Vigorous Exercise May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk By 30 Percent
Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 23:07
in Health & Medicine
Normal-weight women who carry out lots of vigorous exercise are approximately 30% less likely to develop breast cancer than those who don't exercise vigorously, according to a study of more than thirty thousand postmenopausal American women reported in Breast Cancer Research. So a sedentary lifestyle can be a risk factor for the disease – even in women who are not overweight. read more
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