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May 06 2026HEALTH

Yoga’s Quiet Role in Helping Kids Fight Cancer Side Effects

Doctors have been exploring gentle ways to ease tough side effects for young cancer patients. Yoga, often seen as a calm activity for healthy people, is now getting attention in hospitals. Between 2009 and 2024, researchers dug through hundreds of studies to see if yoga could help kids battling canc

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May 01 2026HEALTH

Yoga and meth addiction: a different kind of recovery experiment

Scientists wondered if something as simple as yoga could help people break free from methamphetamine. The drug doesn’t just affect the brain—it weakens the body’s ability to recover, makes users feel on edge all the time, and traps them in cycles of wanting more. Most treatments use medicine or talk

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Apr 28 2026HEALTH

Yoga for HIV: A Fresh Look at Mind-Body Therapy

HIV remains a global health challenge, weakening the immune system by targeting key defense cells. Medication like antiretrovirals (ART) helps people live longer, but it doesn't always ease the emotional toll. Stress, anxiety, and depression often linger, making daily life harder. These issues might

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Apr 25 2026HEALTH

Mindful Relief for Frontline Workers

The study looked at how two traditional practices could help people who work in hospitals feel less stressed during the COVID‑19 crisis. It focused on three groups: one that did yoga, another that read the Bhagavad Gita, and a third that combined both activities. All groups were made up of hea

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Apr 22 2026HEALTH

Exploring the link between yoga, meditation, and teen health choices

Teens today face constant screen time and digital overload, raising questions about their mental and physical health. A recent study looked at whether yoga and meditation could help young people make better lifestyle choices. Researchers compared two groups of teens aged 13 to 19—one group practiced

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Apr 13 2026HEALTH

Short Yoga Breaks: How 24 Minutes Change Your Body and Mood

A new study looked at what happens to people after a quick 24‑minute yoga class. Researchers wanted to see if this short session could really help with stress, so they measured heart rate, breathing, and feelings before and after the class. The experiment was set up like a mini‑trial. Some particip

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Apr 09 2026HEALTH

Ayurveda and Yoga for High-Altitude Health

Researchers are testing whether traditional Indian practices can help people handle low-oxygen environments better. Acute mountain sickness hits many who travel above 2, 500 meters, causing headaches, nausea, and fatigue. These symptoms appear because the body struggles to adjust to thinner air. Ins

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Mar 18 2026HEALTH

Yoga Helps Teens Beat Online Gaming Overload

An experiment in an Indian school tested whether a short yoga course could ease the troubles of teens who play video games too much. Researchers chose 120 students who were known to spend long hours on gaming and randomly split them into two groups. One group followed an eight‑week yoga progra

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Mar 13 2026CRIME

Twisted Yoga: A New Look at a Controversial Spiritual Movement

The Apple TV series “Twisted Yoga” began airing on March 13. It tells the story of a worldwide yoga network that has been accused of cult‑like behavior and abuse. The show follows students who joined a Romanian guru’s group hoping for health and community. They later discovered that the leader, G

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Feb 15 2026HEALTH

Women's Yoga Journey: What It Means for Health and Well‑Being

In a new look at the many stories told by women who practice yoga for health, researchers gathered 12 studies that span a wide age range from 22 to 84 years old. These stories come from places like community studios, hospitals and maternity clinics, showing that yoga can fit into many daily settings

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