U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) has provided a grant of $ 2.4 million to study the efficiency effects of Tibetan yoga on the body of women with a diagnosis of "breast cancer", undergoing chemotherapy. This research work will be conducted by researchers at the Cancer Center at the University of M.D.Andersona Texas. According to scientists, it is the greatest of all amounts allocated ever to study the effects of Tibetan yoga in cancer patients. In 2004 he published the results of cancer research, which showed that patients with lymphoma who practiced yoga showed significant improvements in its procession of sleep. In another small project on this topic, it was observed a decrease in symptoms of disease, as well as the emergence of a more positive direction of thinking in patients. Due to significant financial support, the research team will be able to perform an experiment, the outcome of which will be the comparison of the results achieved in the three groups, where patient during the course of chemotherapy will develop either classic yoga course, or so-called stretching (a set of exercises and postures to stretch certain muscles, ligaments and tendons of the body and limbs), or take a regular course of treatment and rehabilitation. leading specialist of the project will be a Ph.D., professor of the Department of Studies of human behavior, palliative care and rehabilitation of patients Lorenzo Cohen, who is also a director of the integration of health programs at the center of MD Anderson. Basic concepts of yoga West learned from the Indian tradition. However, Cohen chose to study the practice of yoga, which came from the Land of Snows. His team was the first to launch a focused study positive effects of these techniques to cancer patients. "Cancer and its treatment are closely related to concepts such as stress, change their traditional way of life, poor mental health and reduced physical activity. All of the above is very important for women with breast cancer and undergoing a complex treatment for a long time, "- says Dr. Cohen."For thousands of Tibetans to practice a certain type of yoga, which we believe will help ease the painful condition of patients after a course of therapy." instructor and co-author of research in this project will be the Argentinian Alejandro Chaul, Ph.D., one of the few who own Tibetan yoga technique in the United States. "Like all other types of yoga, Tibetan includes breathing and physical exercises, and meditation, but Tibetans are paying more attention meditation and visualization," - he said. Development of a program for cancer patients Chaul strictly controlled by his teachers, that rate was as close to traditional teaching. Here is what one of the consultants, the master of Tibetan yoga Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche: "This practice has long been considered beneficial to health, well-being and spiritual development, and we always wanted to make this ancient knowledge of the object of study of modern science." In the new project, women who receive chemotherapy will be randomly divided into three groups, each of which will correspond to its own method of rehabilitation: Tibetan yoga, stretching exercises for the development of joints and muscles (the second of the group, the control) and traditional treatment. The main part of the program is designed for seven weeks until the last course of chemotherapy. After that, within six months scheduled for 5 additional sessions to consolidate the results. study identified positive aspects of the effects of yoga on the physical and psychological health, and paying special attention to indicators living patients, the degree of fatigue, the process flow of sleep, mental health and susceptibility to stress. In addition, according to Cohen's research project will assess the impact of yoga on emotional perception, information processing speed, adapt to the social environment, communication skills, self-sufficiency, and other psycho social factors. Though the main objective of the project - to prove that yoga contributes to a more positive perception of reality that affect the quality of life, it may be that the ancient Tibetan art as successful affect human health. "Theoretically, if we assume that Tibetan yoga reduces stress for patients, in which case it should have a positive effect on the immune system, "- says Dr. Cohen. "We have lots of evidence that stress suppresses cell-mediated immunity, which is an important component of the body's defense against adverse factors responsible for the formation of tumors. Tibetan yoga also should have a positive effect on human hormones.
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