Sentences with phrase «brain tumor risk»

Gurney, J.G., Pogoda, J.M., and Holly, E.A. Aspartame Consumption in Relation to Childhood Brain Tumor Risk: Results from a Case - Control Study.

However, Rubin and his colleagues knew that sex hormones could not account for the differences in brain tumor risk.

Not exact matches

The department said the information was intended to help people who are concerned about health risks including brain tumors, lowered sperm counts, and effects on learning, memory, and sleep.

Two other reports in the same issue of Cancer Causes and Control suggest that children born to mothers who eat at least one hot dog per week during pregnancy have double the normal risk of developing brain tumors, as do children whose fathers ate hot dogs before conception.

Baby Monitors: See the Risk Wake Up Call: Cell Phones, Children and Brain Tumors EMF Protection: Renegade Health and Mary Cordaro Nesting: How to Prepare a Health Space for Your Baby The New Cellphone Study Does Not Include Health Effects on Children

Because Kraft, Coca Cola and Wal - mart are living proof that is possible for giant corporations to make and sell kid - friendly, family - friendly, and healthy processed foods so that we can give our kids some special treats — like the U.K. versions of Starburst and Skittles, for example — without necessarily exposing them to a chemical cocktail that might also give them brain tumors, or leukemia, or the symptoms of ADHD, as the Center for Science in the Public Interest recently highlighted in their report «Rainbow of Risks».

Given the results of a a new study reported in the British medical journal, The Lancet4 that children and young adults scanned multiple times by CT have a small increased risk of leukemia and brain tumors in the decade following their first scan, parents should make sure a CT scan is really necessary in treatment of their child after head injury.

«Long term and frequent use of cell phones which receive and emit radio frequency may be associated with an increased risk of brain tumors,» Herberman told lawmakers.

Some people may have an increased genetic risk for brain tumors, but, she says, «Mostly, we don't know why people get them.»

Cancers that can have a high risk of infertility, depending on the treatment, are certain leukemias, Hodgkin's disease, brain tumors and bone cancer.

We get heavily hyped drugs like Avastin, which shrank tumors without adding significant time to cancer patients» lives (and increased the incidence of heart failure and blood clots to boot); Avandia, which lowered blood sugar in diabetics but raised the average risk of heart attack by 43 percent; torcetrapib, which raised both good cholesterol and death rates; and Flurizan, which reduced brain plaque but failed to slow the cognitive ravages of Alzheimer's disease before trials were finally halted in 2008.

Pesticide use was associated with a 1.4 - times increased risk of childhood brain tumors.

In a new International Journal of Cancer analysis, researchers found a link between maternal residential pesticide use — particularly insecticides — and the risk of childhood brain tumors.

On the safety side, the panelists delved into the possible risks of injecting genetically modified cells into patients, including the potential for deadly viral infections, brain toxicity, and, paradoxically, the growth of new tumors brought about by CAR - T cells years after treatment.

«Pesticide use during pregnancy linked to increased risk of childhood brain tumors.»

«Radiation a risk factor for brain tumors in young people, study finds.»

In people under age 30, radiation is a risk factor for a type of brain tumor called a meningioma, a Loyola University Medical Center study has found.

The quest to improve survival of children with a high - risk brain tumor has led St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators to two drugs already used to treat adults with breast, pancreatic, lung and other cancers.

People who have been exposed to large doses of radiation to the head face a small risk of later developing brain tumors.

Houston Methodist researchers led by Dario Marchetti, PhD, have developed a blood test that can identify circulating tumor cells to predict breast cancer patients at risk for developing brain metastasis.

An unprecedented study finds that survivors of childhood brain tumors are at risk of memory and intelligence deficits.

The Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplant Program is expanding the use of this technique for patients with solid tumors including neuroblastoma and brain tumors; a variety of high - risk hematologic diseases, such as thalassemia major and transfusion - dependent sickle cell disease; and other nonmalignant diseases.

Li - Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a genetic disorder associated with an increased risk of developing several forms of cancer, including soft tissue sarcoma, breast cancer, leukemia, lung cancer, brain tumors and adrenal gland tumors.

To date, they have shown that BiTEs are: (1) highly - specific molecules that greatly reduce the risk of toxicity; (2) have the ability to penetrate the blood - brain barrier and accumulate in intracerebral tumors; and (3) may potentially overcome multiple mechanisms of immunosuppression present in patients with glioblastoma.

But biopsying tumors in the retina, the thin layer of nerve cells in the back of the eye, risks spreading cancer by unleashing tumor particles into the rest of the body and the brain.

In addition to being an anti-inflammatory, studies have shown that this magical ingredient is a strong antioxidant, can improve brain function, increase longevity, lower your risk of heart disease, improve arthritis, and may even prevent cancerous tumors!

A large study, says the ACS, discussed cancer rates in over 500,000 older adults and found that «compared to people who did not drink aspartame - containing beverages, those who did drink them did not have an increased risk of lymphomas, leukemias, or brain tumors.»

Brain tumors occur in dogs more frequently than they do in humans: 20 per year per 100,000 canine populations at risk compared with 18.1 per 100,000 humans.

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