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Children and adolescents who survive cancer have a significantly higher risk of developing heart disease as young adults, according to the largest study on this issue published on bmj.com today. http://www.physorg.com/news179559355.html Medicine & Health Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:36:18 EST news179559355 Late recurrence is a risk for some pediatric cancers, particularly Ewing sarcomas and tumors of the central nervous system, according to a new study published online December 4 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://www.physorg.com/news179171254.html Medicine & Health Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:30:01 EST news179171254 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Uppsala University and University Children`s Hospital in Uppsala have devised powerful new tools for typing cells from children with acute lymphatic leukemia and for prediction of how children with leukemia will respond to chemotherapy. The study was recently published in electronic form by the prestigious hematological journal Blood. http://www.physorg.com/news178550370.html Medicine & Health Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:21:30 EST news178550370 Autism affects 1 in 150 children today, making it more common than childhood cancer, juvenile diabetes and pediatric AIDS combined. Despite its widespread effect, autism is not well understood and there are no objective medical tests to diagnose it. Recently, University of Missouri researchers have developed a pupil response test that is 92.5 percent accurate in separating children with autism from those with typical development. In the study, MU scientists found that children with autism have slower pupil responses to light change. http://www.physorg.com/news177100281.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:50:01 EST news177100281 Adult survivors of childhood cancer are 20 to 25 percent more likely to never marry compared with siblings and the general population, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a new study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. http://www.physorg.com/news176405472.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:40:02 EST news176405472 Brain tumors in childhood cast a long shadow on survivors. The first study of the lasting impact of these tumors -- the most common solid malignancies in childhood -- shows that survivors have ongoing cognitive problems. They also have lower levels of education, employment and income than their siblings and survivors of other types of cancer, according to a report published by the American Psychological Association. http://www.physorg.com/news176353211.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:10:01 EST news176353211 Adult survivors of childhood cancer have an increased risk for suicidal thoughts, even decades after their cancer treatments ended, according to a study led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists. http://www.physorg.com/news175527865.html Medicine & Health Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:44:49 EST news175527865 Childhood cancer survivors typically suffer from the long-term effects of cancer treatment on physical health, and results of a new study suggest that social implications also exist, which may affect their chance of an "I do" at the altar. http://www.physorg.com/news174197689.html Medicine & Health Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:50:01 EST news174197689 Childhood cancer survivors treated with total body or abdominal radiation may have an increased risk of diabetes, according to a report in the August 10/24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. This correlation does not appear to be related to patients' body mass index or physical inactivity. http://www.physorg.com/news169142079.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:30:02 EST news169142079 Survivors of the childhood cancer neuroblastoma are eight times more likely to have chronic health conditions, less likely to be married, and more likely to have lower incomes than their siblings, according to a study published online July 31 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://www.physorg.com/news168281693.html Medicine & Health Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:30:02 EST news168281693 Childhood cancer survivors have a persistent and high risk for a second primary cancer throughout their lives, according to a new study published in the May 26 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://www.physorg.com/news162579819.html Medicine & Health Tue, 26 May 2009 18:04:10 EST news162579819 New research funded by the Canadian Cancer Society has discovered poor educational achievement and learning difficulties for some childhood cancer survivors, especially those diagnosed with brain tumours. This first-of-its-kind study, published in the journal Cancer, raises critical questions about the long term outlook for children with cancer. http://www.physorg.com/news157815770.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:43:08 EST news157815770 Asian-American women who ate higher amounts of soy during childhood had a 58 percent reduced risk of breast cancer, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. http://www.physorg.com/news157127513.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:32:45 EST news157127513 Scientists have discovered gene mutations that are the main cause of the inherited version of the childhood cancer neuroblastoma. In addition, the researchers found that the same mutations play a significant role in high-risk forms of non-inherited neuroblastoma, the more common form of the disease. http://www.physorg.com/news138898972.html Medicine & Health Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:02:52 EST news138898972 One-fifth of British adult survivors of childhood cancers are current smokers, and nearly a third have been regular smokers at some point in their lives, according to a study in the July 29 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://www.physorg.com/news136618567.html Medicine & Health Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:36:07 EST news136618567 Childhood stroke is at least as common as brain tumours in children and may be as common as all childhood cancer but the condition is under-recognised by both the public and the medical profession. A new study hopes to address some of the large gaps in the understanding of this condition. http://www.physorg.com/news134136846.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:14:06 EST news134136846