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Yoga helps cancer patients: Study

Women going through treatment for breast cancer felt better when they tried yoga, according to one of the first scientific studies of its kind.

"Our belief is something as simple and brief as a short (yoga) programme would be very useful" at combating side effects from cancer treatment, said Lorenzo Cohen, a psychologist who led the pilot study.

Yoga incorporates meditation, relaxation, imagery, controlled breathing, stretching and physical movements. Although the study was small and preliminary, it's one of the few to try to rigorously measure the benefits of this form of exercise, Cohen said.

Researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centre focused on 61 women who had surgery for breast cancer and now were getting six weeks of radiation treatment. Thirty women were assigned to a test group that took twice-a-week yoga classes. The others did not.

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By Rajesh Kumar, Section Doctors & Vets
Posted on Sun Jun 04, 2006 at 07:58:05 PM EST
AIDS: Is Asia the next Africa?

BANGKOK, Thailand - When HIV first escalated in Africa and the Caribbean, Asia remained virtually untouched and unaware. But the world's most populous continent is catching up.

Today, 25 years into an epidemic that has claimed 25 million lives worldwide, the Asia-Pacific region has the highest number of infections after sub-Saharan Africa. Worldwide there are 40 million people infected with HIV.

The big question now is: How far will it go?

"I don't think it will go the African way," where in some areas up to a third of the population is infected, UNAIDS chief Dr. Peter Piot said in an interview with The Associated Press. But "there's slow but steady growth and with that kind of population denominator, the numbers are staggering,"

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By Rajesh Kumar, Section Doctors & Vets
Posted on Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 11:49:35 PM EST

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