More good news about exercise and
breast cancer
vos best cans AFP Rela, Desantar 19,2013 Here's a good reason to go fora shor walk orn
today: while pir research has already found tht regular exercise can reduce reas cane isk by
‘bout 25%, anew study suggests that those numbers are even greater than previously thous
ven smal amounts of regular exerise, suchas repuay going on short run or waks, polly
lowered a woman's rek of dying fom breast cancer by more than 40%, ndings showed
Researchers from Lawrence Bereley Natonal Laboratory In Berkey, Calo, loked al breast
cancer moray n nearly 80000 women curing the 11 years folbwing thei aselne suvey. None of
the women reported a history of breast cancer befor the studs lunch, and each subject kept
dries on the clstances that sho walked ofan vary week
Findings showed tht women dint have tobe serous athletes to reap the benefits, and that even a
dose of 11km per week of brsk waking orm por week of cxning were enough,
‘The evideneo was published oni this week n tha joumal los One
Looking for oer ways to reduce your sks ofbreast cancer? US breast cancer expert Erica Mayer
ofthe Dana-Farber Cancer iste a rrcpal eaching fata ofthe Harvard Medical Shoal,
‘suggests gating a mammogram stating al 40, keeping your weightn check, eating a mast pant-
based det and imiting your alcohol intake, - AFPRetaxnows, December 13, 2013,
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