Dr. Nancy Reports on HPV Vaccine for Boys
Dr. Nancy Reports on HPV Vaccine for Boys
Dr. Nancy Snyderman reports on new shots recommended for all boys over the age of 9 in this country.
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" Millions of girls have already received the HPV vaccine and today the Centers for Disease Control expanded those same recommendations to include boys. Under guidelines approved today the CDC recommends all boys eleven to twelve years old be vaccinated. Three doses over the course of six months to prevent HPD and HPV related diseases. Why similarly the vaccine needs to be given before -- young person become sexually active. To give the body a chance to build antibodies to fight HPV is a person as a Bose. Each year there are 181000. HPV related cancers in women mostly cervical cancers. And 7000 HPV related cancers in men. Last month the virus was linked to mouth and throat cancers and in a report released just yesterday. New research links HPV to the number one killer of women cardiovascular disease. The HPV vaccine has been approved for boys and 2009. Without any firm recommendations from the government. But many pediatricians at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester have recommended parents get their girls and boys vaccinated."
" This is the vaccine can prevent cancer is one of the first -- it's going to be able to do that and that's why I really think that we should welcome this. With enthusiasm."
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