Mumbai, January 25: According to a new study report, depression among breast cancer patients can be controlled and managed with a regular dose of exercise and green tea.
To understand depression-related factors among breast cancer patients, a study was conducted among 1,399 Chinese women with an average age of 54 years and who were treated for breast cancer. The study was carried out in Shanghai, China between April 2002 and December 2006.
Nearly 62 percent of the women surveyed reported distinct health benefits after they indulged in some sort of physical exercise and the regular exercisers reported a 20 percent less chance of being either mildly or clinically depressed, said the study.
The likelihood of depression was 28 percent lower among women who exercised more than 2 hours a week and 42 percent lower among those who increased their post-diagnosis exercise time.
Green tea also showed promise in reducing depression. Of the 183 women who consumed green tea, 36 percent had lower depression risk.
The study appeared in the
Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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