Men who got the HPV vaccine had a 46% reduction in risk of developing HPV-related cancers, a new study says. Dr. Leana Wen advises boys and men to get the vaccine.
Fact: The HPV vaccine was developed to combat the HPV-related cervical cancer in women.
The HPV vaccine would not have existed without raised standards in healthcare to specifically develop medicines for women based on the ailments they have as opposed to prescribing the same methods of treatment that were developed for men.
There are still ailments women have which are largely ignored or for which they’re given the treatments developed for men with the idea that it would just work out for them, with no studies on potential side effects.
With HPV vaccines made specifically for women, now we are able to deduce that it would also help men with various HPV-related cancers even if they do not have a cervix.
Gender equality in medical studies and treatments is increasing, and hopefully more treatments developed for women will show additional benefits for the larger population in due time.
If cervical cancer in women had never been treated, the benefits of the HPV vaccine for men would have never been discovered.
My statement remains correct, and you entirely missed its meaning.
It’s almost like providing women with actual proper healthcare improves healthcare for everyone down the line. How strange and totally unforseen! /s
Makes you wonder in which other areas improvements for one subset of humanity could conceivably improve the rest of humanity as well, doesn’t it?
Did you read a different article?
TLDR; Men should also get the HPV vaccine, it’s not just good for cervical cancer prevention - but a range of other cancers.
Fact: The HPV vaccine was developed to combat the HPV-related cervical cancer in women.
The HPV vaccine would not have existed without raised standards in healthcare to specifically develop medicines for women based on the ailments they have as opposed to prescribing the same methods of treatment that were developed for men.
There are still ailments women have which are largely ignored or for which they’re given the treatments developed for men with the idea that it would just work out for them, with no studies on potential side effects.
With HPV vaccines made specifically for women, now we are able to deduce that it would also help men with various HPV-related cancers even if they do not have a cervix.
Gender equality in medical studies and treatments is increasing, and hopefully more treatments developed for women will show additional benefits for the larger population in due time.
If cervical cancer in women had never been treated, the benefits of the HPV vaccine for men would have never been discovered.
My statement remains correct, and you entirely missed its meaning.
That’s really neat. Glad to understand your comment now.
God lemmy is insufferable. The most unhappy group of people on the internet
Brother you are the insufferable unhappy person. You replied with this to a lighthearted comment about how a rising tide lifts all ships.
There are literally thousands of other sites you could spend your time on, buddy. Have fun out there.