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  • Housework cuts breast cancer risk

    12/29/2006 8:15:33 AM PST · by twntaipan · 76 replies · 1,384+ views
    BBC ^ | 12-29-2006 | Staff
    Women who exercise by doing the housework can reduce their risk of breast cancer, a study suggests. The research on more than 200,000 women from nine European countries found doing household chores was far more cancer protective than playing sport. Dusting, mopping and vacuuming was also better than having a physical job. The women in the Cancer Research UK-funded study spent an average of 16 to 17 hours a week cooking, cleaning and doing the washing. Something as simple and cheap as doing the housework can help Dr Lesley Walker of Cancer Research UK Experts have long known that physical...