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Yoga beneficial in breast cancer

Women with breast cancer might benefit from participating in yoga that includes gentle postures, breathing exercises, and meditation.

Yoga beneficial in breast cancer

Women with breast cancer might benefit from practicing yoga that includes gentle postures, breathing exercises, and meditation. Effective ways to curb cancer-related symptoms are needed for women with advanced breast cancer. The "Yoga of Awareness" program, which is specifically designed and tailored to address patients' pain, fatigue, and emotional distress, seems to fit the bill. Researchers from the Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina found that the benefits include less pain and fatigue, and more vigour, relaxation, and acceptance. In the current study, 13 women with breast cancer that had spread to other sites in the body attended the weekly yoga classes for 8 weeks. The women were an average of 59 years old and had been first diagnosed an average of 7 years earlier. The programme proved helpful in significantly boosting daily invigoration and a sense of acceptance. There were also trends for improvement in pain relief and relaxation. It was found that greater practice on a given day was associated with improvements not only on the same day, but the next day as well. The findings provide some of the first, tentative evidence for yoga's potential benefits in this vulnerable population of women with limited life expectancy.
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management,
April 2007
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