Bigger Breasts, Lack Of Exercise Tied To Breast Cancer Mortality

Posted: Monday, December 9, 2013, 5:00 PM MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2013 (HealthDay News) -- If a woman develops breast cancer, having larger breasts and being sedentary might increase her risk of dying from the disease, http://paladyn-journal.com/2013/10/page/6/ a large, long-term study suggests. Experts have long known that http://jjansen.info/tag/the-jbss/ being physically active reduces the risk of getting breast cancer by about 25 percent. The new study, however, looked at how both exercise and breast size might predict survival if breast cancer does develop, said study researcher Paul Williams, a staff scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in Berkeley, Calif. Williams found a roughly 40 percent reduced risk of dying from breast cancer in physically active women compared to those who didn't meet exercise guidelines. The study was published online Dec. 9 in fitness program the journal PLoS One. <br>Full story: http://www.philly.com/philly/health/topics/HealthDay682861_20131209_Bigger_Breasts__Lack_of_Exercise_Tied_to_Breast_Cancer_Mortality.html