First Sister Study Results Reinforce The Importance Of Healthy Living

Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 09:41 in Health & Medicine

Women who maintain a healthy weight and who have lower perceived stress may be less likely to have chromosome changes associated with aging than obese and stressed women, according to a pilot study that was part of the Sister Study. The long-term sister study is looking at the environmental and genetic characteristics of women whose sister had breast cancer to identify factors associated with developing breast cancer.

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