Cancer risk among families identified
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BREAST and prostate cancer are the types of the disease that sweep most widely across extended families, research has shown. The two tumours head the first âleague
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By JEFF NESMITH  New studies indicate that a chemical designated as a likely human carcinogen is present in the blood of nearly every American, including newborn infants.
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NEW YORK  - Bigger babies seem to have a  greater risk of developing certain cancers as adults, a new  study finds.
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TORONTO (CP) - A team of Toronto scientists has added another piece to the puzzle of the family patterns of colon cancer, one of the leading cancer killers in Canada.
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NEW YORK  - New research provides more  evidence that childbearing factors, especially those related to  a first pregnancy, influence a woman's risk of breast cancer.
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Teenagers who&#39;ve survived  childhood cancers may be more likely than their siblings to be  depressed or anxious, have attention problems or show  antisocial behaviors, researchers report.
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Lung cancer appears to run in families, researchers said on Tuesday, though exposure to tobacco smoke is still the dominant cause of the disease even for those who may be genetically predisposed.
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Founder genetic mutation fingered US researchers have identified a married couple who sailed from England to the US in around 1630 as the bearers of a genetic mutation which puts their numerous descendants at higher risk of a hereditary form of colon cancer.â¦
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Does your brother or sister have heart disease? That may be a better predictor of whether you are at risk that your parents' health history, researchers said on Monday.
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NEW YORK OCT 18, 2004  - Children who are overweight appear to have an increased risk of cancer in later life, according to the results of a study published in the November 1st issue of the International Journal of Cancer.
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A mother's exposure to environmental pollutants during pregnancy is "probably" a factor in most childhood cancers, new British research suggests.
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Suffering from some kinds of allergy as a child could increase the risk of developing blood cancer in later life, a new study suggests.
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Oct 05  - New research indicates that individuals who have a brother or sister who developed heart disease at a young age may have an increased risk of also having heart disease.
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Children who are overweight appear to be at increased risk of cancer later in life, according to an analysis of British records.
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MONDAY, Jan. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Men who father children may be at higher risk of prostate cancer compared to those who forego the life experience, a Danish study suggests.
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The study, conducted by deCODE Genetics in Iceland, examined the rates at which cancer occurred among all first to fifth-degree relatives of 32,000 patients who had cancer diagnosed between 1955 and 2002.
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A study of a closely knit family with several members suffering from a rare illness is providing what researchers say may be important clues to the cause of diseases ranging