Health Tip: Symptoms of Leukemia
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(HealthDay News) -- Leukemia is a cancer of the blood, caused by an abundance of abnormal white blood cells.
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Breastfeeding for even a few months may lower the odds that a child will develop leukemia, a new research review suggests.
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In contrast to some earlier reports, allergic conditions appear to increase, rather than decrease, the risk of leukemia and lymphoma, according to a Swedish study.
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NEW YORK  - Heavy babies apparently face a  heightened risk of one type of childhood leukemia, a  Scandinavian study indicates.
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NEW YORK  - Breast cancer patients who take  a multivitamin or extra vitamin E experience a smaller decrease  in important immune cells, a common side effect of  chemotherapy, new research suggests.
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NEW YORK DEC 03, 2004  - Results of a study published in the December 10th issue of the International Journal of Cancer suggest that sun exposure has a protective effect against non-Hodgkin&#39;s lymphoma (NHL).
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NEW YORK  - Young patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and a high body mass index, a measure commonly used to estimate whether a person is underweight or overweight, at the time of diagnosis are at increased risk of relapse and other untoward events, according to researchers.
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Transplanting umbilical cord blood from two separate donors appears to be a safe and effective treatment for leukemia, new research suggests.
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A drug currently used to treat kidney cancer has shown promising results in treating the most common and deadly form of adult leukemia, according to a US study released Tuesday.
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Well known as a poison that can kill, arsenic also can prolong the lives of patients with a rare form of leukemia, a new study out Saturday found.
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Babies who are breastfed have a lower risk of developing childhood leukemia, according to a new analysis of 14 studies by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.
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NEW YORK  - Certain treatments may affect the scholastic achievement of childhood leukemia survivors, Finnish researchers report in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. However, many of these treated children do not appear to be disadvantaged.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- New research has found a higher risk of leukemia among older overweight women, offering another piece of evidence that carrying extra pounds can increase your chance of getting cancer.
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Umbilical cord blood, now used mostly to treat children with leukemia, could save thousands of adults with the disease each year who cannot find bone marrow donors, two large studies indicate.
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A growing body of evidence linking increased night light to certain types of cancer has led researchers to suspect it could be connected to the steady increase in cases of childhood leukemia.
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A terminal leukemia patient must  have daily blood transfusions or die. A family begs doctors to  do everything possible to keep their elderly mother alive.  Parents cannot accept their newborn baby will not survive.
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Living near a fuel station may quadruple  the risk of acute leukemia in children, research published on  Thursday showed.