cancer prevention

June 3, 2024

UAMS Researchers Find that Better Access to Physical Activity Could Provide Boost for Rural Cancer Survivors

David Wise

senior Hispanic couple walking and holding hands on sidewalk

FAYETTEVILLE — Cancer survivors in rural areas could benefit more from environmental opportunities to be active, according to researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Researchers at the UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation found that cancer survivors who lived in small- to medium-sized metropolitan areas that promoted walkability were more physically…