Leisure-time physical activity is associated with longer life expectancy, even at relatively low levels of activity and regardless of body weight, according to a study by a team of researchers led by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health. The study, which found that people who engaged in leisure-time physical
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In this interview, Dr. Kathy Cronin, Ph.D., from NCI’s Surveillance Research Program discusses results from the 2012 update to the Cancer Statistics Review, This new update adds data from 2009 on incidence, mortality and survival of cancer in the United States. For more information, visit http://j.mp/HSf1K5 I shot this interview on a Canon 7D, and
I interviewed Dr. Eric “Rocky” Feuer about the statistical modeling used for the paper on the lung cancer deaths averted due to tobacco control efforts. I filmed the interview on a Canon 7D (work equipment) and edited in iMovie.
NIH study examines the impact of tobacco control policies and programs, and the potential for further reduction in lung cancer deaths Twentieth-century tobacco control programs and policies were responsible for preventing more than 795,000 lung cancer deaths in the United States from 1975 through 2000, according to an analysis funded by the National Cancer Institute