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Kids’ leukemia risk raised by d...

Kids’ leukemia risk raised by dads who smoke
Children whose fathers smoked have at least a 15 percent higher risk of developing the most common form of childhood cancer, a new Australian study finds. “Paternal smoking seems to be real” as a risk factor, said Patricia Buffler, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who was not involved in the current analysis. [...]

Cigarette smoking implicated in half ...

Cigarette smoking implicated in half of bladder cancers in women
NCI Press Release NIH study confirms bladder cancer risk from smoking is higher than previously estimated Current cigarette smokers have a higher risk of bladder cancer than previously reported, and the risk in women is now comparable to that in men, according to a study by scientists from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the Nati [...]