--- Gilbert Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Given the much interest among Goanet readers in my > reporting on aspects of cancer, here is something > more.:=)) There is new evidence that exercise > improves cancer survival as reported in four new > reports. Two studies were done at Dana-Farber Cancer > Institute in Boston together with the Nurse's Health > Study. From an abstract of the paper, the authors > showed that "moderate exercise reduced women's risk > of dying from breast cancer by up to 50%". Studies > also looked at colon cancer. Larger randomized > clinical trials are being planned by the National > Cancer Institute and other cancer organizations. > Mario observes: > Gilbert, Now you have really gone too far with another medical kaneo, joining a conspiracy with my primary care physician, my live-in physician, my cardiologist and my oncologist in propagating the dangerous myth that I need to take time away from saving the world from the left-wing propaganda on Goanet to engage in the tiring, time consuming and sweaty activity called exercise:-)) > I am looking for the numerous studies I'm sure have been conducted by respectable medical organizations that show that that a) the benefits of exercise are offset by the wear and tear on the various joints and muscles, b) any benefit would include a decline in the girth that I have spent a lifetime cultivating, and c) any benefit will include the reprehensible possibility of extending my terminal stay in a nursing home by maybe an additional month at most, at great cost and consternation to the rest of my family:-)) > I am still averaging out the four hours of training per day that I engaged in during my several years as an athlete, when compared to the "moderate exercise" that you are suggesting, so I figure, even if your kaneo is accurate, I have done my share for one lifetime:-)) >
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