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Lose Weight to Lower Risk of Breast and Prostate Cancer
By Ugur Akinci
Plus: two methods to help lose weight
By U. Akinci
Two recent studies have re-confirmed the well-known health benefits of losing weight from a crucial angle: trim and slim folks seem to have less of a chance to develop breast and prostate cancers.
The first study published in the International Journal of Cancer showed that, for women who went though menopause, extra pounds increased the chances of breast cancer.
In the study of 1,166 women with breast cancers and 2,105 without, Dr. Daikwon Han of Morehead State University in Kentucky and colleagues found that for each extra 11-pounds gained, the risk of breast cancer went up by 4%.
Women who gained over 60 pounds between age 20 and menopause had 70% more risk of developing breast cancer in their post-menopausal years.
In the second study of 70,000 men monitored between 1982 and 1992, American Cancer Society and the Duke University Prostate Center medical researchers have found that men who have lost over 11 pounds had a lower risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer than those who remained at the same weight or put on more pounds. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among American men.
So the question remains (and it's a familiar one): how to lose weight?
Two recent findings provide new tips to keep those extra pounds under control.
The first tip - calcium seems to be good not only to develop good strong bones and lower your blood pressure but to control weight as well.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle have studied 11,000 middle-aged men and women and showed that women who received 500 milligrams or more of daily calcium put on 10 pounds over a decade. But their counterparts who did not take any calcium gained over 15 pounds.
The Institute of Medicine's Food and Nutrition Board recommends taking 1,000 milligrams of calcium a day for folks under 50, and 1,200 milligrams for men and women over 51 years.
A new option for shedding extra pounds is the new diet pill Excalia which proved successful during the clinical trials.
The North American Association for the Study of Obesity announced that Excalia users have lost an average of 12% of their body weight over a period of 48 weeks.
The pill is manufactured by the California company Orexigen.
Uğur Akinci is a copywriter for Sagent Healthstaff LLC, http://www.sagenths.com/, one of the best-known travel nurse and healthcare staffing agencies in the United States. Visit http://www.sagenths.com/employment.htm to learn more about travel nurse and other medical care employment opportunities that Sagent offers.
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