Study: Physical Activity can Lessen Risk for 13 Cancer Types

The National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, and the American Cancer Society recently conducted a study on the relationship between physical activity and cancer risk. The results showed that leisure-time physical activity can help reduce risk from 13 types of cancer.

The study was published in May of this year. 1.44 million individuals between the ages of 19 to 98 from the United States and Europe have participated in the research. They were monitored for an average of 11 years and during such time, 187,000 new cases of cancer occurred.

In the past, there were other studies done …read more