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Atomic Bomb Survivors Exposed in Childhood or in Utero at Increased Cancer Risk
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Survivors from Nagasaki and Hiroshima who were 6 years of age or less at the time of the atomic bombings are at increased risk of developing solid cancers. The risk is also increased, but apparently not to the same extent, in survivors who were exposed in utero, researchers report in the March 19th issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Reuters Health Information
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Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping Alters Cord Blood Gases and Lactate
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Both arterial and venous blood gases and lactate change significantly when umbilical cord clamping at birth is delayed and cord pulsations are allowed to cease spontaneously, according to a prospective study by Swedish researchers published in the May issue of the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Reuters Health Information
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