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How You Can Use Physical Activity to Drop Your Prostate Cancer Risk
A new study combines analyses of genetics and lifestyle to show how exercise can reduce your risk of getting the disease.
“A bear, however hard he tries,
Grows tubby without exercise.
Our Teddy Bear is short and fat,
Which is not to be wondered at;
He gets what exercise he can
By falling off the ottoman,
But generally seems to lack
The energy to clamber back.”
The fictional bear Winnie-the-Pooh often has excellent insights, no? Today we turn to how physical activity can reduce your risk of prostate cancer. Of course, this only applies to we prostate-containing men.
We’ll begin with some basics of the disease before turning to a new and exciting study from the United Kingdom, illustrating the value of physical activity for risk reduction.
The prostate is walnut-shaped and resides in a man’s pelvis. It makes the seminal fluid that provides support and transportation for sperm. Prostate cancer starts in this gland and is one of the most common forms of cancer…
