Yoga effective in improving fatigue in gastrointestinal cancer - Video
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Overview
Cancer is a dreadful disease that affects quality of life severely. Over 330,000 diagnosed in the United States each year, and the prevalence of GI cancer is increasing. It is important to address fatigue and co-occurring symptoms during chemotherapy to preserve quality of life in patients with gastrointestinal cancer.
Journal of pain and symptom management reported Yoga Skills Training (YST) intervention showed promising improvements in fatigue, depressive symptoms, sleep disturbances, and inflammation. Yoga Skills Training is also feasible and reaches patients underrepresented in yoga research.
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Dr. Nandita Mohan
BDS, MDS( Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry)
Dr. Nandita Mohan is a practicing pediatric dentist with more than 5 years of clinical work experience. Along with this, she is equally interested in keeping herself up to date about the latest developments in the field of medicine and dentistry which is the driving force for her to be in association with Medical Dialogues. She also has her name attached with many publications; both national and international. She has pursued her BDS from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore and later went to enter her dream specialty (MDS) in the Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry from Pt. B.D. Sharma University of Health Sciences. Through all the years of experience, her core interest in learning something new has never stopped. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in. Contact no. 011-43720751
