Exercise is the key to a health body and a healthy mind.

It is believed that one hour of daily vigorous exercise or two hours of less strenuous activity is now linked to a lower risk of colon cancer, according to the results of a recent study.

Cycling, Jogging, running, pumping iron, swimming, and even housecleaning can do the trick, as demonstrated by research conducted with 413,000 people in 10 European countries.

Of those studied, people with the highest level of exercise were 22 percent less likely to develop cancer and 35 percent less likely to develop tumors on the right side of the colon. Those of normal weight enjoyed a greater benefit, but exercise was also beneficial for the overweight and obese. Exercise did not have a protective effect against rectal cancer.

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I guess getting skin cancer from prolonged sun exposure or from the harmful ultraviolet rays was not enough, now we have the tanning salons added in the list too.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer said that Tanning beds have dramatically increased the risk of skin cancer in young users in their teens and 20s.

Its research also showed that tanning booths had no positive health effects.

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