Cancer patients aided by yoga

From Washington, D.C., at the Experimental Biology 2007 meeting

A pilot study in breast cancer patients suggests that Iyengar yoga—stretching and relaxing aided by straps, wooden blocks, and other props—can improve patients’ feelings of well-being and even reduce the inflammation triggered by therapy.

Pamela E. Schultz from Washington State University in Spokane and her colleagues recruited 19 women who had recently completed cancer treatments.