Practicing yoga is good for breast cancer

British media reported the latest research results from American medical experts that breast cancer patients whose cancer cells have spread from their chests may be able to benefit from a yoga exercise designed specifically for them.

James W. Carlson, a professor at Duke University Medical Center, led the study. "The benefits of yoga include reducing pain and fatigue, increasing vitality, relaxation and self-identity," he told Reuters.

Carlson's research points out that patients with advanced breast cancer need to adopt active and effective methods to control cancer-related symptoms, and the "awareness yoga" specially tailored for such patients has a good effect. Its exercise content includes some gentle yoga postures, breathing training and meditation, which can effectively relieve patients 'pain, fatigue and anxiety.

Carlson concluded that the study "provides for the first time some preliminary evidence of the potential benefits of yoga for breast cancer patients who feel hopeless and fragile in life."

(Internship Editor: Xiao Yu)