Housework Can Help Prevent Cancer, Say Scientists
(Canberra, Reuters Health, 6/5/03)

Colin Binns from Perth's Curtin University in Australia and colleagues conducted a two-year study of 900 Chinese women at Xhejiang University Hospital in Hangzhou in Xhejiang Province near Shanghai. The researchers found that a lack of physical activity increases the risk of ovarian cancer. According to the study results, even moderate exercise, like housework, can protect against ovarian cancer. Binns theorizes that exercise may affect hormone activity by preventing fat storage and may also boost the immune system.