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Less Sleep Linked to Cancer

Less than 7 hours a night tied to 47% hike in cancer risk

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(Newser) – Sleep and exercise may play an important role in cancer risk, according to a new US study. Researchers confirmed earlier studies that exercise appears to protect against cancer—but discovered that physically active women who slept less than seven hours a night had a 47% higher risk of developing cancer. How sleep and disease are connected is unknown.

The Centers for Disease Control considers sleep loss an under-recognized public health problem, and experts have linked lack of sleep to diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure and heart problems. "Getting adequate sleep has been long associated with health," said a spokesman from the National Cancer Institute. "We think it's intriguing. It isn't something that has been widely studied."

Exercise and more than seven hours of sleep a night may decrease cancer risk, according to a new study.
Exercise and more than seven hours of sleep a night may decrease cancer risk, according to a new study.   (©chispita_666)
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Women work out in a fitness "boot camp" in New York. New research suggests exercise and healthy sleep patterns decrease the risk of cancer.   (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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We think it's quite interesting and intriguing. It's kind of a first look into this. It isn't something that has been widely studied."
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Nov 18, 08 9:42 AM CST
Another seemingly self serving study. Who paid for this . Why is it that all news outlets put out the results of a study, and fail to list who funded the study, I want to a news story on how the government really spends on studies, the real figures. That would be real news instead of finding things of minor Fact if at all cloaked in some official sounding study . So you can have another page to sell advertising on. What happened to integrity & facts , when did they become the few instead Norm? If, sorry when a paper prints a study lets say that they should include the funding for the study, access to a copy of the study. And please skip the opinion of any "EXPERT" that you can't print their name. Reply
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