This is a recap of health news featuring Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. We hope you enjoy this week’s news collection and, please, feel free to offer comments below– we really do listen!
Researcher Gives Cancer Kids “Hope”
Cincinnati.com (Cincinnati Enquirer)
Children with Down syndrome are 10 to 20 times more likely to develop leukemia than kids born without the developmental disorder.
Jennifer Pope, a pediatric cancer researcher at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, is looking for genetic clues to explain the link between Down syndrome, a genetic condition that causes developmental delays and other health problems, and acute myeloid leukemia, a cancer that affects certain white blood cells.
Study Links Obesity And Smoking With Teen Migraines
RTT Newswires
A new report published in the current edition of the journal Neurology suggests that teenagers who are obese and/or smokers are more likely to suffer from migraines than those who are not.
Smoking and obesity are, however, just a few of the contributors to teen migraines. According to Dr. Andrew D. Hershey of Ohio’s Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, lack of sleep and a poor diet can also cause headaches for teens.
