Number of Siblings Predicts Risk of Brain Tumors

---

Omschrijving
How many brothers and sisters you have, especially younger ones, could predict your chances of developing a brain tumor, according to a study published in the December 12, 2006, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

The population-based study, the largest of its kind, analyzed 13,613 brain tumor cases in Sweden. It found people with four or more siblings were twice as likely to develop a brain tumor as people with no siblings.

The study also found there was a two to fourfold increase in brain tumor rates among children younger than 15 who had three or more younger siblings compared to children of the same age who had no siblings. The study did not find an association between the number of older siblings and brain tumors.

 

[ Ga naar het volledige artikel toe ]

Categorie: hersenkanker

[Reinig uw lichaam met de Chlorella alg - 100% plantaardig ]

Het hoofdmenu
Nieuws
Supervoeding
Zoek op onderwerp