Childhood Cancer Survivors Face Socioeconomic Difficulties

Childhood cancer survivors face socioeconomic difficulties, according to a review published online April 15 in JAMA Pediatrics. Márk Viktor Hernádfői, M.D., from the Centre for Translational Medicine ... Read More

Biological age surges in survivors of childhood cancer

Thanks to modern medicine, 85% of US children diagnosed with cancer live at least 10 years beyond diagnosis. But as they grow up, ageing accelerates. As a result, the biological age of survivors, ... Read More

Study finds survivors of severe COVID face persistent health problems lasting more than a year

The study, which appears in the journal Critical Care Medicine, reveals the life-altering ... persistent health problems. "The long-lasting impairments we observed are common to survivors of ... Read More

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Scientists Uncover a Missing Link Between Poor Diet and Higher Cancer ... few years of childhood can be linked to poor diet patterns that increase the risk of obesity in later life, according ... Read More

Childhood obesity linked to higher risk for multiple sclerosis later

Children who are obese face double the odds of developing multiple sclerosis later in life ... to higher risk for Type 2 diabetes among boys Odds of obesity derived from parents, study finds ... Read More

Childhood obesity not linked to adult skin cancer risk, study says

Study leverages a Mendelian randomization approach to explore if childhood obesity genetically predisposes individuals to adult skin cancer, finding no significant correlation. Read More

Cardiotoxicity in Childhood Cancer Survivors

Individual anthracycline dose Higher individual anthracycline ... but are tempered by their toxic-related health complications throughout life. Mechanisms of Anthracycline-induced Cardiotoxicity ... Read More

American Cancer Society finds 'homophobia' and 'discrimination' can 'increase cancer risk' in LGBTQ+ people

A leading cancer research organization released a first-of-its-kind study outlining how LGBTQ+ individuals face ... survivors are more likely to have poor physical and mental health, have higher ... Read More

Prediabetes in Childhood Cancer Survivors Ups Cardiovascular, CKD Risks

Intervening at the early stage may be life-saving for this population. Prediabetes and diabetes frequently develop in adult survivors of childhood cancer and at younger ages than their healthy ... Read More

Mortality among low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer survivors in the US

The study is published in Thyroid. Cari Kitahara, Ph.D., from the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health ... it was restricted to survivors of low-risk DTC and included all ... Read More

Early exposure to tobacco tied to developing diabetes, study indicates

"It's important to investigate whether and what factors in later life could modify the type 2 diabetes risk ... study suggests. Health News // 1 day ago New urine test could allow bladder cancer ... Read More