Posts Tagged ‘Rheumatoid arthritis’
Yoga Improves Arthritis & Fibromyalgia Symptoms!
Individuals with rheumatoid arthritis who practice yoga showed statistically significant improvements in disease activity. Humeira Badsha, from the Emirates Arthritis Foundation (United Arab Emirates) enrolled 47 subjects (26 yoga patients and 21 controls), and demonstrated that patients who completed 12 sessions of Raj yoga, a gentle style of yoga that combines exercise and breathing techniques,…
Read MoreNo Doubt Now: Smoking Increases Risk for Breast Cancer Death!!!
In a prospective study of 2265 women with breast cancer, current and former smokers had a 39% higher rate of dying from breast cancer than never smokers. The study, which has an average follow-up of 9 years, provides strong evidence that smoking increases a woman’s risk of dying from breast cancer. Previous evidence had not…
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