Relaxation helps women reduce stress during cancer treatment.
Relaxation training helps women reduce distress during breast cancer treatment.
Even a five week intervention can have beneficial effects.
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Relaxation training helps women reduce distress during breast cancer treatment.
Even a five week intervention can have beneficial effects.
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Soldiers are using a combination of meditation and body awareness exercises to help them recover from stressful combat.
US Marine Corps personnel took an eight week course and then spent a day in a mock rural Middle Eastern village where an ambush was stages.
Meditation not only calms the mind, it can actually cause molecular changes in the body which can reduce inflammation and help faster physical recovery from a stressful situation.
Mindfulness based trainings have shown beneficial effects on inflammatory disorders and are endorsed by the American Heart Association as a preventative measure.
A combination of meditation and stretching can help relieve symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and normalize stress hormones.
More than seven million adults worldwide are diagnosed with PTSD in a typical year.
Mindfulness is the latest tool for weight loss.
The technique which helps stress and anxiety is an effective way of reducing weight and blood sugar levels.