The new research suggests that doing yoga can help reduce the risk of cancer spreading
Cancer sufferers should do yoga to stop the disease from spreading or returning, according to a new study.
To explore the potential benefits of yoga in terms of cancer progression, the latest study involved 500 cancer survivors aged 56 on average, recruited from across the US. Presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology , the world's largest cancer conference, the study was led by the University of Rochester Medical Centre.
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