibiotics widely available in the USA. Results showed a 100% rate of effectiveness in one combination of antibiotics (injectable gentamicin with oral azithromycin) and a 99.5% rate of success in the other (oral gemifloxacin with oral azithromycin). Both solutions cured infections in the throat and rectum 100% of the time.
According to the CDC, the scenario is becoming more common because of the rapid growth of antibiotic-resistant infections such as gonorrhea. Because of these mutations, infections are more easily spread and more expensive and difficult to treat.
The drug would be an improvement beyond other prevention techniques such as abstinence . . .
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Caution Urged on Gonorrhea Drugs" by Donald G. McNeil Jr., New York Times 7/15/13
. . . harsh side effects mean they should be reserved for patients allergic to current first-line therapy, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
. . . more than a third [of test patients] suffered nausea, diarrhea or abdominal pain.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Treatments Emerge for Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea" by Betsy McKay, Wall Street Journal 7/15/13
The sexually transmitted disease often called "the clap" infects an estimated 800,000 people a year in the U.S. It can have serious consequences, such as infertility and ectopic pregnancy, and it can increase the risk of infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
Worse, the bacteria that cause gonorrhea have become resistant to all but one class of antibiotics, and they are gradually outsmarting even that one. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says only one antibiotic may now safely be used on a regular basis, and it has to be injected. That makes treatment difficult, because many doctors don't stock the injection, meaning patients have to come back for treatment. And many patients prefer pills to shots.
Public-health officials are warning that deadly bacteria are outwitting medicines, spawning new drug-resistant forms of disease that few, if any, medicines can treat. At the same time, few new antibiotics are being developed to overcome the evolving organisms; one problem is they aren't lucrative for drug companies, Dr. Bolan said.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Abstinence Education Effective, Fed Study Shows as well as Abstinent Teens the Norm, Moral Sex-Ed Works: Study
Friday, February 15, 2013
Morning-After Pill Becoming 'Contraceptive' Choice
Use of the so-called "emergency contraceptive" Plan B abortifacient has skyrocketed as more women use the pill after incidents of unforeseen, unexpected, surprise, or just routine sexual intercourse -- in fact, about six million women over a four-year period, many taking the pill multiple times, according to the federal CDC.
UPDATE 8/5/13: Unlimited Plan B Abortion Pill in Stores for Kids
UPDATE 2/5/15: Over-the-Counter Abortion (Plan B) Paid by ObamaCare, Says Study
For background, read Doctors Say Teens Need Abortifacients at the Ready and also read Schools Secretly Give 14-year-olds Morning After Pill as well as Abortifacients Given to Kids via Vending Machine for $25
In response to the government forcing this on Christians, Catholic Bishops Slam Obama: Criminal in Eyes of God
-- From "Morning-after pill use up" by The Associated Press 2/14/13
A government report says an increasing number of women are using the morning-after pill after sex. The study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the first by the government to focus on emergency contraception since the approval of the morning-after pill 15 years ago.
Eleven percent of females ages 15 to 44 who'd had sex say they've used the morning-after pill. That's up from 4 percent in 2002.
In the study, half the women who used the pills said they did it because they'd had unprotected sex. Others said the condom broke or they were worried that the birth control method they used had failed.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Use of Morning-After Pill Is Rising, Report Says" by Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times 2/14/13
The finding is likely to add to the public debate over rules issued by the Obama administration under the new health care law that require most employers to provide free coverage of birth control, including morning-after pills, to female employees. Some religious institutions and some employers have objected to the requirement and filed lawsuits to block its enforcement.
Morning-after pills are particularly controversial among some conservative groups who contend they can cause abortions by interfering with the implantation of a fertilized egg that the groups regard as a person.
Medical experts say that portrayal is inaccurate, and that studies provide strong evidence that the most commonly used pills do not hinder implantation, but work by delaying or preventing ovulation so that an egg is never fertilized in the first place, or thicken cervical mucus so sperm have trouble moving.
[The "portrayal is inaccurate" with only "strong evidence" of the "most commonly used pills?"]
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "More Women Turn To Morning-After Pill" by Julie Rovner, National Public Radio WBUR (Boston) 2/14/13
Users of emergency contraception were most likely to be between age 20 and 24 (23 percent), never married (19 percent) and have at least some college education.
. . . only 6 percent of those with less than a high school education said they had used it.
And Catholic women reported using artificial birth control in smaller numbers than women of other religions, that use was still fairly widespread. According to the study, 89 percent of Catholic women reported having used a condom with a male partner, compared to 95-97 percent of Protestant women. Similarly, about 76 percent of Catholic women said they had used the birth control pill, compared to 86 percent of Protestant women.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Report: More U.S. women using 'morning-after' pill" by Catholic Online 2/14/13
Of those surveyed, 59 percent said they took it just once, while 24 percent said they used it twice. Seventeen percent said they used it three times or more.
As with other birth control, Plan B purports to stop pregnancy by blocking the release of a woman's egg. However, though it may prevent fertilization - it also can act to prevent implantation in the uterus of an already fertilized egg. It must be taken within days after intercourse to work.
In other words, this so called contraceptive has the potential to act as an abortion inducing drug if conception has already occurred. It ejects the embryonic person before implantation, causing an abortion.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read American Trend: Fewer Children, More Animals/Pets
UPDATE 8/5/13: Unlimited Plan B Abortion Pill in Stores for Kids
UPDATE 2/5/15: Over-the-Counter Abortion (Plan B) Paid by ObamaCare, Says Study
For background, read Doctors Say Teens Need Abortifacients at the Ready and also read Schools Secretly Give 14-year-olds Morning After Pill as well as Abortifacients Given to Kids via Vending Machine for $25
In response to the government forcing this on Christians, Catholic Bishops Slam Obama: Criminal in Eyes of God
-- From "Morning-after pill use up" by The Associated Press 2/14/13
A government report says an increasing number of women are using the morning-after pill after sex. The study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the first by the government to focus on emergency contraception since the approval of the morning-after pill 15 years ago.
Eleven percent of females ages 15 to 44 who'd had sex say they've used the morning-after pill. That's up from 4 percent in 2002.
In the study, half the women who used the pills said they did it because they'd had unprotected sex. Others said the condom broke or they were worried that the birth control method they used had failed.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Use of Morning-After Pill Is Rising, Report Says" by Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times 2/14/13
The finding is likely to add to the public debate over rules issued by the Obama administration under the new health care law that require most employers to provide free coverage of birth control, including morning-after pills, to female employees. Some religious institutions and some employers have objected to the requirement and filed lawsuits to block its enforcement.
Morning-after pills are particularly controversial among some conservative groups who contend they can cause abortions by interfering with the implantation of a fertilized egg that the groups regard as a person.
Medical experts say that portrayal is inaccurate, and that studies provide strong evidence that the most commonly used pills do not hinder implantation, but work by delaying or preventing ovulation so that an egg is never fertilized in the first place, or thicken cervical mucus so sperm have trouble moving.
[The "portrayal is inaccurate" with only "strong evidence" of the "most commonly used pills?"]
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "More Women Turn To Morning-After Pill" by Julie Rovner, National Public Radio WBUR (Boston) 2/14/13
Users of emergency contraception were most likely to be between age 20 and 24 (23 percent), never married (19 percent) and have at least some college education.
. . . only 6 percent of those with less than a high school education said they had used it.
And Catholic women reported using artificial birth control in smaller numbers than women of other religions, that use was still fairly widespread. According to the study, 89 percent of Catholic women reported having used a condom with a male partner, compared to 95-97 percent of Protestant women. Similarly, about 76 percent of Catholic women said they had used the birth control pill, compared to 86 percent of Protestant women.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Report: More U.S. women using 'morning-after' pill" by Catholic Online 2/14/13
Of those surveyed, 59 percent said they took it just once, while 24 percent said they used it twice. Seventeen percent said they used it three times or more.
As with other birth control, Plan B purports to stop pregnancy by blocking the release of a woman's egg. However, though it may prevent fertilization - it also can act to prevent implantation in the uterus of an already fertilized egg. It must be taken within days after intercourse to work.
In other words, this so called contraceptive has the potential to act as an abortion inducing drug if conception has already occurred. It ejects the embryonic person before implantation, causing an abortion.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read American Trend: Fewer Children, More Animals/Pets
Monday, November 26, 2012
Doctors Say Teens Need Abortifacients at the Ready
The American Academy of Pediatrics is urging all pediatricians to prescribe the morning-after pill (Plan B) to ALL post-pubescent girls, no matter how young, so that the girls don't have to give any thought to the consequences of sexual activity. The Academy says this will reduce unwanted pregnancies by eliminating the delay of obtaining a prescription AFTER sex.
Yet, most girls fantasize of being a virgin at marriage.
For background, read Teenage Girls Need More Risk-free Sex, Doctors Say and also read Schools Secretly Give 14-year-olds Morning After Pill as well as Parents Want Obama-paid Abortionist out of School and consider that Planned Parenthood Lures Teen clients via Texting
Who do these sexperts think they're helping? Sexualization of Kids Doesn't Yield Self-worth
UPDATE 12/3/12: American College of Pediatricians warns access to abortifacients doesn't lower pregnancy rates of teens, but rather increases sexually transmitted diseases
-- From "Doctors urged to prescribe teens Plan B before they have sex" by Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times 11/26/12
The academy is issuing the new position paper, published online Monday by the journal Pediatrics, as physicians and other health experts struggle to reduce the nation's high birthrate among adolescents.
The birthrate among Americans ages 15 to 19 dropped 44% between 1991 and 2010, to 34.3 births per 1,000 women, the CDC reported.
. . . nearly 80% of teen pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended, occurring after unprotected sex or "underprotected" sex — when the contraceptive method of choice fails. [But, was the SEX "unintended?" What are the possible consequences of having sex?]
Emergency contraceptives like levonorgestrel, if taken within three to five days, can prevent pregnancy by stopping the ovary from releasing an egg or by stopping sperm from fertilizing an egg. The drugs are also thought to change the uterine lining, thwarting a pregnancy that might otherwise take hold, according to the National Library of Medicine. [In other words, aborting a fertilized egg.]
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Prescribe morning-after pills in advance, say pediatricians" by Sharon Begley, Reuters 11/26/12
The most common form of emergency contraception is a high dose of a regular birth-control pill such as Plan B and Plan B One-Step from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd or Next Choice from Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. They generally sell for $10 to $80 and, although they can work as long as 120 hours after unprotected sex, are most effective in the first 24 hours.
A 2006-08 survey found that 14 percent of sexually experienced girls had used emergency contraception, up from 8 percent in a 2002 survey. The most common reason was condom failure, but 13 percent of the girls said it was because of rape.
"It's just common sense that requiring a prescription is a barrier," said Bill Alpert, chief program officer of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. "If an august and respected medical group like AAP is suggesting providing emergency contraception to minors is OK, that is a big deal."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "AAP: Teach Teens About Emergency Contraception" by Cole Petrochko, Staff Writer, MedPage Today 11/26/12
The [American Academy of Pediatrics] policy statement recommended three methods of emergency contraception, including levonorgestrel (Plan B), ulipristal acetate, and the Yuzpe method, which involves use of combining oral hormonal contraceptives.
Plan B requires patients to take two 0.75 mg levonorgestrel tablets 12 hours apart or a single 1.5 mg dose, which may be "equally effective and without increase in adverse effects." The drug is contraindicated in patients who are known to be pregnant and may cause adverse events of nausea, vomiting, and heavier menstrual bleeding. Patients should take a pregnancy test if they do not have a normal period within 3 weeks of using Plan B.
Ulipristal is a single pill (30 mg) that prevents binding of progesterone and should be taken within 120 hours after unprotected sex. Adverse events include headache, nausea, and abdominal pain. Patients with existing pregnancy should not take ulipristal due to risk of fetal loss, and use may require a pregnancy test. Patients with severe abdominal pain 3 to 5 weeks after treatment should be evaluated for ectopic pregnancy.
The Yuzpe method requires patients to take two doses of at least 100 µg of ethinyl estradiol and at least 500 µg of levonorgestrel and can be useful for patients with "no or limited access to an emergency contraception product." Though the use is considered off-label, the statement noted that the combination oral contraceptive use has been declared safe and effective.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "AAP says teen girls should get the morning-after-pill before they need it" by Dr. Claire McCarthy (posted at Boston Globe) 11/26/12
. . . along with telling [kids] to take vitamins, we should be giving them a prescription for Plan B.
I’m not saying that babies aren’t wonderful [but] . . . Having a baby as a teen throws school, college, graduate school and getting a good job into jeopardy.
. . . Studies show that having a plan B prescription ahead of time makes teens more likely to use it when they need it (many teens delay getting in touch with the doctor, especially if they might have to tell a parent)—and it doesn’t make them more likely to have sex or less likely to use regular contraception. [Really?!]
I know this will make a lot of parents uncomfortable.
To read the entire opinion column above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Abstinence Education Yields Lowest Teen Birth Rate Ever as well as Abstinent Teens the Norm, Moral Sex-Ed Works: Study
Yet, most girls fantasize of being a virgin at marriage.
For background, read Teenage Girls Need More Risk-free Sex, Doctors Say and also read Schools Secretly Give 14-year-olds Morning After Pill as well as Parents Want Obama-paid Abortionist out of School and consider that Planned Parenthood Lures Teen clients via Texting
Who do these sexperts think they're helping? Sexualization of Kids Doesn't Yield Self-worth
UPDATE 12/3/12: American College of Pediatricians warns access to abortifacients doesn't lower pregnancy rates of teens, but rather increases sexually transmitted diseases
-- From "Doctors urged to prescribe teens Plan B before they have sex" by Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times 11/26/12
The academy is issuing the new position paper, published online Monday by the journal Pediatrics, as physicians and other health experts struggle to reduce the nation's high birthrate among adolescents.
The birthrate among Americans ages 15 to 19 dropped 44% between 1991 and 2010, to 34.3 births per 1,000 women, the CDC reported.
. . . nearly 80% of teen pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended, occurring after unprotected sex or "underprotected" sex — when the contraceptive method of choice fails. [But, was the SEX "unintended?" What are the possible consequences of having sex?]
Emergency contraceptives like levonorgestrel, if taken within three to five days, can prevent pregnancy by stopping the ovary from releasing an egg or by stopping sperm from fertilizing an egg. The drugs are also thought to change the uterine lining, thwarting a pregnancy that might otherwise take hold, according to the National Library of Medicine. [In other words, aborting a fertilized egg.]
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Prescribe morning-after pills in advance, say pediatricians" by Sharon Begley, Reuters 11/26/12
The most common form of emergency contraception is a high dose of a regular birth-control pill such as Plan B and Plan B One-Step from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd or Next Choice from Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. They generally sell for $10 to $80 and, although they can work as long as 120 hours after unprotected sex, are most effective in the first 24 hours.
A 2006-08 survey found that 14 percent of sexually experienced girls had used emergency contraception, up from 8 percent in a 2002 survey. The most common reason was condom failure, but 13 percent of the girls said it was because of rape.
"It's just common sense that requiring a prescription is a barrier," said Bill Alpert, chief program officer of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. "If an august and respected medical group like AAP is suggesting providing emergency contraception to minors is OK, that is a big deal."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "AAP: Teach Teens About Emergency Contraception" by Cole Petrochko, Staff Writer, MedPage Today 11/26/12
The [American Academy of Pediatrics] policy statement recommended three methods of emergency contraception, including levonorgestrel (Plan B), ulipristal acetate, and the Yuzpe method, which involves use of combining oral hormonal contraceptives.
Plan B requires patients to take two 0.75 mg levonorgestrel tablets 12 hours apart or a single 1.5 mg dose, which may be "equally effective and without increase in adverse effects." The drug is contraindicated in patients who are known to be pregnant and may cause adverse events of nausea, vomiting, and heavier menstrual bleeding. Patients should take a pregnancy test if they do not have a normal period within 3 weeks of using Plan B.
Ulipristal is a single pill (30 mg) that prevents binding of progesterone and should be taken within 120 hours after unprotected sex. Adverse events include headache, nausea, and abdominal pain. Patients with existing pregnancy should not take ulipristal due to risk of fetal loss, and use may require a pregnancy test. Patients with severe abdominal pain 3 to 5 weeks after treatment should be evaluated for ectopic pregnancy.
The Yuzpe method requires patients to take two doses of at least 100 µg of ethinyl estradiol and at least 500 µg of levonorgestrel and can be useful for patients with "no or limited access to an emergency contraception product." Though the use is considered off-label, the statement noted that the combination oral contraceptive use has been declared safe and effective.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "AAP says teen girls should get the morning-after-pill before they need it" by Dr. Claire McCarthy (posted at Boston Globe) 11/26/12
. . . along with telling [kids] to take vitamins, we should be giving them a prescription for Plan B.
I’m not saying that babies aren’t wonderful [but] . . . Having a baby as a teen throws school, college, graduate school and getting a good job into jeopardy.
. . . Studies show that having a plan B prescription ahead of time makes teens more likely to use it when they need it (many teens delay getting in touch with the doctor, especially if they might have to tell a parent)—and it doesn’t make them more likely to have sex or less likely to use regular contraception. [Really?!]
I know this will make a lot of parents uncomfortable.
To read the entire opinion column above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Abstinence Education Yields Lowest Teen Birth Rate Ever as well as Abstinent Teens the Norm, Moral Sex-Ed Works: Study
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Teenage Girls Need More Risk-free Sex, Doctors Say
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists now recommend that post-pubescent girls be made unable to conceive using IUD or implanted birth control because children do poorly at managing other contraceptives that rely on proper usage.
UPDATE 9/29/14: Pediatricians Push IUDs, Implants on Teen Girls
UPDATE 4/8/15: Obama CDC Wants More Worry-free Sex for Teen Girls
For background, read Sex on the Rise, Procreation in Decline as well as To Cut Costs, Lower Birth Rate, Says White House
Also read how Public Schools and Abortionists Sexualize Children
UPDATE 8/5/13: Unlimited Plan B Abortion Pill in Stores for Kids
UPDATE 11/26/12: Doctors Say Teens Need Abortifacients at the Ready
-- From "Experts Recommending IUD Implants for Teens" by Adam Hammond, WREG-TV3 (Memphis) 9/21/12
The Centers for Disease Control reports one-third of teenagers are sexually active.
Some experts are recommending parents implant a device in sexually active teenagers to prevent pregnancy.
Stephanie Williams doesn’t think most teens practice safe sex because that’s the last thing on their minds in the heat of the moment, “You really don’t take any precaution at all you just do the first thing that comes to your mind.”
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists agree.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "IUDs, implants are best birth control methods for teens, docs say" by Lindsey Tanner, Associated Press 9/21/12
Teenage girls may prefer the pill, the patch or even wishful thinking, but their doctors should be recommending IUDs or hormonal implants -- long-lasting and more effective birth control that you don't have to remember to use every time, the nation's leading gynecologists group said Thursday.
Both types of contraception are more invasive than the pill, requiring a doctor to put them in place. That, and cost, are probably why the pill is still the most popular form of contraception in the U.S.
But birth control pills often must be taken at the very same time every day to be most potent. And forgetting to take even one can lead to pregnancy, which is why the pill is sometimes only 91 per cent effective.
The gynecologists group said condoms should still be used at all times because no other birth control method protects against AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. [Although, use of condoms often fails to prevent transmission.]
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "IUDs and Implants Are the Most Effective Way To Prevent Teen Pregnancy" by Nikki Tucker, Medical Daily 9/21/12
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists are replacing 2007 guidelines that once instructed doctors to view IUD as just an option, but did not emphasize a preference for them in women and teenage girls.
More specifically the new guidelines are geared to sexually active teens. "Implants and intrauterine devices (IUDs) should be offered as first-line contraceptive options for sexually active adolescents," The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists stated in a news release.
An intrauterine device (IUD) is a small T-shaped plastic device that is wrapped in copper or contains hormones. The IUD is inserted into a female's uterus by her doctor. A plastic string tied to the end of the implant hangs down through the cervix into the vagina. A female may check the implant is in place by feeling for the string. It is also the way the doctor removes the IUD.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "IUDs, Implants Best Teen Birth Control, ACOG Says" by Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today 9/21/12
Short-acting contraceptive methods, favored by the vast majority of teenagers who use contraception, have lower adherence and higher pregnancy rates compared with long-acting reversible contraceptives. Among teens who report using contraceptive methods, long-acting reversible options account for < 5% of use. More than 80% of teen pregnancies are unintended, reflecting high rates of non-use, inconsistent use, and use of failure-prone contraceptive methods -- typically condoms, withdrawal, and oral contraceptives. Teenagers account for 20% of all unintended pregnancies in the United States.
Addressing issues related to cost, insurance coverage, and confidentiality, the committee suggested referral to a public clinic as a reasonable option to facilitate teenagers' access to long-acting reversible contraceptives.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Abstinence Education Effective, Fed Study Shows as well as Abstinent Teens the Norm, Moral Sex-Ed Works: Study
UPDATE 9/29/14: Pediatricians Push IUDs, Implants on Teen Girls
UPDATE 4/8/15: Obama CDC Wants More Worry-free Sex for Teen Girls
For background, read Sex on the Rise, Procreation in Decline as well as To Cut Costs, Lower Birth Rate, Says White House
Also read how Public Schools and Abortionists Sexualize Children
UPDATE 8/5/13: Unlimited Plan B Abortion Pill in Stores for Kids
UPDATE 11/26/12: Doctors Say Teens Need Abortifacients at the Ready
-- From "Experts Recommending IUD Implants for Teens" by Adam Hammond, WREG-TV3 (Memphis) 9/21/12
The Centers for Disease Control reports one-third of teenagers are sexually active.
Some experts are recommending parents implant a device in sexually active teenagers to prevent pregnancy.
Stephanie Williams doesn’t think most teens practice safe sex because that’s the last thing on their minds in the heat of the moment, “You really don’t take any precaution at all you just do the first thing that comes to your mind.”
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists agree.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "IUDs, implants are best birth control methods for teens, docs say" by Lindsey Tanner, Associated Press 9/21/12
Teenage girls may prefer the pill, the patch or even wishful thinking, but their doctors should be recommending IUDs or hormonal implants -- long-lasting and more effective birth control that you don't have to remember to use every time, the nation's leading gynecologists group said Thursday.
Both types of contraception are more invasive than the pill, requiring a doctor to put them in place. That, and cost, are probably why the pill is still the most popular form of contraception in the U.S.
But birth control pills often must be taken at the very same time every day to be most potent. And forgetting to take even one can lead to pregnancy, which is why the pill is sometimes only 91 per cent effective.
The gynecologists group said condoms should still be used at all times because no other birth control method protects against AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. [Although, use of condoms often fails to prevent transmission.]
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "IUDs and Implants Are the Most Effective Way To Prevent Teen Pregnancy" by Nikki Tucker, Medical Daily 9/21/12
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists are replacing 2007 guidelines that once instructed doctors to view IUD as just an option, but did not emphasize a preference for them in women and teenage girls.
More specifically the new guidelines are geared to sexually active teens. "Implants and intrauterine devices (IUDs) should be offered as first-line contraceptive options for sexually active adolescents," The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists stated in a news release.
An intrauterine device (IUD) is a small T-shaped plastic device that is wrapped in copper or contains hormones. The IUD is inserted into a female's uterus by her doctor. A plastic string tied to the end of the implant hangs down through the cervix into the vagina. A female may check the implant is in place by feeling for the string. It is also the way the doctor removes the IUD.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "IUDs, Implants Best Teen Birth Control, ACOG Says" by Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today 9/21/12
Short-acting contraceptive methods, favored by the vast majority of teenagers who use contraception, have lower adherence and higher pregnancy rates compared with long-acting reversible contraceptives. Among teens who report using contraceptive methods, long-acting reversible options account for < 5% of use. More than 80% of teen pregnancies are unintended, reflecting high rates of non-use, inconsistent use, and use of failure-prone contraceptive methods -- typically condoms, withdrawal, and oral contraceptives. Teenagers account for 20% of all unintended pregnancies in the United States.
Addressing issues related to cost, insurance coverage, and confidentiality, the committee suggested referral to a public clinic as a reasonable option to facilitate teenagers' access to long-acting reversible contraceptives.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Abstinence Education Effective, Fed Study Shows as well as Abstinent Teens the Norm, Moral Sex-Ed Works: Study
Sunday, July 08, 2012
HIV Cure: False Hope to Victims, Money to Others
Rather than comprehend, and thus admit, the inherent risks resulting from the sexual revolution, and the fact that much of health science is beyond human understanding, those who profit from disease insist that there are no permanent consequences to sexual immorality.
For background, read Federal Government Reports Majority of New HIV Cases from Homosexual Behavior and also read Planned Parenthood Says Plan to Get Sexual Disease as well as Abstinence Education Effective, Federal Study Shows
UPDATE 7/30/12: HIV/AIDS conference experts admit talk of cure is hype
(These experts NEVER admit that the "cure" is sexual abstinence, until life-long marriage.)
-- From "Activists Issue Report on HIV Cure Research" by Enid Vázquez, From Test Positive Aware Network - July/August 2012
Activists from the AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition (ATAC), Project Inform (in San Francisco), and the Treatment Action Group (TAG, in New York City) issued a report summarizing the talks presented at the Community HIV Cure Workshop, which took place in March in Seattle before CROI. The report received funding support from Bionor Pharma, Gilead Sciences, and Merck.
"A cure for HIV will be essential to ending the AIDS pandemic, but science that is focused directly on a cure is still in early stages and will likely require the support of multiple stakeholders to proceed at the fastest pace," the report begins. "Among recent signs of progress, researchers have contributed new insights into where and why HIV persists despite potent ARV therapy."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "The Conversation: HIV cure in works, but issue is time, money" by David Lesher, Special to The Sacramento Bee 6/17/12
[Paula Cannon, a microbiologist at USC,] is working with a team of scientists . . . with funding from the $3 billion stem cell bond passed by California voters in 2004. It's going well. It has proved to be safe and to eliminate HIV in humanized mice. And in coming months, scientists hope it will receive federal approval to begin human trials.
None of the research under way will reach patients until long after the 10 years of funding by the [California] ballot measure runs out. With the HIV project, researchers hope to be in human trials by 2014, but it is likely to be at least 10 years before they can show it might work in humans. And in the case of a stem cell cure for AIDS, it would be many years after that before a treatment is widely available.
Even with rapid scientific advance, it also shows how much is still unknown.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Evidence That Man Cured of HIV Harbors Viral Remnants Triggers Confusion" by Jon Cohen, Science Magazine 6/11/12
Only one person ever has been [believed to be] cured of an HIV infection, and a presentation about the man at a scientific meeting in Sitges, Spain, last week has caused an uproar about the possibility that he's still infected.
Timothy Brown, initially referred to as "the Berlin patient" until he went public about his cure, received unusual blood transplants 5 years ago to treat his leukemia. The blood came from a donor who had mutant cells resistant to HIV. Following the procedure, Brown stopped taking antiretrovirals (ARVs), the virus never returned, and his doctors reported that he had been cured.
But new research presented on 8 June at the International Workshop on HIV & Hepatitis Virus "challenge[s] these results," asserts Alain Lafeuillade of the General Hospital in Toulon, France, a well known HIV/AIDS cure researcher. Lafeuillade issued a press release, "The So Called HIV Cured 'Berlin' Patient Still Has Detectable HIV in His Body," that questions whether Brown was reinfected and may still be infectious to other people. Lafeuillade also posted a blog item, "The Weird Story of the Berlin Patient," raising similar questions.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "New optimism about stemming spread of AIDS virus" by Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press Medical Writer 7/7/12
. . . more than 20,000 international HIV researchers and activists will gather in the nation’s capital later this month with a sense of optimism not seen in many years — hope that it finally may be possible to dramatically stem the spread of the AIDS virus.
The big new focus is on trying to get more people with HIV treated early, when they’re first infected, instead of waiting until they’re weakened or sick, as the world largely has done until now. Staying healthier also makes them less likely to infect others.
Now, as the International AIDS Conference returns to the U.S. for the first time in 22 years, the question is whether the world will come up with the money and the know-how to put the best combinations of protections into practice, for AIDS-ravaged poor countries and hot spots in developed nations as well.
About 34 million people worldwide have HIV, including almost 1.2 million Americans. It’s a very different epidemic from the last time the International AIDS Conference came to the United States, in 1990. Life-saving drugs emerged a few years later, turning HIV from a death sentence into a manageable chronic disease for people and countries that can afford the medications.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "FDA approves new home-use HIV test" by Ian Duncan, Los Angeles Times Washington Bureau 7/3/12
The Food and Drug Administration approved the first over-the-counter HIV test Tuesday, allowing people to test themselves in private at home and get preliminary results in less than 30 minutes.
"Knowing your status is an important factor in the effort to prevent the spread of HIV," Dr. Karen Midthun, director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said in a statement. "The availability of a home-use HIV test kit provides another option for individuals to get tested so that they can seek medical care, if appropriate."
The FDA emphasized that any results from a self-administered test, which works by detecting antibodies in a swab from the gums, should not be considered final. In trials, the test failed to detect HIV in 1 in every 12 patients known to be infected . . .
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Gay Agenda Lacks Power Against AIDS Reality as well as Anal Sex is Main Cause of HIV Pandemic: Study
UPDATE 2/25/15: Anal Sex Pill Pushed in Gay Men Study to Stop HIV
For background, read Federal Government Reports Majority of New HIV Cases from Homosexual Behavior and also read Planned Parenthood Says Plan to Get Sexual Disease as well as Abstinence Education Effective, Federal Study Shows
UPDATE 7/30/12: HIV/AIDS conference experts admit talk of cure is hype
(These experts NEVER admit that the "cure" is sexual abstinence, until life-long marriage.)
-- From "Activists Issue Report on HIV Cure Research" by Enid Vázquez, From Test Positive Aware Network - July/August 2012
Activists from the AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition (ATAC), Project Inform (in San Francisco), and the Treatment Action Group (TAG, in New York City) issued a report summarizing the talks presented at the Community HIV Cure Workshop, which took place in March in Seattle before CROI. The report received funding support from Bionor Pharma, Gilead Sciences, and Merck.
"A cure for HIV will be essential to ending the AIDS pandemic, but science that is focused directly on a cure is still in early stages and will likely require the support of multiple stakeholders to proceed at the fastest pace," the report begins. "Among recent signs of progress, researchers have contributed new insights into where and why HIV persists despite potent ARV therapy."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "The Conversation: HIV cure in works, but issue is time, money" by David Lesher, Special to The Sacramento Bee 6/17/12
[Paula Cannon, a microbiologist at USC,] is working with a team of scientists . . . with funding from the $3 billion stem cell bond passed by California voters in 2004. It's going well. It has proved to be safe and to eliminate HIV in humanized mice. And in coming months, scientists hope it will receive federal approval to begin human trials.
None of the research under way will reach patients until long after the 10 years of funding by the [California] ballot measure runs out. With the HIV project, researchers hope to be in human trials by 2014, but it is likely to be at least 10 years before they can show it might work in humans. And in the case of a stem cell cure for AIDS, it would be many years after that before a treatment is widely available.
Even with rapid scientific advance, it also shows how much is still unknown.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Evidence That Man Cured of HIV Harbors Viral Remnants Triggers Confusion" by Jon Cohen, Science Magazine 6/11/12
Only one person ever has been [believed to be] cured of an HIV infection, and a presentation about the man at a scientific meeting in Sitges, Spain, last week has caused an uproar about the possibility that he's still infected.
Timothy Brown, initially referred to as "the Berlin patient" until he went public about his cure, received unusual blood transplants 5 years ago to treat his leukemia. The blood came from a donor who had mutant cells resistant to HIV. Following the procedure, Brown stopped taking antiretrovirals (ARVs), the virus never returned, and his doctors reported that he had been cured.
But new research presented on 8 June at the International Workshop on HIV & Hepatitis Virus "challenge[s] these results," asserts Alain Lafeuillade of the General Hospital in Toulon, France, a well known HIV/AIDS cure researcher. Lafeuillade issued a press release, "The So Called HIV Cured 'Berlin' Patient Still Has Detectable HIV in His Body," that questions whether Brown was reinfected and may still be infectious to other people. Lafeuillade also posted a blog item, "The Weird Story of the Berlin Patient," raising similar questions.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "New optimism about stemming spread of AIDS virus" by Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press Medical Writer 7/7/12
. . . more than 20,000 international HIV researchers and activists will gather in the nation’s capital later this month with a sense of optimism not seen in many years — hope that it finally may be possible to dramatically stem the spread of the AIDS virus.
The big new focus is on trying to get more people with HIV treated early, when they’re first infected, instead of waiting until they’re weakened or sick, as the world largely has done until now. Staying healthier also makes them less likely to infect others.
Now, as the International AIDS Conference returns to the U.S. for the first time in 22 years, the question is whether the world will come up with the money and the know-how to put the best combinations of protections into practice, for AIDS-ravaged poor countries and hot spots in developed nations as well.
About 34 million people worldwide have HIV, including almost 1.2 million Americans. It’s a very different epidemic from the last time the International AIDS Conference came to the United States, in 1990. Life-saving drugs emerged a few years later, turning HIV from a death sentence into a manageable chronic disease for people and countries that can afford the medications.
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From "FDA approves new home-use HIV test" by Ian Duncan, Los Angeles Times Washington Bureau 7/3/12
The Food and Drug Administration approved the first over-the-counter HIV test Tuesday, allowing people to test themselves in private at home and get preliminary results in less than 30 minutes.
"Knowing your status is an important factor in the effort to prevent the spread of HIV," Dr. Karen Midthun, director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said in a statement. "The availability of a home-use HIV test kit provides another option for individuals to get tested so that they can seek medical care, if appropriate."
The FDA emphasized that any results from a self-administered test, which works by detecting antibodies in a swab from the gums, should not be considered final. In trials, the test failed to detect HIV in 1 in every 12 patients known to be infected . . .
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
Also read Gay Agenda Lacks Power Against AIDS Reality as well as Anal Sex is Main Cause of HIV Pandemic: Study
UPDATE 2/25/15: Anal Sex Pill Pushed in Gay Men Study to Stop HIV
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Abortifacients to Kids via Vending Machine for $25
Although it's illegal to sell the Plan B "morning after pill" (which terminates pregnancy) to children under the age of 17 without a prescription, anyone capable of using a vending machine on the campus of Shippensburg University (near Philadelphia) can easily obtain this dangerous drug.
For background, read Plan B Remains Illegal for Kids Under 17 Despite FDA's Contrary Approval
UPDATE 1/29/13: Obama's FDA gives official "OK" for Plan B vending machine
-- From "Pa. college machine dispenses 'morning-after' pill" by The Associated Press 2/7/12
Vice President for Student Affairs Roger Serr says the machine was installed after a request from the student association and a survey found 85 percent of student respondents supported it.
Plan B is available without a prescription to anyone 17 or older.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Plan B at university vending machine - University releases statement" by Ewa Roman, WHPTV-21 (CBS Harrisburg, PA) 2/8/12
On Tuesday, Shippensburg University released a statement on the availability of Plan B to students:
From "Morning after pills in vending machine on college campus has regulators concerned" by Geoff Herbert, syracuse.com The Post-Standard 2/8/12
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it plans to contact state officials and the university to gather facts. It doesn't appear that any other vending machine in the U.S. dispenses the contraceptive, which can prevent pregnancy if taken soon after sexual intercourse.
But if it's been available at the school for more than two years, why all the fuss now?
Some religious conservatives like Dahlkemper have long considered Plan B to be tantamount to an abortion drug. Taking Plan B within 72 hours of sex -- whether it's rape, condom failure or not using regular contraception -- can cut the chances of pregnancy by up to 89 percent, especially if taken within the first 24 hours.
Rob Maher, a professor at the Duquesne University School of Pharmacy in Pittsburgh, told the Associated Press . . . [he's] worried the vending machine could mean a young person buys the emergency contraceptive drug without discussing risk factors with a health care professional. "That's the big risk with a vending machine like this," he said.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Shippensburg University Vending Machine Dispenses Plan B" by Kevin Begos, Huffington Post 2/7/12
[Plan B is sold] in the vending machine along with condoms, decongestants and pregnancy tests.
The machine has been in place for about two years, and its existence wasn't widely known until recently.
On whether the machine might violate the law, "I don't have a definite yes or no," said Ron Ruman, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania Department of State, which oversees the state pharmacy board. If a person younger than 17 used the machine, it "potentially could be a violation," he said.
Deanne Hall, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, noted that the ease of access to such a machine could be positive for many women, but she wondered whether self-treatment might deter sexual assault victims from seeking medical attention.
Said Anna Franzonello, counsel to Americans United For Life: "Students at Shippensburg University deserve better than to have their administration represent the potent drug with life-ending potential as no more harmful than any other vending machine item."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "University Allows Sale of Plan B Drug in Vending Machines" by Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com 2/7/12
Kristan Hawkins of Students for Life of America condemned the sale of the drugs, that can cause early abortions in some cases.
“SU is now offering curbside abortions in the form of morning after pills (Plan B), which are being discreetly sold to students in a vending machine located at the campus’ health center for $25 a pop,” she said. “I really can’t understand what’s private about putting money into a machine to purchase a lethal drug and then watching folks bang on it when the pill box gets stuck.”
“But really, privacy isn’t the matter at hand here,’ she added. “What I and thousands of the students SFLA serve find most outrageous about this story is that Shippensburg University has placed a higher priority on what they perceive to be politically correct than on the safety and well-being of their female students.”
“To allow an abortion pill on campus to be sold through a vending machine without even so much as a doctor’s exam is beyond comprehension. Birth control requires a prescription and a consultation between the patient and doctor before ordering. Plan B is a high-dose version of the birth control bill intended to stop ovulation or abort a newly created human being after intercourse,” Hawkins continued. . . .
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
For background, read Plan B Remains Illegal for Kids Under 17 Despite FDA's Contrary Approval
UPDATE 1/29/13: Obama's FDA gives official "OK" for Plan B vending machine
-- From "Pa. college machine dispenses 'morning-after' pill" by The Associated Press 2/7/12
Vice President for Student Affairs Roger Serr says the machine was installed after a request from the student association and a survey found 85 percent of student respondents supported it.
Plan B is available without a prescription to anyone 17 or older.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Plan B at university vending machine - University releases statement" by Ewa Roman, WHPTV-21 (CBS Harrisburg, PA) 2/8/12
On Tuesday, Shippensburg University released a statement on the availability of Plan B to students:
We are not the first one to make Plan B available so this is not unique to us or to public higher education.To read the entire statement from the University, CLICK HERE.
The machine, which vends only health-related items, is in a private room in our health center and the health center is accessible only by students. There is one machine only and the medication is not available anywhere else on campus. In addition, no one can walk in off the street and go into the health center. Students proceed to a check-in desk located in the lobby and after checking in using appropriate identification are granted access to the private treatment area.
The university is not encouraging anyone to be sexually active. That is a decision each student makes on his or her own. The university does strongly encourage all students to make wise and appropriate decisions in all aspects of their lives.
Reproductive services are a personal decision to be made by every man and woman. As such, the university is providing students with a medication that they can obtain legally elsewhere as part of their ability to make their own choices. The medication does come with explanatory details about the drug, its usage and effects. Medical staff is also always available for consultation before a purchase is made.
From "Morning after pills in vending machine on college campus has regulators concerned" by Geoff Herbert, syracuse.com The Post-Standard 2/8/12
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it plans to contact state officials and the university to gather facts. It doesn't appear that any other vending machine in the U.S. dispenses the contraceptive, which can prevent pregnancy if taken soon after sexual intercourse.
But if it's been available at the school for more than two years, why all the fuss now?
Some religious conservatives like Dahlkemper have long considered Plan B to be tantamount to an abortion drug. Taking Plan B within 72 hours of sex -- whether it's rape, condom failure or not using regular contraception -- can cut the chances of pregnancy by up to 89 percent, especially if taken within the first 24 hours.
Rob Maher, a professor at the Duquesne University School of Pharmacy in Pittsburgh, told the Associated Press . . . [he's] worried the vending machine could mean a young person buys the emergency contraceptive drug without discussing risk factors with a health care professional. "That's the big risk with a vending machine like this," he said.
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "Shippensburg University Vending Machine Dispenses Plan B" by Kevin Begos, Huffington Post 2/7/12
[Plan B is sold] in the vending machine along with condoms, decongestants and pregnancy tests.
The machine has been in place for about two years, and its existence wasn't widely known until recently.
On whether the machine might violate the law, "I don't have a definite yes or no," said Ron Ruman, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania Department of State, which oversees the state pharmacy board. If a person younger than 17 used the machine, it "potentially could be a violation," he said.
Deanne Hall, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, noted that the ease of access to such a machine could be positive for many women, but she wondered whether self-treatment might deter sexual assault victims from seeking medical attention.
Said Anna Franzonello, counsel to Americans United For Life: "Students at Shippensburg University deserve better than to have their administration represent the potent drug with life-ending potential as no more harmful than any other vending machine item."
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
From "University Allows Sale of Plan B Drug in Vending Machines" by Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com 2/7/12
Kristan Hawkins of Students for Life of America condemned the sale of the drugs, that can cause early abortions in some cases.
“SU is now offering curbside abortions in the form of morning after pills (Plan B), which are being discreetly sold to students in a vending machine located at the campus’ health center for $25 a pop,” she said. “I really can’t understand what’s private about putting money into a machine to purchase a lethal drug and then watching folks bang on it when the pill box gets stuck.”
“But really, privacy isn’t the matter at hand here,’ she added. “What I and thousands of the students SFLA serve find most outrageous about this story is that Shippensburg University has placed a higher priority on what they perceive to be politically correct than on the safety and well-being of their female students.”
“To allow an abortion pill on campus to be sold through a vending machine without even so much as a doctor’s exam is beyond comprehension. Birth control requires a prescription and a consultation between the patient and doctor before ordering. Plan B is a high-dose version of the birth control bill intended to stop ovulation or abort a newly created human being after intercourse,” Hawkins continued. . . .
To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.
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