What are the best types of movement exercises to do in the morning? Should I eat food before exercising? How do I improve balance? How do I motivate to exercise during cancer treatment? What kind of exercise can help reduce risk for cancer and other chronic illness? I don’t have a lot of time to w…

In a study published in JAMA Oncology, Cancer survivors with prolonged daily sitting and little to no physical activity had a far higher chance of death, whether from their cancer or other causes, a cohort study found.

Research reveals physical activity is a real-life “fountain of youth”. However, most older adults don’t meet current physical activity guidelines and sedentary behaviors are on the rise.

More than 46,000 cancer cases in the United States might be prevented each year if almost all of us walked for about 45 minutes a day, according to an eye-opening new study of inactivity, exercise and malignancies published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

A large-scale epidemiological study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine showed that In addition to associations with lower risk of heart-disease and mortality, leisure-time physical activity is also associated with lower risks of 13 types of cancer, including esophogeal, lung, kidney, gastric, endo…

Researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm found that the immune cells in animals that exercised fought off tumors noticeably better than animals that had received immune cells from inactive mice. Read more about the study here.

Questions covered in this session: How can people reduce their belly fat (gut)?I have balance issues due to chemo.

This short workout will get you on your feet  for a satisfying combination of aerobic and resistance training into a single bout of exercise that lasts just seven minutes. Read about the workout and find it here.

Many people are unfamiliar with the healing benefits of Eastern-based practices such as Tai Chi and Qigong. These practices have been found to enhance balance, reduce pain, increase energy, and improve mood. Dr.

In a study by Irwin et al, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, researchers found that women who did the equivalent of at least two to three hours of brisk walking each week in the year before they were diagnosed with breast cancer were 31% less likely to die of the disease than women who …

Dana Farber Cancer Institute put together this fact sheet indicating that exercise can lower the risk of recurrence of different cancers. Most of the studies have been done on breast cancer and colon cancer.

Unstoppable is a fabulous website for women with a cancer diagnosis who are looking for ways to stay active and develop good fitness routines.