Adjust lifestyle to prevent breast cancer

News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu Nov 6, 2008 8:47 PM EST

Article Source: Times of the Internet

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Seeded by Erica S.

BUFFALO, N.Y., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- To reduce breast cancer risk, women should focus on healthy eating, moderate alcohol use and maintaining a healthy body weight, U.S. researchers said.

Dr. Martin Mahoney of Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y., and colleagues conducted a review that examined breast cancer prevention strategies for U.S. women of average risk.