Brisk walk can lower breast cancer risk
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October 29, 2010, Friday
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WOMEN who take regular brisk walks have a lower risk of developing breast cancer after menopause.
Research has shown that very active women are less likely to develop breast cancer than their sedentary peers, but little has been known about the effects of moderate exercise and whether less active women who start exercising get similar results.
In a study reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine, A. Heather Eliassen and a research team at Harvard reviewed data from nearly 100,000 postmenopausal women, following them for 20 years.
There are many risk factors for breast cancer that women have no control over, such as family history of the disease or the age at which they began menstruating, Eliassen said.
But physical activity "is one of the few breast cancer risk factors that women can do something about. And it's never too late."
Research has shown that very active women are less likely to develop breast cancer than their sedentary peers, but little has been known about the effects of moderate exercise and whether less active women who start exercising get similar results.
In a study reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine, A. Heather Eliassen and a research team at Harvard reviewed data from nearly 100,000 postmenopausal women, following them for 20 years.
There are many risk factors for breast cancer that women have no control over, such as family history of the disease or the age at which they began menstruating, Eliassen said.
But physical activity "is one of the few breast cancer risk factors that women can do something about. And it's never too late."
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