S.A.N.E Vax Objects to FDA Ruling Gardasil Use for Anal Cancer
Guest post by Leslie Botha, S.A.N.E. Vax Increasing Number of Consumers are Concerned over HPV Vaccine Safety The FDA’s December 22, 2010 ruling to expand the use of Gardasil for anal cancer prevention is unacceptable, according to Norma Erickson, President of S.A.N.E...
Weekend Links to Wrap Up 2010
A few things that crossed my screen during my week-long holiday: Drug companies are becoming expert at using social media to promote pharmaceutical products. Soon, the US FDA will issue guidelines for such usage. Current methods of screening for ovarian cancer have...
Weekend Links
Menstruation and blood symbolism in The Black Swan. Ovulating women don't want to talk with their fathers, according to new research published in Psychological Science. Via CopyRanter, a billboard ad for maxi pads in Pakistan boasts that the pads stop leaks better...
Sex, Lies and Pharmaceuticals
There's a new book about the intimate role of the pharmaceutical industry in the construction of diseases, using the example of FSD (female sexual dysfunction). The authors are Ray Moynihan, an Australian investigative journalist with a longstanding interest in this...
PMS Is Not Universal
Not only does PMS not turn women into Vikings, heavyweight boxers, or Mexican wrestlers (see yesterday's post about ads for Kitadol), it does not affect every woman who menstruates. Research using daily surveys to examine patterns of depression and anxiety symptoms in...
Menstruating Women are Like Vikings!
At least according to the newest ad for Kitadol, a menstrual pain reliever sold in Chile. According to The Viking Network, Viking women retained property and inheritance rights after marriage, plus the right to divorce a husband who mistreated her or their children,...
