Yoga

A Sudarshan Kriya Yoga online program led to significant improvements in wellness and decreased burnout among a cohort of international physicians, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Yoga headstand, bellows breath and control of breathing technique transiently worsened IOP in a cohort of practicing yoga volunteers and may cause pressure-related damage to the eye, according to research published in Maedica.

Yoga therapy significantly reduced the felt stigma of epilepsy along with improving anxiety and quality of life at 6 months compared to sham, according to research presented in Neurology.

Adults with moderate to severe depression who participated in heated yoga had significantly reduced symptoms compared with those in a control group, according to a randomized controlled trial published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Adults on medication for heart failure who participated in a yoga therapy program for 1 year saw improvements in quality of life measures, strength and endurance, as well as enhanced left ventricular function, according to a study.

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Adults with HF on optimized guideline-directed medical therapy had improvements in quality of life measures and functional status after participating in a yoga therapy program for 1 year, researchers reported.

SAN DIEGO — Non-pharmacologic approaches to pain management in rheumatology, like exercise and meditation, can be superior to pharmacologic strategies, according to a speaker at the 2023 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology West.

Among adults with asthma, several exercises, such as yoga and breathing training plus aerobic training, improved measures of lung function, according to results published in Annals of Medicine.

Adults with asthma who participated in exercise programs including breathing, aerobic, relaxation and yoga training experienced improvements in lung function, according to a review published in Annals of Medicine.