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Weekly News Roundup
February 17, 2015
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Coming out in school could reduce depression and abuse
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people have better self esteem and less depression as young adults if they were open about their sexual orientations as adolescents, a new study suggests. Attempts to hide sexual orientation are generally unsuccessful, and the result is more abuse and more depression, the authors say in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
Daily Life, February 16, 2015 |
How a major newspaper bungled a vaccine story, then smeared its critics
The entire affair unfolded over slightly more than a week, but its negative impact on the health of Canadians could persist for years. The Star's credulous treatment of unverified stories claiming serious side effects from Gardasil resembles that of Katie Couric, who provided self-described Gardasil victims with an even larger platform on her daytime TV show in 2013. Couric soon issued a mea culpa.
Los Angeles Times, February 13, 2015 |
HPV vaccine highly effective against multiple cancer-causing strains
"The study confirms that targeting young adolescent girls before sexual debut for prophylactic HPV vaccination has a substantial impact on the incidence of high grade cervical abnormalities," said corresponding author, Dan Apter, Director, The Sexual Health Clinic, Family Federation of Finland, Helsinki.
Medical Express, February 13, 2015
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Backup System In Brain Helps Compensate for Developmental Issues in Girls, but not so much in Boys
Researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center propose that individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourette syndrome, dyslexia, and specific language impairment (SLI) use declarative memory to help them overcome behavioral issues.
Psych Central, February 13, 2015
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HPV Vaccine Not Linked to Increase in Sexually Transmitted Infections
Contrary to concerns that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine will increase risky sexual behavior among adolescent girls, a new study finds that these vaccinations are not associated with increases in sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
University Herald, February 12, 2015
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The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids today released a new web resource to help drive awareness and action around the dangerous risks of prescription (Rx) medicine abuse among teens. The tool is an interactive infographic that illustrates the path leading some teens and young adults from prescription painkiller abuse into heroin addiction. The new infographic is the latest resource from The Medicine Abuse Project, a 5-year national action campaign that aims to prevent half a million teens from abusing medicine.
PR Newswire, February 12, 2015
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Last week's Toronto Star article about the Gardasil anti-human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has stirred up controversy and spawned angry responses from all over the Internet since its publication. On Wednesday the Star's publisher John Cruickshank said the paper failed the public in the way it presented its story.
Global News, February 11, 2015
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Better communication with physicians, parents and adolescents about the benefits of HPV vaccination during early puberty is critical to removing barriers that have prevented wider use of the vaccine, says a public health expert at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health. The commentary by Robert A. Bednarczyk, PhD, was published this week in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.
Health Canal, February 11, 2015
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Science shows HPV vaccine has no dark side
To attribute rare devastating occurrences to a vaccine requires evidence of causation, which the Star didn't have in its article on Gardasil.
Given the power of HPV vaccine to prevent disease and death, a long Toronto Star article that appears to suggest that the HPV vaccine causes harm is troubling and disappointing. Although the article states in the fifth paragraph that "there is no conclusive evidence showing the vaccine caused a death or illness," its litany of horror stories and its innuendo give the incorrect impression that the vaccine caused the harm.
The Star, February 11, 2015
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The study said: 'This suggests that the girls' sexual behaviors were not altered in the least by the vaccine.'Any behaviors resulting in infections that did occur were independent of the vaccine.'Researchers said if the HPV vaccine had caused an increase in risky sexual behaviour they would have found a higher rate of STIs among vaccinated girls after they received the vaccine, since it only protects against HPV and not any other diseases.
National Column, February 10, 2015
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