'Mindful breathing' might help cancer patients ease pain, anxiety
By Dennis Thompson, HealthDay News
By Dennis Thompson, HealthDay News
Quote:A meditation technique called mindful breathing can help cancer patients manage their pain and anxiety, a new study finds.
Cancer patients who engaged in 20 minutes of mindful breathing experienced a greater reduction in pain than those who weren't taught the technique.
"Twenty-minute mindful breathing effectively and rapidly reduces pain intensity, pain unpleasantness and anxiety in patients with cancer," wrote the research team led by Dr. Tan Seng Beng, a palliative medicine consultant with the Subang Jaya Medical Center in Selangor, Malaysia.
"This brief and accessible intervention offers a complementary approach to traditional pharmacological strategies," the team concluded.
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