Stories tagged 'physical activity'
How to reduce the odds of getting cancer
‘There are steps you can take that will absolutely cut your risk,’ says Fred Hutch’s Dr. Anne McTiernan, who contributed to a new report on diet, nutrition, physical activity and cancer
May 25, 2018 | By Dr. Anne McTiernan
Fred Hutch's Dr. Anne McTiernan comments on a new cancer prevention report, which she helped compile, that highlights how you can reduce your risk for many cancers.
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Celebrating faculty and staff achievements
June 30, 2016
Dr. Anne McTernan named to HHS Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee; Dr. Harlan Robins mentoring two projects funded by Stand Up To Cancer
Tags: Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Anne McTiernan, cancer prevention, Computational Biology, exercise, genetic mutation, Harlan Robins, Human Biology, Lung Cancer, national science foundation, obesity, Pancreatic Cancer, physical activity, Public Health Sciences, stand up to cancer, Tumor specific translational research
Understanding physical activity in the elderly
New Hutchinson Center research will enlist 8,000 women over 80 to determine activity levels needed to maintain heart health and prevent injury from falls
June 11, 2012 | By Kristen Woodward
Eight thousand women over age 80 across the U.S. are being enlisted to help the Hutchinson Center’s Public Health Sciences researchers determine how much, how vigorous and what types of physical activity are necessary to maintain cardiovascular health and prevent injury from falls in later life.
Community-based strength training classes safe, effective for cancer survivors
Karen Syrjala and colleagues find mind, body benefits for former patients who participated in YMCA Exercise and Thrive program
Jan. 17, 2012 | By Christi Ball Loso
A Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center study of community-based exercise for cancer survivors that focused on strength training found such activity is both safe and effective in terms of physical and psychosocial benefit. The findings are published online in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship.
Diet plus exercise = more weight loss than either method alone
Randomized trial of postmenopausal women found those who combined a low-fat, low-calorie diet with regular aerobic exercise shed nearly 11 percent of their starting weight
April 18, 2011 | By Kristen Woodward
Everyone knows that eating a low-fat, low-calorie diet and getting regular exercise helps shed pounds, but a new study led by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center researchers has found that when it comes to losing weight and body fat, diet and exercise are most effective when done together as compared to either strategy alone.
Obesity, inactivity may increase risk of breast cancers
Study finds women with highest body fat face higher risk of ’triple-negative’ and estrogen receptor-positive breast cancers; risk drops with fitness gains
March 14, 2011
Women’s Health Initiative researchers found a relationship between obesity, physical activity and triple-negative breast cancer, a subtype of breast cancer characterized by a lack of estrogen, progesterone and HER2 expression. Triple-negative breast cancers account for about 10 percent to 20 percent of all breast cancers and are associated with an extremely poor prognosis due to a lack of targeted drug therapies.
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