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Can Yoga Improve Life Quality For Cancer Sufferers?
I am the Chief investigator of an exciting new trial that is investigating if practising Yoga has a beneficial effect for pateints undergoing treatment for gynaecological cancers.
”Researchers have launched a study to see if Yoga can improve the quality of life for patients with gynaecological cancer.
The study has been devised by scientists at the University of Derby in collaboration with doctors at the Royal Derby Hospital.
More than 100 participants will take part in weekly Hatha-style Yoga exercises for 10 weeks to assess any benefits of the classes. The study will run between now and December 2011.
Participants who join the study will have been diagnosed with gynaecological cancer, and are currently being treated with either surgery or chemotherapy at the Royal Derby Hospital. One group of study volunteers will be invited to take part in the Yoga trials while the other group will be asked to abstain from the Yoga sessions to form a control group. University doctoral student Stephanie Archer will assess the wellbeing levels of both groups of patients on a regular basis to gauge any benefits of Yoga.
The study is the brainchild of principal investigator and University of Derby biologist Dr Heidi Sowter in conjunction with Mr Anish Bali, a gynaecological oncologist from Derby City Hospital.
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