Study finds HPV vaccine delivering cuts in cervical disease

From our archives 5 years ago

ROUTINE vaccination of schoolgirls against the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in Scotland has led to a “profound reduction” in cervical disease in later life, a study has revealed. In the first major analysis of the immunisation programme’s impact in Scotland, scientists found it had delivered a dramatic 89 per cent fall in incidence for the most serious pre-cancerous lesions. The prevalence of abnormalities graded 3 or worse – the most likely to become cancerous – varied from 59 per 10,000 among unvaccinated women born in 1988, to just six per 10,000 among women born between 1995 and 1996 who had received the HPV jab.

Similar patterns were found for incidence of the Grade 1 and Grade 2 lesions.

10 years ago

THE decision to demolish five tower blocks during the Glasgow 2014 opening ceremony has sparked a wave of controversy. Five of the six Red Road high-rise flats, which have dominated part of the city’s skyline for 50 years, will come down as part of the Commonwealth Games curtain-raiser on July 23. The demolition of the flats will be shown across a 100ft-screen positioned at Celtic Park and will be broadcast to more than one billion TV viewers. Glasgow 2014 organisers said it was a “bold image” that would showcase the regeneration of the city to the world.

25 years ago

ROCK star Elton John makes his first major foray into filmmaking this week with a big-budget movie set in Scotland – and one of the main stars of the film, along with Helena Bonham Carter and Richard Wilson, will be the city of Edinburgh itself. John’s new film company, Rocket Pictures, is to shoot Women Talking Dirty in some of the upmarket areas of the capital, and tourism chiefs are predicting the contemporary drama will create a visitor boom on its release. The flamboyant singer is executive producer of the film and also wrote the score. It tells the story of the lives and loves of two Scotswomen who form an unlikely friendship.

50 years ago

GLASGOW Corporation may start running their own Clyde Fair. The ruling Labour group yesterday agreed, after representations from the Scottish committee of the Federation of Theatrical Unions and others, that the possibility of such a venture later this year or next year should be examined. Councillor Tom Fulton, senior vice-chairman of the group, said there was a strong feeling that the corporation, through the resources available to the civic amenities committee and other departments, could provide a better and stronger basis for a fair than had been given in the past.

100 years ago

IT is now approaching fifty years since the Charity Organisation Society was launched in Glasgow. It was formed at a meeting in the Religious Institution Rooms, then situated in St George’s Place, on May 13, 1874. It had a small beginning, but its operations extended until the whole area of the city was covered by them. There was only a small office at the start, with not more than three officials, but later there was a head office housed in commodious premises at 212 Bath Street with a considerable staff and along with this 14 offices in the various parts of the city with official and honorary secretaries, with many able voluntary workers, often with young people undergoing training for social work.