Health

Study links fracking chemicals to immune imbalance

Among predictions of a second fracking boom in the US, the first evidence that chemicals found in ground water near fracking sites can impair the immune system will be published in Toxicological Sciences on May 1. The study, ...

Oncology & Cancer

ART era has changed secondary cancers after Kaposi sarcoma

(HealthDay)—There has been a significant decline in the risk of secondary cancers after Kaposi sarcoma (KS) in the era of highly-active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), according to a study published online Aug. 24 in JAMA ...

Oncology & Cancer

Children, parents over-report leukemia treatment adherence

New research suggests that young patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)—the most common type of pediatric cancer—and their and their parents are likely to report to their physician that they took more of their ...

Oncology & Cancer

Herpes virus linked to most common type of childhood cancer

Newborns with congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV)—a common virus in the herpes family—may have an increased risk of developing acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), according to new research published online today in Blood, ...

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