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Breast Cancer
Breast cancer risk may be reduced by vigorous recreational activity
March 23rd, 2006
In a recent study, risk reduction of breast cancer was particularly observed with vigorous recreational activity. Researchers at the Institute Gustave Roussy in France wrote, "There is a need to investigate the type, duration, frequency, and intensity of physical activity that are critical to reduce the risk of breast cancer, and if this relation differs among subgroups of women." B. Tehard and colleagues explained, "We analyzed the relation between physical activity and breast cancer incidence between 1990 and 2002 (n=3,424 cases), among 90,509 women of the French E3N cohort, ages between 40 and 63 years in 1990. We gave special attention to effect...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-03-23)
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