Regular exercise after menopause tied to lower breast-cancer risk

Middle aged women who get a few hours of activity each week, including walking or more vigorous exercise, are less likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer than more sedentary women, according to a new study from France. “The women who recently, in the previous four years, performed physical activity had a decreased risk of breast cancer compared with women who were not so active,” said co-author Françoise Clavel-Chapelon. But that decrease disappeared after the physical activity stopped, she added. Read more here.