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Lack of Sleep Could Undermine Exercise’s Cancer Prevention Benefits

November 18, 2008 – 12:27 pm
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Exercise can lower your overall risk of cancer -
but only if you get a good night’s sleep
After my last week’s rant about focusing efforts to PREVENT cancer as well as CURING cancer, I was please to review a research study that did just that! The study examined the link between exercise and cancer risk, paying [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Also posted in Breast Cancer, Cancer Research | Comments (0)

Young women gain weight combining Internet, alcohol, and little sleep

July 26, 2008 – 11:56 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Adolescent girls and young women were found by a U.S. study to put on extra weight when they recreationally use the Internet more than average, do not get enough sleep, and drink a lot of alcohol.
American medical researcher Catherine Berkey and colleagues from Harvard Medical School (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.), the Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Also posted in Health Advisory, Tired and Sleepless, Weight Gain, Your Body/Your Self | Comments (0)