Speaking of the FDA…
It still says Gardasil is okay. So does the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The vaccine “prevents four viruses that account for about 70 percent of cervical cancers” according to its manufacturer, Merck. But this summer complaints from parents of girls who suffered serious side effects after taking the drug trained a national spotlight on the vaccine. CBS News reported in July that there were “more than a dozen deaths and 8,000 adverse reactions” to the vaccine. But the FDA says it has detected no common pattern in the deaths indicating that the vaccine caused them. The federal agency says the vaccine is an important preventive. More than 4,000 women in the United States die every year from cervical cancers that are caused by the sexually transmitted viruses Gardasil prevents. The FDA says benefits of the vaccine outweigh any risks. To be effective, it must be administered to young girls before sexual activity begins.
FDA slams Botox scammers after beauty seekers are temporarily paralyzed
Beauty knows no pain,” the old saying goes. But it does have a price. Illegal Botox scammers are paying with fines and prison sentences. Victims are paying with facial paralysis. What the beauty-seekers hoped would eliminate forehead wrinkles put some in the hospital. Botox is made from the toxin of a bacterium that causes botulism, a severe form of food poisoning. The scammers knowingly used a cheaper version of it that is not approved by the FDA. Twenty-nine people, including several doctors, were convicted of knowingly injecting the unapproved Botox into nearly 1,000 victims. The FDA’s Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) handled the case after four victims were hospitalized. There were no deaths and the paralysis was temporary. But the OCI uncovered instances of illegal Botox use across the United States, resulting in 68 arrests. Botox Cosmetic is the only FDA approved version of Botox. It is made from highly purified botulinum toxin. Small amounts of it injected between the eyes, affect the muscles ability to contract, smoothing out facial wrinkles for several months.
