Tag: Childhood cancer

While a small British study from the 1990s suggested a link between vitamin K injections in newborns and childhood cancer, multiple larger, follow-up studies have since found no such association. This evidence solidifies the medical consensus that vitamin K is not carcinogenic and is, in fact, crucial for health.

Early epidemiological studies from the 1990s and 2000s raised alarm by suggesting a possible association between eating processed meats like hot dogs and an increased risk of childhood leukemia and brain tumors. This research brought to light a significant question in nutrition science: are hot dogs a risk factor for leukemia, and what does modern research say?