Yoga's Potential Impact on Cancer Survival and Relapse.

New research suggests that doctors should prescribe yoga to cancer patients to help stop it spreading or returning. Two sessions a week was found to 'significantly reduce inflammation', which is known to encourage cancer growth. Exercise is known to have anti-inflammatory effects so researchers from University of Rochester Medical Centre, New York, wanted to look at whether yoga could be beneficial to cancer survivors. A separate study presented at the world's biggest cancer conference found cancer patients who stayed active in old age slashed their chances of dying by nearly 18 per cent.