RE: [SPAM]Re: increased risk of getting leukemia... any tips on preventing this?

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True.. I forget that not everyone knows ( believes) that yet.

We don't use them either.. and have not since I was a baby. I got ITP ( idiopathic Thombocitis Penia Purpia) when I was 4. IN hind sight.. I wonder if I got it from the MMR shot, or what. But after that my parents cancelled their Chemlawn service.

Steph

increased risk of getting leukemia... any tips on preventing this?

Hi Qadoshyah:Do you do anything special for your child to prevent the increased risk? I would be very interested. I will be talking to a Pediatrician who specializes in Special Needs kids nutrition. But I would love some more input.SimoneMom of Ana 20 months.> > > >> > > y Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor> > > > > > WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People with Down's syndrome suffer > cancer > > less than> > > most other people and a study in mice published on Wednesday > gives > > one> > > possible explanation -- they produce higher levels of a certain > > protein.> > > > > > The protein may keep tumours from growing, and this finding may > > help in the> > > development of new cancer drugs, the team at s Hopkins > > University in> > > Baltimore reported.> > > > > > Dr. Reeves of s Hopkins and colleagues found a gene > > called Ets2> > > protected mice from colon cancer. Writing in the journal > Nature, > > Reeves and> > > colleagues said they used mice bred to develop colon cancer at > > extreme> > > rates, and genetically engineered them to produce extra amounts > of > > Ets2.> > > > > > They said the more Ets2 the mice had, the less likely they were > to > > develop> > > colon cancer.> > > > > > The secret lies in having an extra copy of chromosome 21. > People > > with Down's> > > syndrome, also known as Down syndrome, have three copies of the > > chromosome> > > instead of the usual two.> > > > > > That gives them extra copies of all the genes on chromosome 21 > and > > of the> > > proteins that these genes produce.> > > > > > The effects are well known -- people with Down's suffer from > mental> > > retardation, have distinct facial and other physical > > characteristics and a> > > higher risk of some diseases.> > > > > > But not cancer, said Dr. Judah Folkman, a cancer expert at > > Children's> > > Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. Ets2, which is > > found on> > > chromosome 21, may help explain why.> > > > > > "They are protected against cancer and also atherosclerosis and > > diabetic> > > retinopathy, " Folkman, who was not associated with the > research, > > said in a> > > telephone interview.> > > > > > Diabetic retinopathy can cause blindness in people with > diabetes > > and, like> > > atherosclerosis, is associated with blood vessel function.> > > > > > STARVING TUMORS> > > > > > Folkman discovered a protein called endostatin that kick-> started a > > field of> > > cancer drugs called angiogenesis inhibitors. They starve a > tumour > > by> > > stopping it from creating blood vessels to nourish itself.> > > > > > The basic biological mechanism, which affects blood vessel > > function and> > > growth, may also underlie other so-called vascular diseases > such as> > > atherosclerosis, Folkman said.> > > > > > Folkman and other researchers believe people with Down's > produce > > extra> > > endostatin naturally, but also that other genes play an > important > > role. Ets2> > > appears to be one of them.> > > > > > "It is turning out to be very important because it gives a > strong > > clinical> > > clue that suggests some humans may be protected against > cancer," > > Folkman> > > said.> > > > > > "Down syndrome is always considered a tragedy for families. But > on > > the other> > > hand, they bring this huge clinical clue," Folkman said. The > genes > > that> > > protect against cancer appear to be separate from the genes > known > > to cause> > > mental retardation, he added.> > > > > > "In medical school in 1953 we were taught -- 'oh, by the way, > Down > > syndrome> > > individuals are protected against cancer'. Everybody asked why > and > > they> > > said, 'We think it is because they don't live long enough (to > > develop it),'"> > > Folkman said.> > > > > > But now Down's patients live into their 70s and they still > develop > > cancer at> > > a lower rate, he said.> > > > > > Dr. Threadgill of the University of North Carolina agreed > > that Ets2> > > might be used as the basis of a drug, but said far more > research > > is needed> > > because the protein also appears to help cancer spread, or > > metastasize, when> > > it does develop.> > > > > > "So therapeutic use of potential drugs with Ets2-like activity > to > > reduce> > > tumour incidence may have limited value, because a side effect > of > > such drugs> > > could be increased efficiency of metastasis," Threadgill wrote > in a> > > commentary. (Editing by Alan Elsner)> > > > > > http://uk.reuters. com/article/ topNews/idUKN026 4850120080102?> sp=true> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -> ----------> > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message.> > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1208 - Release Date: > 1/3/2008 3:52 PM> >> > > > > > > ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------------> > > No virus found in this incoming message.> Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1209 - Release Date: 1/4/2008 12:05 PM>

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I became a believer when I was a Peds nurse and took care of a

little girl who developed leukemia after playing on her lawn right after it was

treated. She did not survive. Whether it was due to the lawn treatment or not,

that is what her doc and parents attributed it to, and I just never wanted to

take the chance.

KathyR

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getting leukemia... any tips on preventing this?

True..

I forget that not everyone knows ( believes) that yet.

We

don't use them either.. and have not since I was a baby. I got ITP ( idiopathic

Thombocitis Penia Purpia) when I was 4. IN hind sight.. I wonder if I got it

from the MMR shot, or what. But after that my parents cancelled their Chemlawn

service.

Steph

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05, 2008 10:33 PM

Subject: [sPAM]Re:

increased risk of getting leukemia... any tips on

preventing this?

One

thing I had read, and its very easy to 'google' , is pesticide/herbicide

exposure carries a higher risk of leukemia. Since I want to reduce her

risk, our yard is stunning in the spring with an acre of yellow dandelions (

among other weeds of course) and a buzz with insects!!!

Carol in IL

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, 7 with TOF, AVcanal, GERD, LS, Asthma, subglottal stenosis, and DS.

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