| If young women take certain simple steps when | | | | after a girl starts having periods.One more way is |
| they are adolescents, they may reduce risk of breast | | | | cutting back on fat. Girl who cut her fat intake by |
| cancer later in life. A research suggests that puberty | | | | only 6 percent lowered her estrogen and |
| could be a crucial time for development of breast | | | | progesterone levels by at least 30 percent, according |
| cancer.Regular exercise is believed to delay the | | | | to a study. These theories are not really well tested |
| beginning of a girl's first menstrual period. That is | | | | and need more research.Breast cancer is the most |
| when the body creates hormones that stimulate the | | | | common cancer in women, other than skin cancer. In |
| majority of breast cancers. According to a study, | | | | the United States approximately 183,000 new cases |
| just 4 hours of weekly exercise can postpone | | | | are diagnosed and about 41,000 women die each |
| hormone surges for up to 12 months.Four hours a | | | | year from cancer originating in the breast.Alex Fir |
| week is not a large amount of activity for a girl. She | | | | shares a wealth of information on his website To |
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| her bike. Because exercise can lower hormone | | | | Information on Breast Cancer today. |
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