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From the Stacks: May 4, 2007

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May 2007
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Mothering knows family life isn't easy. That's why the magazine provides a space for readers to celebrate parenthood through stories of struggle and perseverance, family advice, and information on contemporary health issues. In the bimonthly's latest issue (May/June), Elissa Mendenhall offers a critical view of the new HPV vaccine, a subject that's drawn significant attention due to the connection between human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer. While acknowledging that Merck's new HPV vaccine, Gardasil, is 'a tremendous feat in the world of vaccine research,' Mendenhall cautions that the drug protects against only four of the 100 different strains of the virus. Though those four strains account for the majority of cervical cancers, the vaccine could leave girls and women with a false sense of security against some 30 percent of the occurrences of cervical cancers that Gardasil can't prevent. And despite the vaccine's FDA approval, she reports, the studies on the drug that are currently available for review were funded entirely by the manufacturer. -- Natalie Hudson

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Soliciting stories seems to be the mission of graphic artist K. Thor Jensen on his road trip across the United States, depicted in the graphic memoir Red Eye, Black Eye published by Alternative Comics. After losing his job, his girlfriend, his apartment, his grandmother, and living through September 11th -- all in the first two pages of the story -- Jensen buys a two-month unlimited Greyhound bus pass and sets off in search of the 'hobo' life. In this tale of post-adolescent angst, Jensen visits cities from New York to Los Angeles, hears the stories he seeks, begs for change, and tries to get in a fight (hence the 'Black Eye' of the title). In spite of all this forward motion, Jensen never takes much initiative, and never finds much meaning in his adventure. In the end, he comes to a simple conclusion: 'Some things are just the way they are.' -- Bennett Gordon

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