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Yoga has recently been shown to be effective at reducing symptoms of fatigue in those that have cancer and also lowers the likelihood of cancer returning after beating it.
The study involved 500 cancer patients that received a treatment program between 2 weeks and 5 years in the past and were assigned randomly to a control group or intervention group involving two 75-minute yoga classes per week.
“Our data suggest that yoga significantly reduces inflammation among cancer survivors,” the study’s authors wrote in a report published at the ASCO meeting. “Clinicians should consider prescribing yoga for survivors experiencing inflammation, which may lead to a high chronic toxicity burden and increased risk of progression, recurrence, and second cancers.”