[Pflienews] PharmFacts E-News Update: HPV check; PP alleged with fraud, investigations called for

[PFLI PharmAid Center]

*PharmFacts E-News Update -- 30 Sept 2008
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*A Reality Check for the HPV Vaccine
*http://townhall.com/columnists/JaniceShawCrouse/2008/09/26/a_reality_check_for_the_hpv_vaccine 
<http://nvs.all.org/sendstudio/link.php?M=22016&N=501&L=2367&F=H>
Town Hall
To date, in only two years of use, there have been nearly 10,000 reports 
of side effects from Gardasil. Obviously, most side effects are not 
serious, but some are quite serious (paralysis and seizures) and some 
are life-threatening enough to require hospitalization. While there is 
no proof that Gardasil is responsible for the side effects, that is 
enough to warn many parents away from a drug that protects only those 
who are sexually active and protects only against two of the HPV viruses 
that can lead to cervical cancer.

*Planned Parenthood guilty of fraud?*
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Business/Default.aspx?id=266176 
<http://nvs.all.org/sendstudio/link.php?M=22016&N=501&L=2356&F=H>
One News Now
A collection of faith-based groups is asking the federal government to 
investigate allegations that affiliates of Planned Parenthood in 
California may have fraudulently charged the federal government millions 
of dollars. Planned Parenthood receives federal funding through the 
Title X Family Planning program, a 90-percent Medicaid match for family 
planning, and a federal program to purchase drugs from manufacturers at 
a reduced price. In 2004, state auditors in California began reviewing 
Planned Parenthood affiliates; however, the audit was stopped after only 
one review was completed. That review found that Planned Parenthood of 
San Diego and Riverside counties overbilled the government more than 
$5.2 million. Ray Ruddy, president of Gerard Health Foundation, is 
leading the call for the federal investigation.

--from ALL

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