Pylons &#39;double child cancer risk&#39;
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Children living under high-voltage power lines could run double the risk of getting cancer, new research reportedly suggests. Those living within 100 metres of the cables are more likely to suffer from leukaemia, the study indicates.
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NEW YORK  - 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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Pesticides and other environmental pollution may affect unborn children - and play a role in the rising rates of childhood leukaemia, new research suggested tonight.
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NEW YORK  - Confirming previous research,  the results of a population-based Danish study show that a high  birth weight is associated with an increased risk of breast  cancer later in life.
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Many homes and gardens play host to an increasing number of hazardous plants, and children are most often at risk.
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A Danish study has found women who were tall and skinny as teenagers have a higher risk of contracting breast cancer. The study published in The New England Journal of Health found women who were heavy babies
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IVF babies may be up to nine times more likely to develop a rare disorder that can cause cancer, a study suggests.
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HIGH concentrations of potentially harmful platinum have been found in women with silicone breast implants and in the children they have breast-fed, according to a new scientific study.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka As many as half the victims of South Asia&#39;s quake and waves are believed to be children. And an official of the UN Children&#39;s Fund says the concern now is that children who survived the tsunamis may be at severe risk from their aftermath.
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The way a girl grows during adolescence and even in the womb may play an important, if murky, role in her risk of breast cancer later in life, a study suggests.
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Unburned fuel from rockets launched at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan is causing serious illnesses in children who live near the site, a leading science journal said on Wednesday.
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Rising tobacco use and poverty will  fuel cancer across the developing world, more than doubling the  number of new cases to 27 million by 2050, experts predicted on  Thursday.
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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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MOTHERS-TO-BE are today warned a supplement essential for healthy babies could double their risk of breast cancer. Early results from a scientific study suggest the long-term affects of women taking folic
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Rapidly growing number of cancer patients may in fact be the Chernobyl&#39;s aftereffect, scientists claim. A new study suggests more than 800 people in northern Sweden developed cancer as a result of the radioactive
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Survivors of pediatric cancer face nine times the normal risk for developing a sarcoma at least five years after treatment for the initial cancer, a new study reveals.
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Obesity can double the risk of several  cancers, according to a study published on Friday that for the  first time also links being overweight with a number of less  common forms of the disease.