Exercise may protect girls from future breast cancer

Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Tue, 05/13/2008 - 15:36

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Get your daughters off the couch: New research shows exercise during the teen years - starting as young as age 12 - can help protect girls from breast cancer when they're grown.

Middle-aged women have long been advised to get active to lower their risk of breast cancer after menopause....


 

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