Health
Fight cancer with healthy choices
Posted: Oct 27, 2010 8:05 AM by Bea Karnes, News First 5
Following a healthy lifestyle could prevent almost a quarter of colorectal cancers, According to Danish researchers.
They followed over 55,000 healthy men and women age 50 to 64, for a ten year period -- looking at their adherence to five lifestyle recommendations. They included exercising for 30 minutes a day, limiting alcohol consumption, being a non-smoker, keeping off belly fat and following a healthy diet.
The researchers that following all five recommendations could reduce these cancers by 23-percent.
For up-to-date information on all cancers and prevention, contact the Dorcy Cancer Center at St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center in Pueblo.
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