星期五出版的<<英国医学学报>>报道, 日常压力高的妇女患乳腺癌的危险小。 从事这一最新研究的丹麦研究人员说持续高水平的压力可能降低雌激素的水平, 而已知它可影响乳腺癌的发生。丹麦科学家在经过18 年对哥本哈根的6,689 名妇女研究后得出了这一结论。研究开始时, 妇女被要求回答在她们的生活中经受怎样的压力, 定义为紧张, 神经质, 性急, 忧虑或失眠。研究结果显示在六等级中每增加一级, 癌症风险减少百分之八。在研究期间有251 名妇女被诊断为乳腺癌, 压力最高的风险最低。

High Levels Of Stress May Lower Breast Cancer Risk

Women with high levels of daily stress are less at risk of developing breast cancer, according to research in the British Medical Journal published on Friday. The researchers from Denmark who conducted the latest study say sustained high levels of stress may reduce levels of estrogen - the female hormone - which is known to affect the development of breast cancer.

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