Tag: "yoga" at medical news

Meditation relieves stress

...urse learned four different meditation techniques, yoga and other techniques for dealing with stress. After three months, their psychological distress had more than halved - bringing them into the normal range - while their physical health also improved. There was no change within the control group, who d...

Complementary and Alternative medicine

...that the use of 20 therapies - from acupuncture to yoga - has increased in popularity since the 1960s. A n..., aromatherapy, herbs, massage, energy healing and yoga were most popular. Who knows what will be in vogue in the first decade of the 21st century? One thin...

A way to calm the heart rhythm

...hy adults. They also carried out the exercise with yoga mantras and a controlled breathing exercise. All...o speculate whether the practice of the Rosary and yoga mantras may have evolved, in part, as a calming practice, which both opens the mind and benefits the...

Spirituality relieves stress

...urse learned four different meditation techniques, yoga and other techniques for dealing with stress. After three months, their psychological distress had more than halved - bringing them into the normal range - while their physical health also improved. There was no change within the control group, who d...

Risk of Heart disease reduced by yoga

...ording to a recent study it has been observed that yoga therapy can reduce risk factors and improve the co...he best evidence they could find on the effects of yoga therapy in heart disease. They found six - out of 11 - trials that were good enough to draw useful c...

The 'lazy man's yoga"

... and then his legs become contorted into a complex yoga posture. A few minutes later, his back moves into ...sage, but the main elements of the session include yoga poses and twisting. "There's not anything that you have to do," said Phoebe Diftler, Sahakian's Th...

Yoga Might Be Helpful For Cancer Patients

... researchers say, the ancient Eastern tradition of yoga may have a modern medical application. Lymphoma patients// who took part in yoga classes reported better sleep quality than those in a control group. The study was conducted among ...

Yoga Can Be Good For Breast Cancer Patients

...her added: “What we have been able to show is that yoga is effective by systematic protocols, which are ac... also come forward and for the first time seen how yoga can be useful for cancer patients. They are very much impressed". A breast cancer patient said: "Yo...

Yoga for preventing weight gain in middle age

Regular practice of yoga can reduce the bulging girth of the abdomen in mid... conducted a study showed that regular practice of yoga for at least 30minutes of a week for four or more years can lead to arrest of weight gain in obese p...

Heart Patients Use Alternative Medicine

...erbs and 35 percent using mind-body practices like yoga or body-manipulation techniques like massage. Many...ine approaches ranging from prayer, meditation and yoga to chiropractic and acupuncture therapy don't pose any specific hazard when combined with convention...

East Or West Yoga Is The Best

More people in the West are turning to yoga now to keep themselves fit physically as well as m...normous satisfaction," Kumud Schramm of the German yoga association said// . "If you practise yoga regularly you become more alert and are not thrown out ...

Under Stress? All You Need Is A Chocolate To Melt In Your Mouth

You don’t have to spend time for meditation, yoga or even a trip to your favorite spot. Surprised? Yes stress relief comes so very compact these days. Thanks to the Chocolate-coated stress busters // that are likely to be marketed soon. The chocolate-like product comprises various nutraceutical he...

Yoga, ayurveda being documented to stop patent misuse

...l property is fast completing the documentation of yoga postures and techniques as well as formulae in ayu... protecting from misappropriation. So far, 1,500 yoga postures and thousands of formulae in Indian medicinal systems from ancient books have been identifi...

Madhya Pradesh Cops to attend Yoga classes to reduce stress and weight

... requested state police chief Swaraj Puri to start yoga classes for the policemen as already yoga as been made compulsory to school childrens. He said yoga classes to the cops would reduce their str...

Meditation Maintains And Thickens The Grey Matter Of The Brain

...of Insight meditation." They said other forms of yoga and meditation likely have a similar impact on cortical structure, although each tradition would be expected to have a slightly different pattern of cortical thickening based on the specific mental exercises involved. Source: Eurekalert...

Ayurveda Spas are hot in San Francisco

...-based treatment. The spa also offers a 90-minute yoga session five times a day. Spas that specialize so...d relax the body. The Asian spiritual exercise of yoga has continued attracting many Americans. The latest Japanese-influenced exercise of Budokon, a combi...

Cheap Indian devices sought to treat sleep disorder

...assageway. Sharma is currently researching on how yoga exercises can help improve sleep pattern. With not many sleep disorder specialists in India, the experts see possibilities of collaborating through tele-medicine, with data collected by a sleep recorder being transmitted for automated interpretation...

Yoga Cures Chronic Back Pain

...re assessed by the study. The people who practiced yoga for 75 minutes every week displayed greater progre... more useful than self-care books. After a 14-week yoga session, it was found that the use of pain relieving drugs came down drastically. The research was c...

Herbal Medicines with Animal, Human Body Parts! - Swami Ramdev Accused

... Swami Ramdev, much known for his inclination to yoga and spirituality, has been blamed for selling products prepared from animal and human remains. Brinda Karat, CPM leader and Rajya Sabha MP, has lodged the complaint. These wonder drugs are believed to cure anything from common cold and fever to even ...

Guru’s Supporters Clash With CPI-M Me

...f the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and yoga guru Ramdev clashed violently on 5 January 2006. T...ed the State Government to take action against the yoga guru. In a letter to the health ministry a few months ago, Karat had alleged the use of animal par...

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