Aspiring physician to espouse pediatric cancer causes
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Deidre Downs passed up medical school so she could compete for Miss America. Her decision turned out to be a prescription for success.
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NEW YORK  - Survivors of childhood cancer are at increased risk of developing a second malignancy - specifically, cancer of the connective tissues, such as bone or muscle, researchers report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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Preschool attendance appears to lower the risk of Hodgkin's disease in young adults, according to a report in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
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Research from 19 European countries in this weekâs issue of THE LANCET documents how childhood cancer, while still rare, has been slowly increasing over the past 3 decades.
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Most children who undergo cancer treatment will develop one or more chronic health problems later in life due to the illness and complications from its treatment, a study released Tuesday suggested.
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WASHINGTON - Frustrated doctors say they too often find themselves jury-rigging adult medical devices to fit children's tiny bodies and special needs. Now pediatric experts have begun a major push to fill the gap...
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NEW YORK  - The time of year in which a  person is born may somehow sway the risk of developing brain  cancer in adulthood, new research suggests.
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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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PORTLAND, Ore. -- A new report published by the American Cancer Society recommends training health care providers in a standardized version of clinical breast exam to find palpable cancers.
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ELDRIDGE, Md. -- Being diagnosed with cancer is devastating, but imagine being diagnosed four times. That was the struggle for a young woman from Eldridge who just wouldn&#39;t give up.
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NEW YORK  - The Society for Adolescent  Medicine is urging parents to be aware that their teen's runny  nose, watery eyes, and nagging cough may signal whooping cough,  or pertussis.
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Federal researchers have found children involved in a northern Nevada leukemia cluster are more prone to have a variation in a gene that helps combat unsafe chemicals, and more research is needed to learn the reasons why.
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A growing number of children are taking combinations of powerful and even life-threatening medications to treat an array of problems.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec 18 (Reuters Life!) - Los Angeles pediatrician Francine Kaufman is on the front lines of the childhood obesity epidemic, which has flooded her office with diabetes patients and put kids at risk of adult health problems.
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Early diet may play an important role in protecting against childhood leukemia, according to new Loyola University Medical Center research.
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Children with cancer often get the wrong dose of chemotherapy or are given the drug at the wrong time, and many require treatment because of the errors, U.S. researchers said on Friday.
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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.