Children of smokers face increased cancer risk children of smokers fa

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.

Mobile phones: They increase cancer risk in children fivefold

Children and young adults have a five times greater risk of developing brain tumours from mobile phones than older people, a leading researcher believ...

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. ...