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Weekly News Roundup
May 2, 2016
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Dennis J. Barbour, JD, Editor
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Health officials push doctors to promote HPV vaccinations
On April 20, the county Health Department invited local doctors to a dinner and presented speakers from the state Health Department and from Roswell Park Cancer Institute, as well as a cervical cancer survivor, to push the idea that doctors should promote the HPV immunization to their patients.
In Niagara County, 30.4 percent of girls ages 13 to 17 have completed the HPV immunization series. For 13-year-old boys, it's 20.5 percent. B
oth of those numbers are slightly ahead of the statewide averages for counties outside New York City, but are a far cry from where officials would like the numbers to be.
HPV shots are mandated in only two states, Rhode Island and Virginia, as well as the District of Columbia. The Rhode Island Health Department's mandate for seventh graders, which took effect last fall, was highly controversial, and some state legislators tried unsuccessfully to repeal it.
A bill to require HPV shots in New York went nowhere in the State Senate last year and is stuck in committee this year.
"We are hoping to educate physicians. If physicians give a good, strong recommendation, parents will pay attention to that," Cavagnaro said.
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"Macho" men are less likely than women to visit a doctor, and more likely to request male physicians when they do make an appointment, researchers say. But these "tough guys" tend to downplay their symptoms in front of male doctors because of a perceived need to keep up a strong front when interacting with men, according to three recent studies. The results can be dangerous."These studies highlight one theory about why masculinity is, generally, linked to poor health outcomes for men," said Mary Himmelstein. She is co-author of three recent studies on gender and medicine and a doctoral candidate in the department of psychology at Rutgers University in Piscataway, N.J. "Men who really buy into this cultural script that they need to be tough and brave -- that if they don't act in a certain way they could lose their masculinity (or) 'man-card' (or) status -- are less likely to seek preventative care, and delay care in the face of illness and injury," Himmelstein added.
CBS News, April 29, 2016
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| This Map Of Vaccination Laws Proves Exactly Why We Need To Address The Problem Head-On
Vaccines remain a controversial topic in the United States. Despite the wealth of information out there that should quell anti-vaccine advocates, the raging debate has only grown bigger in recent years. Now, a
map of vaccination laws
put together by the National Conference of State Legislatures proves exactly why the country needs to address the problem head-on. According to the map, a color-coded guide of state legislation mandating vaccination, most states have either religious or personal exemptions, meaning that if parents don't want to vaccinate their children for either of those reasons, they don't have to. (Every state maintains a medical exemption, for obvious reasons.) Currently, rates of vaccinations remain high overall in the United States, but "pockets" of unvaccinated children can still lead to outbreaks of various diseases, according to the CDC, which is the biggest concern.
Romper, April 29, 2016
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Because the facts are these: Australian Bureau of Statistics data released this week show boys aged 14 to 18 are consuming up to 38 teaspoons of sugar a day and are the highest consumers of the stuff, with average consumption at 22 teaspoons a day.According to the report, these amounts are probably a conservative indication, due to the way "bad" substances are self-documented in food studies.Let's consider another few facts. The average Australian kid guzzles 1.2 cans of soft drink a day, with adolescent males being the highest consumers. That's about 12 teaspoons of sugar. To put this in context, the World Health Organisation now advises an upper limit of three teaspoons a day for kids and six to nine for adults. When you factor in sports drinks, flavoured milks, instant breakfast drinks (six teaspoons per serve), breakfast cereals (up to nine teaspoons) and energy bars (seven teaspoons), you can see how a kid could be pouring 700 per cent of the safe amount of sugar into their gob on any given day.
The Age, April 29, 2016
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| Transgender teen fights back after suspension for using 'wrong' bathroom
The pep rally was underway as a South Carolina high school student headed to the bathroom. A teacher trailed him. The student is transgender, and she wanted to make sure he used "the right one," he said.
To him, the right one is the boys' bathroom, which he says he has used since seventh grade without incident. Then, in his senior year, school administrators told him he had to use the girls' restroom, he said. They also gave him the option to use the nurse's restroom. When he exited the bathroom, the teacher did not say anything to him, but he knew from the "exasperated" look on her face that he was in trouble.
CNN, April 27, 2016
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| Skateboarding Mishaps Send 176 U.S. Kids to ERs Every Day
Skateboarding can be a fun and challenging activity, but it also comes with a significant risk of injury, researchers report.The researchers examined data spanning two decades and found that more than 64,500 U.S. children and teens were treated in hospital emergency rooms each year -- about 176 a day -- for skateboarding-related injuries. Fractures and dislocations were among the most common injuries, the study indicated.
Males were far more likely than females to be injured.
Medline Plus, April 27, 2016
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Young
gay and bisexual men
may be much more likely to attempt suicide or harm themselves than their older counterparts, and blacks are at greater risk than whites, British researchers report. "We know
minority groups are at higher risk
of poor mental health than the heterosexual majority, however the mental health differences within sexual minorities is unclear," said study author Ford Hickson, from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. "Our study showed that among gay and bisexual men, age and ethnicity had a significant impact on mental health, as did income and education. This is possibly because men are better able to cope with homophobia the older they are, or if they are relatively privileged in other areas of their lives," he said in a school news release.
CBS News, April 27, 2016
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SOUTH CAROLINA: Erectile Dysfunction Bill Advances
A stunt bill proposed by Rep. Mia McLeod, a Richland County Democrat, is making its way through the S.C. House. Under McLeod's bill, a man who wants a prescription for Viagra, Cialis or another erectile dysfunction drug would have to get a notarized affidavit from a sexual partner, undergo a cardiac stress test and get sexual counseling, among other measures. She filed it in December to troll colleagues who push legislation to make it harder for women to get abortions, telling Free Times, "I just decided that until they could stay out my uterus I would refuse to stay out of their bedroom." Surprisingly, the bill was set for an April 27 hearing before the House Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs, which approved the measure and sent it to the floor for a vote.
Free Times, April 27, 2016
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| Increased HPV vaccination is cost-effective
Recent Yale-led research shows that increasing vaccination rates of the new, nonavalent HPV vaccine - which protects against nine different strains of HPV - in low-coverage areas like Utah, Tennessee and Mississippi would be a cost-effective way to reduce cancer rates nationally.
Yale Daily News, April 26, 2016
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The Weekly News Roundup is produced by The Partnership for Male Youth and is released every Monday.
For more information contact Dennis J. Barbour, JD. News Roundup editor and President/CEO of the Partnership, at [email protected].
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