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Every family should consider the vaccination program for the prevention of HPV induced cervical cancer and HPV induced genital warts. All females over age 12 should talk with their doctor about this miraculous preventative program which reduces cervical cancer and genital warts risk. 
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Biopharmaceutical “generics” controversy continues on Capitol Hill. Manufacturers say that the biopharmaceuticals cannot be guaranteed of safety, potency, and purity in the generic sense, since they are proteins and other biological type medications. This is quite different from the many generic forms of other drugs, such as aspirin, penicillin, and other chemical drugs.
Why is this such a big deal?
Biopharm prices are considerable higher than chemical drugs. Of the $252 billion dollars spent on prescription medicines in 2005, $33 billion was biotech-biopharm types of medicines. All med sales grow about 5-6 % per year, whereas the biopharm group grows about 3 times that rate. The top three selling biopharm meds were neupogen, epogen, and intron A – with costs at about 15, 20, and 22 thousand dollars per patient per year. Imiglucerase, an enzyme drug, will cost about 200,000 dollars per patient per year.
Large carriers such as Kaiser and others are seeing astronomical increases in these drug costs. Medicare estimates for drug plans estimated at 395 billion, now is over 650 billion over the ten years initial estimates.
In the generic marketplace, drug costs have been reduced about 50-70 percent in general. However, this truly sensical process may be difficult to add to generic follow-through biotech group of biopharmaceuticals. How will the abbreviated new drug application be changed to allow “generic” or “follow-through” biotech biopharmaceuticals to progress faster to FDA approval? Certainly, the savings for guaranteeing the purity, safety, and efficacy of the biopharmaceuticals may not be as great. The big issue still remains whether the profits from “open season” on the off patent biopharmaceuticals will allow for continued research and development for newer and unique and orphan type biotech drugs that will save patients and save money.
The baby boomers are passing through the biopharmaceutical turnstile now, and with growing numbers.
How the 1984 Hatch-Waxman Act (Drug Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act) will change and what effect any change will have is to be determined as of yet. This law allowed rapid development and approval of chemical drugs for generic distribution after patents expired on known brand name drugs.
(Commentary by castMD with adaptation from: Fuhr & Blackstone's article in Biotechnology Healthcare)
CDC’s Advisory Committee Recommends Human Papillomavirus Virus Vaccination Vaccine considered highly effective in preventing infections that are the cause of most cervical cancers.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted Thursday to recommend that a newly licensed vaccine designed to protect against human papillomavirus virus (HPV) be routinely given to girls when they are 11-12 years old. The ACIP recommendation also allows for vaccination of girls beginning at nine years old as well as vaccination of girls and women 13-26 years old. HPV is the leading cause of cervical cancer in women.
According to the ACIP’s recommendation, three doses of the new vaccine should be routinely given to girls when they are 11 or 12 years old. The advisory committee, however, noted that the vaccination series can be started as early as nine years old at the discretion of the physician or health care provider. The recommendation also includes girls and women 13-26 years old because they will benefit from getting the vaccine. The vaccine should be administered before onset of sexual activity (i.e., before women are exposed to the viruses), but females who are sexually active should still be vaccinated.
“This vaccine represents an important medical breakthrough,” said Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. “As a result, these vaccine recommendations address a major health problem for women and represent a significant advance in women’s health. It has been tested in thousands of women around the world and has been found to be safe and effective in providing protection against the two types of HPV that cause most cervical cancers.”
Gardasil®, manufactured by Merck, is the first vaccine developed to prevent cervical cancer, precancerous genital lesions and genital warts due to HPV — `HPV causes genital warts in men and women. The vaccine is highly effective against four types of the HPV virus, including two that cause about 70 percent of cervical cancer. Those who have not acquired HPV would get the full benefits of the vaccine. On average, there are 9,710 new cases and 3,700 deaths from cervical cancer in the United States each year.
HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States, More than 20 million men and women in the United States are currently infected with HPV and there are 6.2 million new infections each year. HPV is most common in young women and men who are in their late teens and early 20s. By age 50, at least 80 percent of women will have acquired HPV infection.
“Although an effective vaccine is a major advance in the prevention of genital HPV and cervical cancer, it will not replace other prevention strategies, such as cervical cancer screening for women or protective sexual behaviors,” said Dr. Schuchat “Women should continue to get pap tests as a safeguard against cervical cancer.”
The ACIP, consisting of 15 members appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), advises the director of CDC and Secretary of HHS on control of vaccine-preventable disease and vaccine usage. Recommendations of the ACIP become CDC policy when they are accepted by the director of CDC and are published in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). There are no federal laws requiring the immunization of children. All school and daycare entry laws are state laws and vary from state to state. (from: Summer 2006)
For the lastest directly visit: http://www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/
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Traditional paradigms in health care continue to treat the disease after it is diagnosed. Many times preventative models are refused payments by health insurance companies. Meanwhile, the life insurance companies understand the decreased "risk" of preventative modalities, such as reduced smoking, reduced sugar intake, reduced weight, increased exercise, and other health producing activities. Our system still continues to focus on reacting to the disease, rather than preventing the disease. Some major players have made a dent, such as Andrew Weil at the University of Arizona. In other words, should everyone have a full-body CT and 4 body-area ultrasound for screening.
Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, taught that the highest priority of treating a patient's disease is to "do no harm." By not having the disease in the first place, little or no harm can be done…and it is cheaper.
The costs of treating disease is much greater than the cost of preventing it. Think how much cheaper it is to keep from having a heart problem than from paying the costs of coronary care.
Soluble fiber can help prevention models. Proven benefits of increasing fiber in your diet follows:
Lipid control and improvement
Diabetes control
Weight management
Hypertension control
Coronary heart disease improvement
Cancer prevention assistance
Gastrointestinal and motility improvements.
Fiber can assist in reducing constipation with better bowel regularity. Hiatal hernia, food intolerances, and hemorrhoids can also benefit from high soluble fiber supplementation.
Limited but more so, almost no probability of risk exists with soluble fiber. There are no blood tests to do. No significant toxicity or bad reactions have been reported with fiber supplements when used properly. No drug-drug interactions occur with soluble fiber. However, delay of absorption can occur with fiber if take at the same time as your regular medications. (Talk with your own doctor always before starting any herbal, supplement, new otc medicine or dietary plan.) No significant side effects exist with fiber consumption. No legal considerations are linked to fiber use. Fiber complements alternative therapies to treating disease.
Fiber, especially soluble fiber, promises a preventative health care approach, shifting the traditional paradigm to proactive from reactive. This shift is from treating disease to preventing disease – from illness to wellness.
In summary:
Traditional health care treats the disease after it shows up.
Changing treatment of disease to the prevention of disease is a paradigm shift in health care.
Dietary fiber supports the prevention of disease, paradigm shift from traditional health care.
How much soluble fiber and the co-existence of major diseases will be discussed in upcoming www.castMD.com blogcasts.
Now, go and spread the fiber word….
THE DEBATE OF SUPER BOWL ASSOCIATED EVENTS RAGES ON. THE DEBATE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RAGES ON. WHERE AND WHEN THE TWO MEET IS CONTROVERSIAL. EXAMINATION OF THE DATA IN MANY PLACES DOES NOT EQUATE TO A HIGHER RATE. AGENDA AND POLITICAL ACTIVISM RAISES THE RELATIONSHIP MOSTLY. HOWEVER…..
AND YEARS AGO, EVERYTHING WAS LINKED TO THE "FULL MOON CONSPIRACY" OF ILLNESS, INJURY, PSYCHIATRIC MALADIES, AND JUST PLAIN WEIRDNESS IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM…..AND SHOWN TO BE DATA INSUFFICIENT TO PROVE THE POINT…..CAN'T BLAME THE MOON THIS SUPERBOWL, AS THAT WAS A DAY OR TWO AGO…..
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DOES OCCUR AS WELL AS ALCOHOL OVERUSE AND ABUSE – ALL HAPPEN ON SUPER BOWL SUNDAY. BUT THESE EVENTS HAPPEN ON NON-SUPER BOWL SUNDAYS ALSO, AND MONDAYS, AND TUESDAYS, AND WEDNESDAYS, AND THURSDAYS, AND FRIDAYS, AND SATURDAYS. SO…..
WHAT MATTERS IS THAT ALL THOSE SUPERBOWL COMMMERCIALS SPONSORED BY THE BEER INDUSTRY CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE THE "FUN" OF THE ALCOHOL OVERUSE AND ABUSE. WHAT THEY DO NOT ADVERTISE IS THE DARK SIDE OF THE ALOCHOL OVERUSE AND ABUSE…AND THE SUBSEQUENT POSSIBILITIES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CRIME, DUI, CHILD ABUSE, AND FAMILY DISCORD – NOT TO MENTION JOB LOSS, WORKPLACE INEFFICIENCY, FINANCIAL RUIN, AND HIGH PERSONAL RISK. SO…..
TAKE THE TEST ON THIS SUPERBOWL SUNDAY:
Screening Test Questions:
SOME SAY AT LEAST ONE-THIRD OF ALL WOMEN WILL BE INVOLVED IN SOME FORM OF DOMESTIC PARTNER VIOLENT BEHAVIOR IN THEIR LIFETIME.
AN ESTIMATED 5 MILLION INCIDENCES OCCUR ANNUALLY.
AN ESTIMATED 1500 WOMEN DIE YEARLY FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
EMPLOYEES MAY REPRESENT 20-25% OF VICTIMS OF THIS TYPE OF LIFESTYLE.
IMPACT ZONE: INTERVENE WITH A FELLOW EMPLOYEE, ASSOCIATE, FRIEND IF YOU THINK THE QUESTION IS APPROPRIATE. "ARE YOU SAFE?" "CAN WE HELP?" "HOW CAN WE HELP?"
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals declared that the field burning practice since 1993 has been illegal. The unanimous decision by the Court forces a reconsideration of events that allowed the practice to continue despite widespread opposition. The EPA federal laws overpower the lobbyist-generated state laws. An environmental plea must go out to the owners of the lands where field burning is conducted. www.castMD.com has been writing about this issue for months – where has the EPA been? Where have the protectors of the land, water, and air been? To lease or rent, knowingly for the practice, is like knowlingly leasing a house for meth making or meth distribution. All the parties know that this practice pollutes. All the parties know that this practice is unsafe for patients. All the parties know this is harmful to the people of the earth. Isn't it time for leadership by the elders, officials, elected few, and, as "Country Attorney" Jerry Spence would say: "Faceless corporations?" Which leaders will be strong, bold, and sincere to tell the truth AND do the right thing? It is time to "walk the environmental talk."
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