HPV Vaccine a Possible Killer?

So I just read this story a few minutes ago and as far as I know there are no other cases like this to have happened. Please correct me if I am wrong. A 14 year old girl from the UK died after receiving routine vaccination treatments for the sexually transmitted infection known as Human Papillomavirus.

Teenage girls from the UK were involve in an immunization program where they receive the HPV vaccine. Shortly after one of the girls receive a vaccine treatment she started experiencing unusual signs and symptoms. The girl died shortly after.

There's not much information regarding whether the vaccine cause the girls death but this causes a few red flags to pop up for me.

Vaccines are supposed to be a safety measure that we take in order to avoid becoming ill with the "real thing". So why is it that this vaccine was examined to the fullest extent to ensure that nothing was wrong with it? Not only has one girl died but others are experiencing similar signs and symptoms!

If I am going to be getting a vaccine I want to know that it is 100% safe for me to get it and I feel that this vaccine that was being given was not 100% safe.

What do you guys think?

Doctor Assisted Suicide

I'd like to talk about an extremely controversial subject today; doctor assisted suicide. Some of you may remember back in the late 90's when Jack Kevorkian, also known as Dr. Death was sentenced to prison for second degree murder for helping terminally ill patients who were not physically able to end their own life, to end their lives.

Here we are 10 years later and the issue of doctor assisted suicide had come back up in the news. Since 1998 when Kevorkian was convicted, doctor assisted suicide has exploded from less than roughly 5 cases per year to nearly 200 cases per year!
These numbers are staggering! As you can see from the chart above, most of the countries are even in their numbers but Germany is "leading the way" and I use that term loosely because this may not be the best topic to lead the way in.

I am usually a person who can take one side or the other on an argument and have a fairly good reason for taking that side. However this is an issue where I am not too sure either way. I can take the side of the patient where they may have a life that is less than favorable to them and they simply can't take it anymore and want to die. But I don't think that it is morally right for a doctor to be the one who administers the "final blow". I feel that there could be personal bonds with the patient that may sway an opinion in certain directions to allow the suicide or to deny it. Personally I am just not sure about this one.

So tell me, do you think it should be legal for a doctor to assist and allow a terminally ill patient who cannot physically end their own life to do so or is there more to the issue?

From Fit to Fat

Alright well I can't wait till next week to start a post on here because this story just seems too ridiculous to be true. I heard about this story last semester and couldn't remember this guys name so I didn't feel the need to look it up anymore but this seemed like a perfect opportunity for me to look it up.

Anyways, there is a personal trainer from Australia by the name of Paul James (no not the gardening guy on HGTV) who decided he wanted to better understand his obese clients at his gym. To do this James stopped his meticulous diet and began to eat a less than healthy diet. In 6 months he gained over 80 lbs to understand what it was like to be overweight. In doing this he also wanted to prove to his clients that it is possible to shed the weight afterwards.

Now let me start by saying I may not lead the healthiest lifestyle but I certainly know what I should be doing with my body to at least maintain a somewhat healthy lifestyle. Like anyone else I enjoy junk food, eating more ice cream than any individual should, and indulging in the occasional adult beverage. You might remember about 5 or 6 years back when Morgan Spurlock did a documentary called Super Size Me that basically consisted of Spurlock eating McDonalds for a month straight. That movie single handedly stopped me from eating any fast food for about 2 years. That being said... what is wrong with this James guy? He did this for 6 months!

I had mentioned this story to someone back when I heard it and they made a comment that really makes you think. Amazing might not be the right choice of words here but the question arises...

Wouldn't it be amazing if this guy went through all of these unhealthy moves to better understand his clients and then had a heart attack because of it?

By no means do I want to bring bad luck upon this guy for what he's doing but it would prove how such an unhealthy lifestyle can cause more problems than one might think.

I could rant and rave all I want about this but I want your opinions on this topic.

Welcome!

Hey Everyone!

Welcome to my blog. Hopefully during the middle of next week I'll have my first blog posted. If there is anything that you might want to hear about that is health related let me know and I'll look up the nitty gritty on it.