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Research Archive
Welcome to our Chinese medicine and acupuncture research news pages. We add to the content of these pages continuously as more research news comes in. Browse through the complete archive below or use the category links on the right.
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Yoga and stretching better for low back pain
Categories: Back, Yoga research
Yoga is a more effective treatment for chronic lower back pain than conventional GP care, according to the UK's largest ever study into its benefits.
Yoga/massage reduce prenatal depression and prematurity
Categories: Pregnancy & labour, Yoga research
Eighty-four women suffering from prenatal depression were randomly assigned to yoga, massage therapy or standard prenatal care control groups.
Yoga cost-effective for lower back pain
Categories: Yoga research
An article published in Spine journal has found that 12 weekly yoga classes for people with chronic or recurrent lower back pain (plus usual care) would be a cost-effective strategy for the National Health Service compared with usual care alone.
Yoga reduces stress in school students
Categories: Yoga research
A study carried out in a Massachussets high school randomly divided 11th and 12th grade students into a yoga or regular physical education (PE) class for the duration of a school term
Yoga helps women with fibromyalgia
Categories: Fibromyaigia, Yoga research
A Canadian team has found that an eight-week yoga intervention is associated with improvements in pain, psychological functioning and cortisol levels in women with fibromyalgia (FM).
Yoga boosts anti-anxiety brain chemical
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Yoga research
A 12-week yoga intervention results in greater improvements in mood and anxiety than equivalent walking exercise, according to a study from the USA.
Yoga improves cancer survivors sleep
Categories: Yoga research
A brief yoga intervention significantly improves sleep quality for cancer survivors. 410 non-metastatic, cancer survivors were randomised to either standard care monitoring or standard care plus a four-week yoga intervention (twice weekly for 75 minutes per session). The yoga intervention utilised the Yoga for Cancer Survivors (YOCAS) program, consisting of breathing exercises, gentle yoga posture ...
Yoga helps with eating disorders
Categories: Yoga research
Yoga can reduce eating disorder symptoms in adolescents, according to a study from the USA. A total of 50 girls and four boys aged 11-21 years were randomised to an eight-week trial of standard care (every other week physician and/or dietician appointments) vs. individualised yoga plus standard care. The yoga group demonstrated greater decreases in eating disorder symptoms. Specifically, the eatin ...
Yoga's health benefits rival exercise
Categories: Yoga research
A review of studies comparing the effects of yoga and exercise indicates that yoga may be as effective as or better than exercise at improving a variety of health-related outcomes. Eighty-one studies comparing the effects of yoga and exercise in both healthy and diseased populations met the American author's inclusion criteria. In the studies reviewed, yoga interventions appeared to be equal or su ...
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