Sentences with phrase «leukemia risk»

The piece examines a burst of media coverage and public panic after some studies hinted at raised childhood leukemia risk near power lines nearly a quarter century ago.

Why was there so much more lymphoma and leukemia risk among those eating just a small serving of chicken a day?

«Like Angelina Jolie, study pinpoints genetic cause of increased leukemia risk.»

Researchers checked an additional 4,405 children with ALL and found 31 ETV6 variations that are potentially related to leukemia risk in 35 patients, or almost 1 percent of the patients screened.

The panel suggests further studies to explore whether the elevated leukemia risk comes from some other hazard, such as air pollution.

We identified 24 case - control studies16 -29,34-44 examining the relationship between breastfeeding and childhood leukemia risk, 6 of them were not included in any previous meta - analysis.38 - 43

The UK Childhood Cancer Study investigators23 published in 2001 a study that provided 1636 leukemia cases and indicated a weak evidence of borderline statistical significance that ever (compared with never) having been breastfed was associated with a small reduction in leukemia risk (OR, 0.89; 95 % CI, 0.84 - 1.00).

This meta - analysis also indicated a protective association between breastfeeding and childhood leukemia risk (OR, 0.86; 95 % CI, 0.78 - 0.95).

These studies are at risk for selection bias both of cases and of control individuals and their results might be influenced by potential confounders such as other health behaviors that may be independently associated both with breastfeeding and childhood leukemia risk, although this is of course not limited to case - control studies.

Not exact matches

Many believed that a plutonium - powered heart could put patients at risk for a number of health problems, including leukemia.

Children who eat more than 12 hot dogs per month have nine times the normal risk of developing childhood leukemia, a USC epidemiologist has reported in a cancer research journal.

A study in Taiwan showed that consumption of cured and smoked meat can increase children's risk for leukemia.

• A high quality case control study in Northern California found that exposure to paternal preconception smoking alone (as well as in combination with postnatal passive smoking) is highly likely to be important in the risk of childhood leukemia (Chang et al, 2006).

As the amount of a baby's nourishment coming from breastfeeding increases, and the length of time its mother breastfeeds grows, baby's risk of pneumonia, colds, leukemia and throat and ear infections goes down, author Karen Bonuck told Reuters Health.

Some of these risks include the presence of cytomegalovirus (CMV), hepatitis, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), human T - cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV - 1) or other viruses on the pump parts that were exposed to the previous mother's breastmilk.

A reduction in the risk of SIDS, asthma, childhood leukemia, diabetes, gastroenteritis, otitis media (ear infections), LRTIs (pneumonia, bronchitis, etc), necrotizing enterocolitis, and obesity are just some of the protective benefits for babies.

• Breastmilk protects babies from illness and can also reduce the risk of Type 1 diabetes, childhood leukemia and other serious illnesses, as well as lowering the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); • Breastfeeding is healthy for moms, including lowering their risk of Type 2 diabetes, breast cancer, ovarian cancer and postpartum depression; • Breastfeeding saves families money on the cost of formula and illness; and • Breastfeeding saves insurers and employers (including the military) money on the expenses of medical care and lost workplace productivity (both due to infant illness).

Some of the viruses that can be within breast milk are: HIV — Human Immunodeficiency Virus (AIDS) HTLV - 1 Human T - Cell Leukemia Virus Type I CMV — Cytomegalovirus When you are using a previously owned breast pump you create the risk of cross contamination.

We've heard of some recent stories where some of the formulas were pulled off the shelves, because of contaminations, and then babies that are receiving formula have a higher risk of middle ear infection, eczema, gastrointestinal infections, lower respiratory track diseases, asthma, the risk of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, also childhood leukemia and sudden infant death syndrome.

Furthermore, «[e] vidence links breast - feeding to lower risk for breast and ovarian cancers; it also reduces children's risk for sudden infant death syndrome, asthma, gastrointestinal infections, respiratory diseases, leukemia, ear infections, obesity, and Type 2 diabetes.»

Studies show breastfeeding lowers the risk of obesity, cancer, and chronic diseases — many of which disproportionately impact African American women — in mothers, as well as helps protect children against a host of ailments, including respiratory infections, asthma and childhood leukemia.

The risk for acute lymphocytic leukemia, lymphoma, and brain cancer is highest for children whose fathers have been heavy smokers for long periods of time.

We found that a history of breastfeeding was associated with a reduction in the risk of acute otitis media, non-specific gastroenteritis, severe lower respiratory tract infections, atopic dermatitis, asthma (young children), obesity, type 1 and 2 diabetes, childhood leukemia, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and necrotizing enterocolitis.

Long - term benefits include reduced risk for childhood and adult obesity, diabetes, and even childhood leukemia and lymphoma.

Baby has a lower risk for infections and stomach problems, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and childhood leukemia.

Some studies also suggest that they are at lower risk for sudden infant death syndrome and serious chronic diseases later in life, including asthma, diabetes, leukemia and some forms of lymphoma, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Health risks associated with formula feeding over the long term include increased incidence of infectious morbidity, childhood obesity, both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, leukemia, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

They are also at greater risk for rare but serious conditions such as severe lower respiratory infections, leukemia, necrotizing enterocolitis, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).5 Breastfeeding is also good for moms, lowering the risk for breast cancer, ovarian cancer, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.6, 7

Excluding type 2 diabetes (because of insufficient data), we conducted a cost analysis for all pediatric diseases for which the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reported risk ratios that favored breastfeeding: necrotizing enterocolitis, otitis media, gastroenteritis, hospitalization for lower respiratory tract infections, atopic dermatitis, sudden infant death syndrome, childhood asthma, childhood leukemia, type 1 diabetes mellitus, and childhood obesity.

It has been noted that babies born via section are at a 23 % increased risk for this Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

While other scientific studies back up claims of an increased risk for leukemia to babies not breast - fed, Beato said the experts who were satisfied with the studies are «not our experts in this department.»

«Health outcomes differ substantially for mothers and infants who formula feed compared to those that breastfeed... For infants, not being breastfed [and being formula fed instead,] is associated with an increased incidence of infectious morbidity, including otitis media [ear infections], gastroenteritis, and pneumonia, as well as elevated risks of childhood obesity, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, leukemia and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).»

Also, women with human T - cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV - 1) should not breastfeed because of the risk of transmission to the child.

According to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), breast milk can lead to a lower risk of asthma, childhood leukemia, obesity, ear infections, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and respiratory infections.

«Breastfeeding may lower risk of childhood leukemia, study suggests.»

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».

Benefits / risks to both mother and baby USA studies: Less sudden Infant Death syndrome in exclusively breastfed babies, less Childhood Lymphoma / Leukemia in children who were breastfed 6 or more months, better bone remineralizaton for mother after weaning in mothers who breastfed than those who didn't.

A separate meta - analysis of 15 studies indicated that ever breastfed compared with never breastfed was associated with a 9 % lower risk for childhood leukemia (odds ratio, 0.91; 95 % CI, 0.80 - 1.04), although the definition of never breastfed differed between studies.

In this meta - analysis of published (1995 - 2011) case - control studies examining the relationship between breastfeeding and childhood leukemia, all analyses, except the subanalysis for AML alone, which was not statistically significant, showed that being breastfed for at least 6 months compared with less than that or not at all was significantly associated with a 14 % to 20 % lower risk for childhood leukemia, with a 20 % lower risk when all selected 17 studies were included in the analysis.

This analysis including 7 studies20,23,25,37 - 39, 42 showed that any breastfeeding for more than 6 months compared with a shorter duration was associated with a 17 % decreased risk for childhood leukemia (OR, 0.83; 95 % CI, 0.72 - 0.96).

Ever breastfeeding compared with never breastfeeding is associated with a 9 % lower risk for childhood leukemia (odds ratio, 0.91; 95 % CI, 0.80 - 1.04).

Some risk factors for childhood cancers, including leukemia, have been identified, such as Down syndrome and exposure to ionizing radiation and viruses such as Epstein - Barr virus.

61 The distinction between exclusive breastfeeding and partial breastfeeding in the analyses of the association between breastfeeding and the risk for childhood leukemia is essential given that the addition of infant formula, together with breast milk or instead of it, changes the infant's gut microbiota, affecting the immunology of the infant.62, 63 Thus, misclassification might weaken the association between breastfeeding and lower risk for childhood leukemia.

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.

Children who were breastfed continue to experience the benefits long after breastfeeding has ended by having lower risk for obesity, asthma, type 2 diabetes, leukemia, and other chronic conditions.

There's a new study out finding that breastfeeding reduces the risk of childhood leukemia.

Every exposure to radiation poses health risks, including programmed cell death, genetic mutations, cancers, leukemia, birth defects, and reproductive, immune and endocrine system disorders.

A National Cancer Institute long - termstudy, involving25, 619 industrial workers in 10 factories that produced or used formaldehyde, found an increased risk of death due to leukemia, particularly myeloid leukemia, and higher rates of nasal - pharynx cancer.Further examination of the same workers, with ten more years of data, continued to show a possible link to leukemia, as well as lymphoma and multiple myeloma, amongthosewiththe highest exposures.

«Formaldehyde has been shown in both humans and lab animals to cause structural and numerical changes in their chromosomes, which are associated with increased cancer risk, particularly with leukemia.

Funeral workers who had performed the most embalming and those with the highest estimated formaldehyde exposure had the greatest risk of myeloid leukemia, according to a National Institutes of Health study published in 2009.