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Cancer survivors’ risk of health problems increases with age
cancer patient and her father Credit: Rhoda Baer The “health gap” between childhood cancer survivors and their siblings widens with age,...
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FDA approves drug for infantile hemangioma
infant’s stomach The US Food and Drug Administration has approved oral propranolol hydrochloride (Hemangeol) to treat proliferating infantile...
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High cost of eculizumab needs explaining, NICE says
Credit: Bill Branson The UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has asked the manufacturer of eculizumab (Soliris) to...
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ALL maintenance phase still stressful, studies show
Credit: Bill Branson The stress and lifestyle changes mothers experience after a child’s leukemia diagnosis do not disappear once the disease is...
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Study links graft source to length of hospital stay
The study also suggests the length of stay (LOS) is similar whether patients receive double or single CB grafts. So it seems strategies are...
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Computerized checklist can reduce CLABSI rate
Staphylococcus infection Credit: Bill Branson A computerized safety checklist that pulls information from patients’ electronic medical records...
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Investigating the cause of infant leukemias
Results of whole-exome sequencing suggested that infants with leukemia inherited genetic variants from both parents that, by themselves, would not...
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MRI method appears comparable to PET/CT
A modified MRI technique can effectively detect tumors in young cancer patients without exposing them to radiation, according to a small study...
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Study shows parents well-adjusted after child’s SCT
Credit: George Hodan Although they initially show signs of psychological distress, parents of children undergoing stem cell transplant (SCT) are...
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Power lines don’t raise leukemia risk in kids
An earlier study using information on childhood leukemia diagnosed between 1962 and 1995 suggested there was an elevated risk for children born...
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Sequencing reveals therapeutic target for leukemias
of General Medical Sciences By analyzing the whole genomes of 3-year-old twin sisters—one healthy and one with multi-lineage leukemia (MLL)—...