There are nearly 20,000 to 25,000 genes in humans that carry instructions for assembling the proteins that do the work of cells. Work led by St. Jude Children''s Research Hospital found that children who inherit certain variations in four particular genes are at much higher risk of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The study also showed that Hispanic patients were more likely than patients of European or African ancestry to inherit high-risk ...
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With the rising rates of successful cancer treatments among children, the focus has now shifted towards ensuring better quality of life following the treatment with a greater emphasis being placed on taking steps to preserve the fertility of children as many of the cancer treatments can lead to infertility. Many cancer treatments can lead to infertility, but there are few methods to preserve the fertility of children who have not entered puberty. Spermatogonial ...
A new study published in the journal of the American Medical Association contradicts the common assumption that breastfeeding reduces the risk of obesity. The study involved 17,046 mothers and their infants. They were randomly divided into two groups and one group was introduced to interventional program promoting breastfeeding. Richard M. Martin, Ph.D., from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom, and his colleagues noticed that 43% of the mothers ...
It is heartening to know that there is a huge improvement in survival rates of childhood cancer with the development of a novel test that can aid early detection of the cancer in children. According to Australian experts, this test can increase the survival rates by twice as much. Doctors from the Sydney Children's Hospital and the children's hospital at Westmead have developed a new test which can assess the presence of even small levels of leukemia ...
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio chosen as the first Latin American pope had his lung removed due to infection during childhood. According to a media report, Pope Francis, 76, had one of his lungs removed because of an infection. Dr. William Schaffner, chairman of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn, said there are several reasons the new pope could have had his lung removed about six decades ago, ABC News ...
