Gamerooster.com has a great page here on what type of wormer kills which worms, although it's aimed at chickens, I imagine the info would help: http://www.gamerooster.com/ Velvet ~:>

I think the vaccination is a good idea. "Approximately 20 million people are currently infected with HPV. At least 50 percent of sexually active men and women acquire genital HPV infection at some point in their lives. By age 50, at least 80 percent of women will have acquired genital HPV infection. About 6.2 million Americans get a new genital HPV infection each year." Yes, the condom idea sounds great, but what happens when a woman decides to get pregnant and her husband carries HPV? He probably won't have any symptoms, so he wouldn't know. Now the woman who has been so careful has HPV and an increased risk of cancer. The virus could also affect the babies vocal cords during the delivery.

I was going to post a new thread but I was glad to see my original post showing up again. My wife decided last fall we needed one or two new kittens. She was jealous because Kaya prefers my company to hers. So we got two kittens from the local shelter and one had distemper. I am glad Kaya got her vaccinations. I spent $500 to cure the male's distemper. The idea for the kittens was they would play with each other and thus bother our very shy Kaya less. Kaya was an only cat for 7 years and she DID NOT like the new additions to the household. Both kittens were very friendly with each other and thought Kaya would welcome them with open arms. The male would charge up to Kaya (in a friendly manner) but she has a personal space of about four feet diameter. Kaya ended up hiding in the walk-in closet 24 hours per day. We tried for about six months to acclimate these cats to each other with no success. We ended taking the male back to the HS which I really regretted because he is/was a really beautiful and nice cat but he was driving Kaya nuts. He was re-adopted in two days and I was not surprised at all, he really was a nice cat and I wish we could have kept him. When these new cats showed up Kaya doubled her weight in a few weeks from about 8 lbs. to about 16 lbs. I think maybe she thought by eating more she could deny the interlopers their food. She used to enjoy playing with my homemade "feline flyer" but now I can't get her to play at all. She seems depressed. She just lays around and sleeps and gains weight. I am thinking by getting these kittens we might have shortened her natural life considerably. She is my first cat, I was a dog person but Kaya changed my attitude 100%, she is a sweetheart and very loving. I had only one dog that came close. The kitten we kept is female and she is a mischievous, climbing SOB. My original love Kaya is still suffering and I am thinking of getting rid of the new cat and my wife right along with her. My marriage started really going downhill with these new cats and it has been getting worse ever since. I am trying to get Kaya to play again with no luck whatsoever. I love my Kaya, she loves me unconditionally which I cannot say about my wife. I am thinking seriously about a divorce from my wife and her seriously misbehaved cat. I am just sick of all the BS.

Just a few comments about this technology. I am a Labor and Delivery RN where we collect stem cells from the placenta after delivery. These cells are then used in research for joint replacements and cancer patients. Part of the placenta can be used in eye surgery and for grafting in burn victims. We got a certification of appreciation due to our placentas being used for the Boston bombing victims. We have collected stem cells and the placentas for several years. About a year ago we started harvesting amniotic fluid from our scheduled Cesarean Section patients. This fluid is being used to grow synovial fluid for cartilage repair. Oops just saw this mentioned in the article. Several of us older RN's have asked how we can get these injections in our knees and hips! It's just amazing what they can do with these cells that previously were just disposed of.