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Survivors of childhood leukemia, brain tumors more at risk for strokes later in life
11-20-2006 · EurekAlert!Children who are successfully treated for brain tumors or leukemia are more likely to have strokes later in life, according to new research from UT Southwestern Medical Center.
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- Survivors of childhood leukemia, brain tumors more at risk for strokes later in life
11-20-2006 · UT Southwestern Medical Center
Children who are successfully treated for brain tumors or leukemia are more likely to have strokes later in life, according to new research from UT Southwestern Medical Center.
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- Childhood cancer survivors treated with radiation face increased risk of tumors later in life
11-01-2006 · EurekAlert!
University of Minnesota cancer researchers found that children who received radiation treatment for cancer face an increased risk for brain and spinal column tumors later in life.
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- Study of leukemia survivors gives hints for better care
03-20-2007 · EurekAlert!
Results from the longest follow-up study ever done of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) survivors show the importance of long-term monitoring of former patients to identify complications they are at risk for developing later in life and to modify current treatments to reduce those risks, according to investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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- Adult survivors of childhood leukemia exercise less, worsening high risk for obesity and illness
07-23-2007 · EurekAlert!
Overcoming pediatric cancer may only mark the beginning of a young survivor’s lifelong battle to stay healthy. While survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) face an increased risk of developing serious health complications as a result of their cancer treatment, for a variety of reasons many avoid simple exercise and healthy lifestyle changes that could reverse the damage, according to a team of researchers based at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
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- Risk for stroke, death not higher for sickle cell children with early complications
01-29-2007 · UT Southwestern Medical Center
Children with sickle cell disease who experienced major complications such as pain and lung disease early in life are at no greater risk for stroke or death during later childhood, new research from UT Southwestern Medical Center shows.
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- Radiation increases risk of second primary tumors for childhood survivors
10-31-2006 · EurekAlert!
Radiation exposure may increase the risk of brain and spinal column tumors in survivors of childhood cancer, according to a study in the November 1 Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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- Long-Term Threat
03-10-2007 · Science News Online
Survivors of a childhood cancer face a sixfold risk of developing a new cancer later in life, compared with people in the general population.
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- Apple consumption during pregnancy reduces risk for childhood wheezing and asthma
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Compelling new research has concluded that mothers who eat apples during pregnancy may protect their children from developing asthma and wheezing later in life.
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- Child-proof: Brain Mapping Safer For Children Than Previously Thought, Study Shows
10-06-2006 · ScienceDaily
Dispelling a stubborn myth, researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that children with strokes, brain tumors and other cerebrovascular diseases can safely undergo a potentially life-saving brain-mapping test that many doctors have long shunned over concerns for side effects. Analysis of 241 cerebral angiograms performed on 205 children at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center between 1999 and 2006 showed that not a single patient suffered complications during or immediately following the procedure.
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- Cortex area thinner in youth with Alzheimer's-related gene
04-23-2007 · EurekAlert!
A part of the brain first affected by Alzheimer's disease is thinner in youth with a risk gene for the disorder, a brain imaging study has found. A thinner entorhinal cortex may render these youth more susceptible to degenerative changes and mental decline later in life. This learning and memory hub is thinner in youth with the Alzheimer's-releated ApoE4 variant of the apolipoprotein gene, perhaps lowering the threshold for adverse consequences with aging-related tissue loss.
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