Strong exercise may cut breast cancer risk
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Strenuous exercise -- such as lap swimming, aerobics and running -- appears to cut the risk of some breast cancers in women, a study said on Monday.
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Researchers find a strong association between body mass index and a variety of cancers.
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A Danish study has found women who were tall and skinny as teenagers have a higher risk of contracting breast cancer. The study published in The New England Journal of Health found women who were heavy babies
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Keeping physically active can significantly cut the risk of developing colon cancer, research shows.
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Everyone knows smoking is a bad idea, but those who can't give it up may get a little protection from exercise, a study suggests. In a study of older women, researchers found that a physically active smoker had a 35 percent lower risk of lung cancer than a sedentary smoker.
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NEW YORK  - Getting plenty of recreational activity may reduce women's risk of developing breast cancer after menopause, and exercise appears to have the most powerful preventive effect on the most aggressive type of tumor.
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NEW YORK  - A new study indicates that  women with abnormally low thyroid function -- a condition known  as hypothyroidism -- seem to be protected to some degree  against breast cancer.
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Overweight and obese women have a  lower risk of breast cancer prior to menopause, researchers  said on Monday in a finding they said both puzzles them and  contradicts conventional wisdom.
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It&#39;s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the focus is on surviving cancer by staying optimistic. One way to do it is to feel that you look good.
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NEW YORK  - A blood protein related to body weight and physical exercise levels appears to be linked to pancreatic cancer risk, according to a new study.
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TUESDAY, Oct. 12 (HealthDayNews) -- Women with a high risk of breast cancer can find much help and solace in support groups, according to a new study to be published in the Nov. 15 issue of CANCER, a journal of the American Cancer Society.
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Here are two more reasons to exercise: It may help prevent breast cancer and can be a safer way to lose weight than dieting, doctors said on Monday.
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Researchers investigate the impact of exercise on preventing weight gain, obesity and diabetes.
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Women who put on a lot of weight at any stage of adulthood increase their risk of breast cancer, likely because the hormone estrogen accumulates in the acquired fat and promotes tumors, researchers said on Monday.
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Scientists in Oxford say they have a new method of identifying people most at risk of breast cancer.
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SAN ANTONIO -- The first experiment ever to show that low-fat diets could help prevent a return of breast cancer now reveals, with longer follow-up, that the benefit was almost exclusively to women whose tumor growth was not driven by hormones.
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Many older women with early breast cancer can safely skip radiation after having a lump removed, two studies suggest.