"Yoga Has Benefits During Chemo In Women With Breast Cancer" - Megan Brooks
For women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy, participating in weekly yoga sessions can help reduce nausea and sleep problems and improve wellbeing, according to a researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. "We have women who finished the 12 weeks of yoga and want to continue it. It's taught by a survivor of breast cancer and she includes meditation and relaxation techniques and the women meet other people in the yoga class that are going through the same treatment,” said Theresa Shao, MD, assistant professor, medicine, hematology and medical oncology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
— Theresa Shao, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Hematology, Medical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai