Housework cuts breast cancer risk

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Women who exercise by doing the housework can reduce their risk of breast cancer, a study suggests.
The research on more than 200,000 women from nine European countries found doing household chores was far more cancer protective than playing sport.

Dusting, mopping and vacuuming was also better than having a physical job.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6214655.stm

"Get back in the kitchen woman! You don't want cancer do you?"
 
This is a story from 2006.

I hate all these ****ing "studies" that claim some inanimate object/irrelevant activity will either cause/cure cancer. It's such a load of shit.

But still, it's good for making women do their job.
 
Hmmm.... My aunt died from the results of breast cancer (spread to bone cancer). Her house was the biggest mess I have ever seen. She had OCD and couldn't throw anything away.
 
Also if you don't use your penis it will fall off, or so I've heard
 
A new study has shown that putting time, money and effort into research which attempts to discover completely arbitrary and statistically questionable ways to lower the risk of cancer may lower your credibility by as much as 5000%!!!!
 
:p

There is a list of things floating around somewhere which the Daily Mail has claimed cause cancer - including; being a woman, being a man, being old and being young :/
 
Well, my mum is the exception to this so-called "scientific study". She's a cleaner and of course does housework and she got diagnosed with breast cancer a few months ago. Fortunately she's well on the road to recovery but she's still going to be starting radiotherapy soon, just in case her op didn't completely get rid of any cancer cells.
 
Good thing we have the internet here to tell us which research is worthwhile or not and to judge the credibility of scientists based on skimming the headline of a news article.

The latest study looked at both pre- and post-menopausal women and a range of activities, including work, leisure and housework.

All forms of physical activity combined reduced the breast cancer risk in post-menopausal women, but had no obvious effect in pre-menopausal women.

Out of all of the activities, only housework significantly reduced the risk of both pre- and post-menopausal women getting the disease.

Housework cut breast cancer risk by 30% among the pre-menopausal women and 20% among the post-menopausal women.

The women were studied over an average of 6.4 years, during which time there were 3,423 cases of breast cancer.

The international authors said their results suggested that moderate forms of physical activity, such as housework, may be more important than less frequent but more intense recreational physical activity in reducing breast cancer risk.
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ComradeBadger said:
:p

There is a list of things floating around somewhere which the Daily Mail has claimed cause cancer - including; being a woman, being a man, being old and being young :/
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Oh my, I just noticed you're back! <3!

FYI cancer (the starsign) has also been linked with cancer (the disease), studies show.
 
Bad^Hat said:
A new study has shown that putting time, money and effort into research which attempts to discover completely arbitrary and statistically questionable ways to lower the risk of cancer may lower your credibility by as much as 5000%!!!!
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I have heard that having dinner ready on time reduces the chances of spousal abuse.
 
One week I see "drinking tea prevents cancer" in the paper

The next week? "drinking too much tea causes cancer."
 
That's the Daily Mail/The Express over here...

Except the Express will run it on the front page!

Dekstar said:
Oh my, I just noticed you're back! <3!

FYI cancer (the starsign) has also been linked with cancer (the disease), studies show.
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:D

Wubbles!
 
Bullshit Study is Bullshit.

What next, thinking about burgers makes you fat?
 
No, but I bet being fat makes you think about burgers.

Fatty.
 
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