For example, researchers deem 5 percent to 10 percent of cases to be hereditary. Scientists can offer only educated guesses about the remainder. That's a heavy dose of speculation trickling down to doctors and patients. Issues of heredity have become an even hotter topic as scientists learn more about testing for defective genes that might cause cancer. For women without disease, many questions remain unanswered about whether genetic tests might dictate any difference in screening or treatment.
Study shows that exercising reduces depression and anxiety.
It's 9 a.m. on Saturday and Bonnie Conne is fighting breast cancer with all the might and muscle in her body. Once you're diagnosed, you think every ache and pain is cancer. But exercising focuses you on how strong and healthy your body is. Although Conne doesn't need any proof that working out can send your heart rate and your mood soaring, the University of Michigan provided it in a recent study about the relationship between exercise and depression among breast cancer survivors. Researchers studied 30 survivors between the ages of 40 and 56 who hadn't been following any kind of exercise regimen.