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...study in the Aug. 15 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association aims to clear up at least some of that uncertainty. Dr. Allan Hildesheim, an epidemiologist at the National Cancer Institute, and his colleagues set out to determine whether Cervarix - a new HPV vaccine for which GlaxoSmithKline hopes to get federal approval in early 2008 - could help reduce the virus-load in women already infected with HPV. According to the study's authors, past trials have suggested that HPV vaccination boosts the body's immune response to infection, and some researchers thought that it might work...
...There was a lot of confusion in the clinical and lay communities around the use of the vaccine in individuals already infected," says Hildesheim. He says that he and his team are "trying to fill the void" left by publications that haven't addressed patients' questions about whether the vaccine can be used to treat infection. "We wanted to make it clear. The vaccine is not therapeutic," he says. "[The study] reinforces the greater utility of vaccinating young and adolescent girls before they initiate sexual activity because that's how you get the most benefit from this vaccine...
...sense for young women to get vaccinated before exposure to any of these strains. But should they still get vaccinated if they have already acquired one or two of the strains - especially the ones that cause cancer - but not the others? The answer might appear to be yes, but Hildesheim says the issue is still unsettled. "Once sexual debut occurs, the less the benefit of the vaccine will be," he says, pointing to the fact that the risk of HPV exposure jumps once a person is sexually active. "How much less and whether vaccination is warranted after sexual debut...
...Bullies are increasingly resorting to technology, too, such as sending offensive text messages or recording incidents on video. Between September 2003 and February 2004, 11 students at a school in Hildesheim in northern Germany regularly beat and humiliated a classmate, forcing him to kiss their shoes, eat chalk and masturbate. They filmed some of the incidents and circulated the footage via e-mail. "It's an increase in the level of perfidy," says Klaus Hurrelmann, professor of sociology at Bielefeld University. "The victims can no longer save face through silence." As the number and seriousness of incidents increases, many parents...
...thousands of production jobs have already migrated from Germany to Central European countries like the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland, making everything from light bulbs to high-end Audi automobiles. Last month, for example, German auto-parts maker Bosch said it would eliminate 830 jobs at its factory in Hildesheim, Germany, and move production to a new plant in Miskolc, Hungary. The move will reduce the workforce at the German factory by almost half. Some executives are thinking about even more radical moves, such as transferring not just their production facilities but their entire companies. Hans Brach, who owns...