Children of smokers face increased cancer risk children of smokers fa - Almost one-fifth of lung cancers among non-smokers result from a high level of exposure to cigarette smoke during childhood and adolescence.

Smokers raise meningitis risk in children - New evidence from the Czech Republic confirms what older British and the US studies have suggested: that meningococcal meningitis in children is likel...

Minimising breast cancer risk - Maintain a healthy weight. Obesity increases your risk of postmenopausal breast cancer by 50 to 100 per cent (Am J Clin Nutrition, 1987; 45: 289). It...

Hrt : cancer risk - A large scale study of all former trials of breast cancer risks with hormone replacement therapy shows a definite link between a risk of cancer and le...

Cancer risk from high wires - People who live close to high voltage cables are at increased risk of developing cancer, according to two Swedish and one Danish studies. ...

Cancer risk doubles with pill - Women on the contraceptive pill double the risk of developing cervical cancer, new research has discovered. The risk quadruples if a woman takes the P...

Smokers' children at greater risk in operations - Children who live with a smoker are more likely to suffer complications if they undergo general anaesthesia. ...

Tamoxifen: cancer risk - There is growing evidence that those proposing to prescribe the drug tamoxifen as a preventative measure to women supposedly at high risk of breast ca...