Women's Health Weekly
Welcome to NewsRx!
Learn more about a six-week, no-risk free trial of Women's Health Weekly
We're a pay-per-view site for premium content. If you'd like to purchase this article, it's only $3.00.
Breast Cancer Risk Factors
Decreased risk of breast cancer is seen in long sleepers
December 15th, 2005
In a recent study, a decreased risk of breast cancer was seen in long sleepers. "Breast cancer incidence has increased during recent decades for reasons that are only partly understood. Prevalence of sleeping difficulties and sleepiness has increased, whereas sleeping duration per night has decreased." Investigators writing in the journal Cancer Research hypothesized that "there is an inverse association between sleep duration and breast cancer risk, possibly due to greater overall melatonin production in longer sleepers." P.K. Verkasalo and colleagues explained, "This population-based study includes information from women born in Finland...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-12-15)
|
