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Can children have strokes?

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 01, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

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 ...


Gene that causes childhood cancer neuroblastoma is found

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Aug 25, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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 ...


Eating soy early in life may reduce breast cancer among Asian women

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created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 Americ ...


Childhood cancer survivors experience suicidal thoughts decades after diagnosis

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created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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.


Childhood cancer survivors less likely to marry, researchers find

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created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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, Bi ...


1/5 of British adult survivors of childhood cancer smoke despite hazards

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created Jul 30, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

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 ...


New research shows lower educational outcomes for survivors of childhood cancer

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created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Lifelong cancer risk for patients treated for childhood cancer

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created May 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.


Long-term health and social outcomes for neuroblastoma survivors

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created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Radiation therapy may increase diabetes risk in childhood cancer survivors

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created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ap ...


Survivors of childhood cancer less likely to marry

Survivors of childhood cancer less likely to marry

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created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Brain tumors in childhood leave a lasting mark on cognition, life status

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created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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. ...


Children with autism show slower pupil responses, MU study finds

Children with autism show slower pupil responses, study finds

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


New tools for prediction of disease progression in acute childhood leukemia

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created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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 ...


Childhood cancer survivor study report: Late recurrence is a risk for some cancers

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created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.