Science news articles about 'birth length'

... be less accurate). Analyses of women with data from birth records showed that a 0.5 kg ... 7% increase in the risk of breast cancer. Birth length and head circumference were also positively associated ...

Birth size, and in particular birth length, correlates with subsequent risk of breast cancer in adulthood, according to a new study published in PLoS Medicine by researchers at the London School of ...

... variables known to affect the growth response to GH treatment, such as birth length and early growth during the first years of life," said Dr. Albertsson-Wikland. "Our study also found ...