Dr. Nancy Discusses the HPV Vaccine for Boys

" Now a new recommendation when it comes to your kids' health it's getting a lot of attention on Tuesday. A federal advisory committee said young boy should be vaccinated against the human -- Paloma virus. Doctor Nancy snyderman is here -- details on this Nancy good morning to you. You wanna walk into a room apparent to start an argument you bring up the word right vaccines. My answer it's my understanding that HPV affects girls at a much higher rate than it does boys so why this recommending that."

" Used to think that I remember we're now seeing a really big up -- over 200% increase in head and neck cancers. That are related to this virus so it's not just cervical cancer in. Younger men and women and it's not just had a neck cancer in men but now it's also been linked to the heart disease women's and now we're talking. About a sexually transmitted disease that is proven to cause cancer later in life."

" And when you talk about sexually transmitted diseases that raises another question for parents say it's in the the whole debate -- they wanna start to think that their kids are sexually active. And do they wanna have that conversation with their kids will that make it harder for some parents to go this."

" I think this was -- terribly marketed vaccine it came out is a certain I can be sexually promiscuous vaccine that it without all wrong to meets an anti cancer vaccine. And the reason you inoculate kids early is because you want to get the answer bodies in their. Bodies they'll protect against the virus. When they become exposed hopefully many years down the line the recommendation was for girls eleven to thirteen because girls get most of the cancers. Who would never made sense to me is that give a sexually transmitted virus and voice of the -- years. -- and even at the burden is on the girls why that -- every time but now the data's in and that's where the CDC said let's start covering Boise and."

" It -- comes in it in it in three shots about 300 dollars -- will this recommendation make it look more likely for more insurance plans to cover I."

" I hope not only that but it would decrease the that's of them without hurdle for parents to get it sort of clumsy vaccine because you need three of them. You do it as a preteen -- scare some parents and yes a lot of vaccines haven't been covered by insurance I'm hoping that's not gonna push carriers --"

" In just a few seconds to have less common cold and Lucy has come -- on us on Tuesday a study out says that carrying extra weight on your body people who are overweight or obese. Have less effect that the flu shot is less effective for them why is that right."

" So the flu shot -- is different every year based on what we think's going to be infectious. Two groups of people obese and the elderly it doesn't seem to work as well. I don't want people to get the message -- well that I won't get my shot. I think it's important for people are round obese people or the elderly. To make sure you -- immunized so you don't bring the Barbara home to them and put them at risk. The elderly die for for actually because the virus attacks and because our immune systems are down. The -- secondary pneumonia it can be a lethal disease even in mild flu seasons. It's kind of an -- as always thanks very much."