Exercise And Weight Training Programs Benefit Breast
Cancer Patients

post from Optimum Nutrition on 03 April 2006 04:44:00 PM. © Optimum Nutrition

Exercise and weight training programs significantly improves the quality of life of women who were recently treated for breast cancer, as per a new study. This study was published in the May 1, 2006 issue of CANCER, a journal of the American Cancer Society. The study indicates six months of twice weekly exercise that improved strength and body composition was enough to result in improvements in the overall physical and emotional condition of the patients. This is the first randomized trial to study the effects of weight training on quality of life in breast cancer patients. .......

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