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Your New Year’s resolution could also help fend off cancer.
Quitting smoking is a no-brainer when it comes to reducing the chances of lung cancer. But did you know that putting down that cigarette for good can also lessen your chances of getting breast, prostate and bladder cancer? There’s even evidence that smoking can increase your risk for leukemia.
A healthy diet and exercise not only reduce the risk for heart disease, they can also help prevent many types of cancers.
Oncologists at Florida’s M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando looked at five cancers _ lung, breast, prostate, skin, colon and rectal _ and how changes in behavior can help prevent them. Their observations were recently published in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. Dr. Clarence Brown, president and CEO of M.D. Anderson, part of the life-sciences cluster at the emerging “medical city” at Lake Nona, was among the co-authors who shared article highlights with the Orlando Sentinel.
