Overall, the research highlights the importance of prevention and awareness. Reducing exposure to harmful substances, ...

Physical activity may lower breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women. June 25, 2012— -- In addition to keeping hearts healthy and bones strong, there's another reason why women may want to ...

Women exercising in their teenage years could help reduce the risk of developing breast cancer, according to a new study. The study’s author Rebecca Kehm, assistant professor at Columbia University, ...

You know the virtues of regular physical activity: it can lower your risk of becoming overweight and can keep diseases like heart problems and diabetes at bay. But can it help reduce the risk of ...

It's never too late to get moving and somewhat reduce breast cancer risk. That's the message from a prospective cohort study of 59,000 postmenopausal women in France. The researchers found that women ...

Not only is it possible to exercise if you're undergoing or have recently finished treatment for breast cancer, but being active can go a long way toward improving your health and helping you cope ...

UK biomechanics professor Joanna Wakefield-Scurr is trying to design better bras by decoding the many mysteries of boobs.

Prehabilitation and baseline assessments improve resilience, recovery, and identify lymphedema risk in breast cancer patients. Bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) detects subtle fluid changes, enabling ...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to spotlight a disease that will affect hundreds of thousands of Americans this year. In the U.S., a new case of breast cancer is diagnosed about every ...