“Black Women's Breast Cancer Risk Slashed with Intense Exercise - Associated Content”

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Black Women's Breast Cancer Risk Slashed with Intense Exercise - Associated Content Posted: 21 Oct 2010 02:50 PM PDT Black women who exercise vigorously for more than two hours weekly hammer their risk of breast cancer - by a whopping 64 percent, compared to black women who don't exercise. These study results apply to postmenopausal black women, according to research done by the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. The Third AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities presented these results in late September and early October, 2010. So what defines "vigorous" exercise? According to this study, vigorous exercise includes two-plus hours a week of aerobics, cardio, running or similar exercise. While more white women are diagnosed with breast cancer, black women have a greater chance of developing breast cancer after menopause, when compared to white women. Plus, more black women develop the most aggressive form of breast cancer (triple-negative breast cancer). In this study, 97 recently diagnosed black women were identified (in the Washington, D.C., area) and matched with 102 black women who did not have breast cancer. Study subjects answered a questionnaire about exercise habits. In the past year, the women who vigorously exercised for over two hours weekly had a 64 percent lower breast cancer risk, compared to non-exercising women. On the other hand, moderate activity (like walking) netted a 17 percent lower risk of breast cancer, when compared to non-exercising subjects. Interestingly, vigorous exercise benefited only postmenopausal participants. I'm a certified personal trainer, and if you're premenopausal, even in your twenties, don't let these study results pacify your desire to exercise vigorously, because if you get in the habit now of vigorous exercise, it will be that much easier to maintain once you reach menopause and beyond. Furthermore, intense exercise during younger adulthood brings many other benefits anyways. So stick with it, and if you don't currently exercise vigorously, then start! Of course, the study authors noted that the apparent lack of benefit to premenopausal women may be related to a too-small study sample. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php Five Filters featured article: Beyond Hiroshima - The Non-Reporting of Falluja's Cancer Catastrophe. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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