cervical cancer

I've been inundated by questions from patients and friends over the past few weeks regarding two recent recommendations concerning cancer screenings for women. The big worry that keeps coming up is "are we rationing women's health care?" That's because first, the U.S. Preventive Task Force on Nov....

Just when GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) was set for U.S. Food & Drug Administration approval of its cervical cancer vaccine, tragedy struck in the United Kingdom. Natalie Morton, a 14-year-old British girl, died Monday a few hours after receiving the vaccine, called Cervarix. On Tuesday, the FDA...

As if Merck & Co. (MRK) needed more scrutiny of its controversial cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil. One of the first cancer vaccines on the market, Gardasil combats human papillomavirus -- a sexually transmitted virus contracted by 80 percent of sexually active women by age 50 -- Gardasil was...