CommunityHealthExercise: the ‘secret weapon’ against breast cancer
October 20, 202011 min
Exercising can reduce the chances of breast cancer returning by half, even if you don't start until after diagnosis, according to a new US study.
Exercising can reduce the chances of breast cancer returning by half, even if you don't start until after diagnosis, according to a new US study.
“I’ve experienced overexercising first hand,” explains Dana, a former gymnast who developed an eating disorder at age 13. “We would get weighed before competitions, so the older girls taught me how to throw up my dinner the night before a competition,” says the 41-year-old yoga teacher, who lives in Dubai. “But when vomiting became difficult, I figured I could purge the calories by running, climbing stairs or using the step machine instead. I would run...