Healthy lifestyles reduce chronic health risks for childhood cancer survivors

Healthy lifestyles can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and other complications in childhood cancer survivors. These are the findings of two new international studies.

Healthy lifestyles reduce chronic health risks for childhood cancer survivors. Healthy lifestyles can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and other complications in childhood cancer survivors. These are the findings of two new international studies. Children who survive cancer are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease and other chronic health problems later in life - often as a result of the treatment that saved their lives. Two new international studies, led by researchers at the University of Gothenburg and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, now show that a healthy lifestyle can have a protective effect. In one study, published in Nature Communications, over 18,000 childhood cancer survivors were followed for up to 30 years. The results show that a large proportion of chronic health problems emerging following childhood...