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| Roman Bystrianyk |
 Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:06 pm |
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"Hour of daily exercise cuts bowel cancer risk", Reuters UK, December
11, 2006,
Link:
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=healthNews&storyID=2006-12-11T125716Z_01_L08329812_RTRIDST_0_HEALTH-CANCER-BOWEL-EXERCISE-DC.XML&WTmodLoc=SciHealth-C4-Health-3
Whether is it jogging around the park, pumping iron or swimming, an
hour of vigorous exercise a day can lower the risk of bowel cancer, a
study said on Monday.
Even cleaning the house, or two hours of less strenuous activity can
make a difference, according to the study of more than 413,000 people
in 10 European countries.
"This study is significant because of its very large sample size and
the different levels of activity that were observed across the European
countries," said Dr Christine Friedenreich, lead author of the
research, from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
in Lyon, France.
"This allowed a more in-depth analysis of how physical activity
influences colon cancer risk," she added.
The research was published by scientists working for the European
Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC), which was
designed to investigate the relationships between diet, nutrition,
lifestyle and environmental factors and cancer.
A team of international scientists analyzed the impact of physical
activity on the risk of colon cancer and found people with the highest
levels of exercise were 22 percent less likely to develop it. The
reduced risk was higher, up to 35 percent, for tumors on the right side
of the colon.
Although exercise had the biggest impact in cutting cancer risk in
people of normal weight, it was also beneficial to a lesser extent in
men and women who were overweight or obese.
But exercise did not have a protective effect against rectal cancer.
Colon and rectal are among the most common cancers in developed
countries. More than 940,000 cases are diagnosed each year and about
492,000 people die from the illness, according to IARC.
Health experts estimate about 70 percent of cases could be prevented by
changes in diet and exercise.
Professor Elio Riboli, the coordinator of EPIC from Imperial College
London, said the large number of people included in the research was
important.
"We were particularly interested in the results that we found for
different parts of the colon and rectum which were not feasible in
previous studies because of the smaller sample sizes and lack of data
on the position of the tumors," he said in a statement. |
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| I.P. Freely |
| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:53 pm |
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Roman Bystrianyk wrote:
Quote: "Hour of daily exercise cuts bowel cancer risk" [Reuters]
Whether is it jogging around the park, pumping iron or swimming, an
hour of vigorous exercise a day can lower the risk of bowel cancer, a
study said on Monday.
A team of international scientists analyzed the impact of physical
activity on the risk of colon cancer and found people with the highest
levels of exercise were 22 percent less likely to develop it. The
reduced risk was higher, up to 35 percent, for tumors on the right side
of the colon.
Health experts estimate about 70 percent of cases could be prevented by
changes in diet and exercise.
Or not.
I've met almost no one who gets more exercise than I've gotten all my
life. Hard play has been my top priority most of my life; I still get
1-10 hours a day in my 60s, and have eaten a VERY healthy diet since I
heard of sat fat, fiber, and olive oil 20 years ago.
My bowel cancer was in my right side, and would have killed me if
prostate cancer met scans hadn't caught it early.
Eat well and exercise, folks, but don't forget to have fun on the
journey, because there are no guarantees.
I.P. |
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