Cancer and Healthy

Nearly 180,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer this year, and 40,000 women die of the disease. Given these statistics, it makes sense for women to know that there are simple things they can do to improve the quality of their life and their chances of surviving breast cancer - and that these things will not disrupt their lives or the price much money, as they cost anything.

Recent research on the personal level of activity and patterns have proven to be a hot topic in physiological research across different disciplines. There are several reasons for this. The first is that it is relatively easy to measure how active a person is - not much of the advanced technology needed. The second reason is that the activity is seen as a strong indicator of the quality of life - people whose activities are seen to fall should be seen in the overall situation worse than people who remain active as ever. Third is that the activity is a more "objective" measure, compared with patients with a questionnaire on how they are feeling. But the biggest reason for the popularity of the activity of the research is that more and more studies are that the degree of activity with better results in health care - and it is essential for cancer patients.

A study of nearly 3,000 nurses with breast cancer published in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) found that a moderate level of activity were strongly associated with improved survival. The study defined "moderate" as equivalent to walking for 1-2 hours per week, on an easy pace of between 2 and 3 miles per hour. Nothing difficult about!

Interestingly, they found no increase in survival benefit as a result of longer or more vigorous activity (although they suggest that this finding is not convincing as it is possible that some of the more active women may have been later than others diagnoses).

The key take away from this study is that moderate exercise a significant improvement in the prospects of surviving breast cancer.

This conclusion was supported by two studies published in 2008 in the Journal of Oncology, both to look for colorectal cancer patients. They found that physical activity "appears to reduce the risk of cancer recurrence and mortality", and "recreational physical activity after a diagnosis Stage I-III colorectal cancer may increase the risk of colorectal cancer-specific and overall mortality."

There are many things people can do to their health if they are faced with serious health problems. Keeping the move is clearly one of the most important of them. Apart from anything else, a lower level of activity are associated with more depressive states of mind - an understandable shift after a diagnosis. But it's really important to get past the first downturn and realize that there is no advantage to think of yourself as a victim of the disease, "and then let your energy be disabled by your mental state.

There is a way to better health that you can start at just a little bit each day. Medical advice and support is crucial - but no less important, in my opinion, the everyday activities you take yourself to get better.