Contraceptive jab safety advice
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Experts say young girls should only receive the contraceptive jab if other methods are unsuitable or unacceptable because of concerns about bone loss.
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NEW YORK  - Applying a topical anesthetic  half an hour beforehand reduces pain for children getting a  measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) shot, according to a report by  Canadian researchers.
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Confusion about this essential procedure is growing among women of all ages. Despite the new HPV vaccine, regular screenings are still critical.
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Nikol Hasler doesn't recommend the "pull and pray" method of birth control. She says you should not have sex on nature trails because of bugs and Sasquatch. And if you hate your body as a teen, just wait.
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TORONTO - The manufacturer of an injectable contraceptive is warning teenagers and young women that the drug could permanently weaken bones.
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Women who use the injectable hormonal contraceptive Depo Provera are more than three times as likely to contract the sexually transmitted diseases chlamydia and gonorrhea than women who do not use hormonal contraceptives, according to a study published in
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(National-NBC) Aut. 25, 2004 - Women who use a certain type of contraceptive may be at an increased risk of sexually transmitted diseases.
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Child health experts have said parents should be reassured the new five-in-one combined jab will be better for babies.
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The US Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) on Wednesday ordered a strong, new warning for Pfizer Inc.&#39;s injectable contraceptive called Depo-Provera, saying it could permanently weaken bones.
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All of Chiron Corp.&#39;s flu vaccine lots in the UK, where the company&#39;s plant was shut down by regulators, are unsafe, said Lester Crawford, acting commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration.
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TUESDAY, Feb. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Combining periodic infusions of antibodies with a widely used cancer vaccine appears to be more effective and less harsh with melanoma and advanced ovarian cancer patients than using either treatment on its own, a new study shows.
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NEW YORK NOV 11, 2004  - In a study conducted in North America and Brazil, a bivalent vaccine was effective in preventing infection with the two most common oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) types -- HPV-16 and HPV-18.
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More than 3,000 people who volunteered to receive an experimental Merck and Co. AIDS vaccine are being told to come back and get extra tests because the jab may itself raise the risk of infection.
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Tests show the shots administered by a woman at an unauthorized flu clinic this month contained the real flu vaccine, calming fears the shots could have contained something dangerous.
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People who are vaccinated against hepatitis B are at increased risk of multiple sclerosis, a study shows. US public health experts found the link when they looked at data on more than 1,500 UK patients.
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A mercury-based preservative once used in many vaccines does not raise the risk of neurological problems in children, concludes a large federal study that researchers say should reassure parents about the safety of shots their kids received a decade or more ago.
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Doctors should defer giving booster shots of a widely used childhood vaccine in the wake of a voluntary recall last week of 1.2 million doses by Merck & Co Inc, U.S. health authorities said on Wednesday.